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Session: Emerging Issues in AAPI Health Care
3379.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM
Poster
Emerging Issues in AAPI Health Care
Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are a growing community that comprised 5.3% of the total U.S. population in 2005 (U.S. Census, 2005). This poster session will explore the innovative projects and research being conducted to address emerging health issues facing AAPI communities.
Learning Objectives: Please see individual abstracts for learning objectives.
Moderator(s):Heather Anne Law
Board 1A Comparison of the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Asian Indians Using Three Proposed Definitions
Ranjita Misra, PhD, Thakor Patel, MD, Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD
Board 2   Examination of health conditions of enabling services users at community health centers serving Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Rosy Chang Weir, PhD, Winston Tseng, PhD, Michelle Valle-Perez, MA
Board 3Knowledge of HPV and anti-cancer vaccines in a community-based sample of Vietnamese immigrants
Giang T. Nguyen, MD, MPH, Luis A. Chia
Board 4Domestic Violence and Hate Crimes Among South Asian Americans
Neetu Chawla, MPH, Beth Glenn, PhD, Zul H. Surani, BS, Minal Patel, MPH, Roshan Bastani, PhD
Board 5Filipino Americans in Greater Long Beach: A Community Health Needs Assessment Survey
Veronica Acosta-Deprez, PhD, Jara Montano, MHCA, Tony Sinay, PhD, Noushin Khoiny, BS
Board 6Ethnic and contextual factors that mediate/moderate the associations between maternal depression and early social-emotional development in Asian Americans
Zhihuan Jennifer Huang, PhD, Stella M. Yu, Sc D
Board 7Achieving Semantic Equivalence between the Chinese and English Versions of the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale
Elizabeth Lee, RN, MSN, CFNP
Board 8   Beyond the minority: Problem gambling among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California
Camillia K. Lui, MPH, MA, Paul J. Chung, MD MS
Board 9Community health center sponsored asthma screening program for minority children in lower Manhattan public primary schools
Deborah H. Lin, MD, Wai Lee, Loretta Au, MD, David Ko, MD, Benjamin Chan, Thomas Tsang, MD, MPH
Board 10Perceptions of Asian Indian-Americans on Completing Advance Directives
Jyoti Dasika, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Women's Caucus

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