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Session: Health Disparities and Aging
4224.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Health Disparities and Aging
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Karen E. Peters, DrPH
2:30 PM   Health Status Disparities among Older Adults Attending NYC Senior Centers
Marianne Fahs, PhD, MPH, Nina S. Parikh, PhD, MPH, Dana Friedman, MPH
2:45 PM   Factors influencing prostate cancer treatment decisions for African-American and White Men
Keith Elder, PhD, MPH, MPA, Bettina Drake, PhD, MPH, Sara Wagner, MSPH, James Hebert, ScD
3:00 PM   Using simulated experiences to teach health care providers to address health care of elderly chronically ill African American women
Richardean Benjamin, PhD, APRN, BC, Carolyn Rutledge, PhD, CFNP, Kay Palmer, MSN, Phyllis Barham, MSN, Phyllis Eaton, RN, MS, PhD(c), Lynn Wiles, MSN
3:15 PM   Age and regional differences in the African American Acculturation Scale (AAAS): The case for re-validation
Jan Warren-Findlow, PhD, Melanie Rouse, MSHP, Rachel Seymour, PhD
3:30 PM   Racial/ethnic disparities in depression prevalence among the elderly based on DSM-IV and a Single-Item Screen
Chunyu Li, MS, Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH, Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH, Yeates Conwell, MD, Andrew Dick, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Epidemiology; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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