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4203.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| 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 PM | Impact of incarceration and reentry: Strategies to provide health services to those that return home Natasha Williams, PhD, JD, MPH, Henrie Treadwell, PhD | |||
| 2:50 PM | Health Disparities in Action: Blacks State prison inmates outlive people on outside Anthony M. Sallar, PhD; MPH; MBA | |||
| 3:10 PM | From 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