141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Rural and frontier health: Rural-urban disparities 2

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Identify 2 traits related to health care that are similarly frequent among rural and urban populations Describe 2 differences between rural and urban dwellers with respect to health care-seeking and health-related behaviors
Moderator:
Wayne Myers, MD
Organizer:
Wayne Myers, MD

10:30am
Rural-urban differences in health care expenditures and the influenced factors   
Wei-Chen Lee, PhD, Charles Phillips, PhD, MPH, Luohua Jiang and Robert Ohsfeldt, PhD
     
10:45am
Rural health status: A ten-year update of the Health US rural report   
Michael Meit, MA, MPH, Tzy-Chyi Yu, MHA, PhD, Alycia Bayne, MPA, Shena Popat, Tess Gilbert, MHS and Alana Knudson, PhD, EdM
     
11:00am
Racial differences between perceptions of environmental and policy factors related to healthy behaviors among rural at-risk residents of eastern North Carolina   
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, PhD, Thomas C. Keyserling, MD, MPH, Alice Ammerman, DrPH, Beverly A. Garcia, MPH, Larry Johnston, MA, Ziya Gizlice, PhD and Tosha Smith
     
11:15am
Disparities in rural health: Results of a community health assessment in a micropolitan community in rural Iowa   
Barbara Baquero, PhD, MPH, Briana Woods-Jaeger, PhD, Jason D. Daniel-Ulloa, PhD, MPH, Heidi Haines, MS, Carolyn Sleeth, B.S. and Edith A. Parker, DrPH
     

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Organized by: Medical Care

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

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