4014.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Public Health Programs for Special Populations in Native Communities

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Patricia Cochran
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AMKupuna Program: A solution to the health problems facing native Hawaiian elderly?
Ritabelle Fernandes, MD, Nancy Sweet, MD, John Casken, MPHPhD
8:47 AMIndian stories of asthma project
Ann E. Garwick, PhD, Sally Auger, MA
8:59 AMBrainstem nicotine binding in autopsied American Indian infants of the Northern Plains
Leslie L. Randall, MPH, BSN, RN, Hannah C. Kinney, MD, Richard A Belliveau, AB, Laura S. Dominici, AB, Luciana A. Rava, EdM, BA, Lynn A. Sleeper, ScD, Aberdeen Area Infant Mortality Study Steering Committee
9:11 AMTrends in American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescent Health
David D. Barney, PhD
9:23 AMThe NDEP American Indian Campaign: Update
Yvette Roubideaux, MD MPH
9:35 AMNational Diabetes Prevention Center: Lessons learned from a tribal, university, and federal agnecies partnership
Sally Davis, PhD, Charlene Avery, MD, Dan Simplicio, Scott Doughty, MD, Mark Bauer, PhD, JoAnne Pegler, PhD, Kelly Acton, MD
9:47 AMDiscussion
Sponsor:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
Cosponsors:Environment; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA