142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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While their eyes were watching God: The health of Black women and girls in the South

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will highlight emerging public health issues for Black women and girls living in the Southeastern United States. The presenters will showcase their research findings in the context of Healthography by analyzing how place affects access to health care and health outcomes for Black women and girls living in urban and rural communities in the Southeastern United States.
Session Objectives: Discuss the critical aspects in which geography affects the health of black women and girls living in the Southeastern United States; Identify how health policy at the federal, state and local level creates opportunities for Black women and girls to improve health services in their communities; and Analyze biomedical research findings to articulate the ways in which the use of Black women’s bodies advances clinical research.
Moderator:

8:30am
Race, place, and gender in the South: A medical anthropological perspective
Valerie Ann Johnson, Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from University of California, Berkeley

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

Organized by: Women's Caucus
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Breastfeeding Forum, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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