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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Tools to improve local and global health

Sunday, November 3, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster
Learn about various tools and interventions that have proved successful in local and global settings
Session Objectives: Compare various tools that have been applied to improve global and local health

Board 1
Addressing community concerns for increasing clinical trial participation among Asian americans   
Yin Tan, MD, MPH, Grace X. Ma, PhD, Brenda Seals, PhD, MPH, Sylvia Y. Wang, B.A., Richard Lee, MPH and Xiang S. Ma, MD
Board 2
Using a community capacity tool to measure capacity building in two low-income neighborhoods in los angles as part of a community based participatory research project   
Kathryn Hillstrom, Ed.D.,MPH,RDN, Valerie Ruelas, MSW and Ellen Iverson, MPH
Board 3
Quantify and visualize disparities in accessibility of physician response vehicles and helicopter emergency medical services: Use of the geographic information system   
Michi Sakai, PhD, MPH, Sachiko Ohta, MD,PhD,MS,FACP, Takenobu Shimizu, MD, MPH, Kazuo Okuchi, MD, PhD, Junichiro Yokota, MD, PhD and Noriaki Aoki, MD, PhD, MS, MBA, CPE, FACP
Board 4
Microfinance and women's health: What is currently known and what still needs to be examined?   
Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS and Teagen O'Malley
Board 5
Translating a global gender analysis framework to improve local community health   
April Keippel, MA, Amanda L. Golbeck, PhD, Elizabeth Ciemins, PhD, MPH, MA, Diane Duin, PhD, MHA, Dustin Dickerson, MS, Tracy Neary, MS and Heather Fink, MA
Board 6
Utilizing mapp in shelby county, TN: Process evaluation and preliminary results   
Jason Hodges, MA
Board 7
Increasing access to healthcare services to new immigrants: Somali and ethiopian communities in Columbus Ohio   
Nebiyu Geberetsadik, MSW, LSW and Lea Dooley, MPH, MCHES
Board 8
Lessons learned from organizations implementing income generation plus health education among indigenous guatemalan women artisans: Findings from a qualitative study   
Tilly Gurman, DrPH, MPH, Samantha Kerr, MPH, Anne Ballard, MPH and Janee Walsh, MPH
     
Board 9
Community empowerment in the marginalized population in urban areas   
Taiyi Sun, ABD, Leesa Lin, MSPH and Braven Zhang, PhD
Board 10
Engaging youth in public health advocacy: Linking public health and youth development outcomes   
Brittany H. Chen, MPH, Laurie Jo Wallace, MA and Yoojin Lee, MPP

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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