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

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Global Perspectives for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
The session examines how cultural and gender tailoring of prevention strategies optimize health outcomes for international populations.
Session Objectives: Describe how globalization impacts lifestyle cardiovascular risk factors. Identify the health needs of adolescents residing in rural Honduras.
Moderator:
Inge Corless, RN PhD FAAN

2:30pm
CV risk factors in a convenience sample of community dwelling kenyans   
Eileen Stuart-Shor, PhD, APRN,, Jacob Kariuki, RN, BSN, Jessica DeMita, RN, BSN, Darren Golden, Jaimee Halliday, Amanda French, Anna Karani, PhD, RN, Ann Mukuna, RN, BSN and Peris Kariuki, RN, BSN
     
2:50pm
Engaging community to support healthy youth development in rural Honduras: Results from a formative assessment   
Martha Y. Kubik, PhD, RN, Brett Jennings, BA and Natalia Olivier
3:10pm
An observational report on a vietnamese community based rehabilitation project for individuals with disabilities from june 5 to june 15, 2012   
Carole Baraldi, Ed.D, RN and Susan Schnall, RN, FACHE
     
3:30pm
Thinking globally and acting locally on teenage pregnancy prevention: Intervention programs and best practices in the United States, England, Australia, Canada, and the Philippines   
Kathleen A. Sternas, PhD, RN, MaryAnn Scharf, EdD, Rosemarie Peterkin, MAT and Janet Summerly, MSN, RN
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by: International Health

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

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