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

4391.0
The role of family members, caregivers and health providers in improving care for people with disabilities

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Priti Mehta, MPA Candidate

4:30pm
Disability-related competencies for nurses and nurse practitioners   
Suzanne C. Smeltzer, RN, EdD, FAAN, Elizabeth Blunt, PhD, RN, CRNP and Lisa Wetzel-Effinger, RN, MSN
     
4:45pm
Parenting stress and depression in diverse families with a child newly diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder   
Xena Grossman, MS, RD, Stephanie Blenner, MD, Ivys Fernandez, JD, Adriana Giron, BA, Andrea Medeiros, BA and Marilyn Augustyn, MD
     
5:00pm
Caregiver role and health care delivery for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at the end of life   
Teresa Moro, AM, LSW, Sarah Gehlert, PhD and Teresa Savage, PhD, RN
5:15pm
Improving health behaviors of Latina mothers of youth with developmental disabilities   
Sandy Magana, PhD, MSW and Henan Li, MS
     

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

Organized by: Disability
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, Medical Care, Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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