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

4020.0
Addressing Health through Faith-based Interventions

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Kathryn Pitkin Derose, PhD, MPH
Organizers:
Dorine J. Brand, PhD, MPH and Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, MPH

8:30am
Results from the goodnews (Genes, Nutrition, Exercise, Wellness, and Spiritual Growth) faith and health program for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in African-American congregations   
Mark J. DeHaven, PhD and Jenny Lee, PhD, MPH, CHES
     
8:50am
Religious identity and health status among israeli jews: Opportunities for interventions   
Ephraim Shapiro, PHD, MPA, MBA
9:10am
Results of congregation-based HIV testing in los angeles, California   
Malcolm Williams, MPP, PhD, Frances Aunon, Kathryn Pitkin Derose, PhD, MPH and Alexandria Smith, MPH
     
9:30am
HIV testing among ex-inmates affiliated with African American churches   
Marcie Berman, M.A. and Jannette Berkley-Patton, PhD

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

Organized by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Community-Based Public Health Caucus, Caucus on Homelessness

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

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