APHA
Back to Annual Meeting
APHA 2007 APHA
Back to Annual Meeting
APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing
Session: Suicide
5066.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Suicide
Leading researchers in the field will present the findings of new studies related to suicide risk and prevention.
Learning Objectives: The participant (learner) in this session will be able to identify current issues in suicide risk and prevention.
Moderator(s):Edward Knight, PhD
8:30 AMDo associations of suicide ideation and suicide attempts with health risk behaviors vary by race/ethnicity among 9th-12th grade female students?
Danice K. Eaton, PhD, Laura Kann, PhD, Alexander Crosby, MD, MPH, Glenn Flores, MD
8:45 AM   Red Hawk Project: Assessing the suicide related service needs of the American Indian and Alaska Native community of Los Angeles County
Monique Smith, PsyD, Maham M. Chaudhry, Delight Satter, MPH
9:00 AM   Gender differences in suicidal ideation and deliberate self-harm among adolescents in Sri Lanka
Bilesha Perera, PhD, Nayana Fernando, MSc, Truls Østbye, MD, PhD, Christopher Woods, MD, Vathsala Abeyagunawardana, BSc
9:15 AMMeasuring the minority gap in mental health service use among suicidal youth: Findings from a national survey
Ping Wu, PhD, Bozena J. Katic, MPH, MPA, Xinhua Liu, PhD, Bin Fan, MD, Cordelia J. Fuller, MS, David Shaffer, MD
9:30 AM   Coping with thoughts of suicide: Mental health consumers speak
Gary Haugland, MA, Mary Jane Alexander, PhD, Edward Knight, PhD, Peter Ashenden, Isaac Brown
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA