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Session: Politics of Vulnerable Populations: Women, Children, and the Poor
3305.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Politics of Vulnerable Populations: Women, Children, and the Poor
This session will focus on health and policy issues relevant to vulnerable peoples including women, children, and the poor.
Learning Objectives: Learn strategies for developing primary care services in low income populations. Identify implications of welfare on children with disabilities. Evaluate public policy, law enforcement, politics on youth
Organizer(s):Christopher E. Smith, BS
Moderator(s):Lindsay Abraham, MPH
2:30 PM   Developing primary care services to the hood in Virginia: The effects of good public policy
Jack O. Lanier, DrPH, MHA, FACH, C.M.G. Buttery, MD, MPH, Shannon Shaw, BS, MPH, Anushree Vichare, MBBS, Kelly Arey, BS
2:45 PMAdoption outcomes for Black adoptees with disabilities in the child welfare system: Implications for long-term well-being
Elspeth M. Slayter, PhD, MSW, Sheron R. Adair, BSW, Evenns Semerzier, BSW
3:00 PM   Public policy, law enforcement, and protection for adolescent children of sexual abuse
Tina L. Kandakai, PhD, Kele Ding, PhD, Tyree S. Broomfield, Ret Police Chie
3:15 PM   Multi-problem youth: Policy, public health and politics of a vulnerable population
Glenda S. Clare, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Community Health Workers SPIG; HIV/AIDS; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus

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