141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5132.0
New research on sexual and reproductive health issues in Latino communities

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Tamarah Moss-Knight, PhD, MPH, MSW

10:30am
Latina immigrants' perceptions of access to family planning in a new settlement state   
M. Gabriela Alcalde, MPH, DrPH
     
10:45am
Reproductive justice and migrant women farmworkers in the US   
Charlene Galarneau, PhD
     
11:00am
Teen pregnancy and neighborhood norms: Connecting ethnic isolation and teen birth rates among Massachusetts Latinas   
Sarah Rustan, MA and Maria Idali Torres, PhD, MPH
     
11:15am
Strategies for recruiting and retaining families in teen pregnancy prevention: A case study of a Latino family-based behavioral intervention   
Shai Fuxman, EdD, Alfredo Hernandez, Ph.D., Susana Valverde, B.A. and Lydia O'Donnell, EdD
     
11:30am
Mujer sana, familia fuerte: A promotoras-led cervical cancer prevention project for Latinas in the United States   
Marcela Vargas, MPH, A. Manuela McDonough, MPH, Delia Pompa, MA, Charlotte Kabore, MS, MPH, MCHES, Britt Rios-Ellis, PhD, MS, Selena T. Nguyen-Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, Melawhy Garcia, MPH, Carmen Velasquez and Alicia Wilson

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, Latino Caucus, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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