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Session: Public Health Policy and Incarcerated Populations
4203.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Public Health Policy and Incarcerated Populations
This session will focus on health and policy issues relevant to incarcerated populations and other vulnerable peoples.
Learning Objectives: Learn strategies for incarcerated persons who return home. Review health disparities of Black prison inmates Understand health behaviors among former offenders. Understand cultural competence in African-American populations
Organizer(s):Adelbert B. James, PhD, MPH
Moderator(s):Mario Browne, MPH
2:30 PMImpact of incarceration and reentry: Strategies to provide health services to those that return home
Natasha Williams, PhD, JD, MPH, Henrie Treadwell, PhD
2:50 PMHealth Disparities in Action: Blacks State prison inmates outlive people on outside
Anthony M. Sallar, PhD; MPH; MBA
3:10 PMFrom cultural destructiveness to cultural proficiency: Increasing cultural competence in working with African Americans
Angela Johnson, MPPA, Mark A. Colomb, PhD, CRA, Natille Duncan, MSEd, MIT
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; Latino Caucus; Mental Health; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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