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Session: Community Activism and Participatory Approaches to Improve AAPI Health
2043.0: Sunday, November 04, 2007: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM
Poster
Community Activism and Participatory Approaches to Improve AAPI Health
Asian American Pacific Islanders 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 research projects that utilize community partnerships and advocacy to improve health outcomes and behaviors among AAPI populations.
Moderator(s):Maria-Thelma Pena
Board 1Development of a program to educate Cambodian immigrants about hepatitis B
Paularita Seng, Elizabeth Acorda, MA, Lyvan Sawn, Hoai Do, MPH, Laura Tom, Vicky Taylor, MD, MPH
Board 2Chicago Chinatown Community Health Survey: A model for gathering local level data in Asian communities and beyond
Ami Shah, MPH, Matthew J. Magee, MPH, Sandhya Krishnan, Steven Whitman, PhD, Hong Liu, PhD
Board 3Partnership and action: Creating a health needs assessment and advocacy campaign for Southeast Asians in the Bronx, NYC
Douglas Nam Le, Noilyn Abesamis, MPH, Chhaya Chhoum, Sandra Sebastin, MSW, Savannarith Chy, Khemarin Srey, Quang Trinh, Henrietta Ho-Asjoe, MPS, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH, Nadia Islam, MA, MPhil, Mariano Rey, MD
Board 4Chinese Community Fitness Day as a venue to introduce daily adaptable physical activities in a Chinese immirgrant population
Angela Sun, MPH, Joyce Chen, BS, Janet Green, MSPH, Edward Chow, MD
Board 5Our health, our future: Development of a video for Hmong families to prevent childhood overweight
Lisa Peterson, BA, Susan Donohue, MA, RD, Mary Fujii, MS, RD, Patricia Wakimoto, DrPH
Board 6Gaining access into a Vietnamese American community in New Orleans: A lesson in cultural competency
Christina Wadhwani, BA (Candidate), Antor Ndep Ola, MPH, CHES, Meshawn Tarver, MPH, Jeanette H. Magnus, MD, PhD
Board 7Assessing early identification, access to services, service system effectiveness and community collaboration for sexually trafficked Asian immigrants in San Francisco
Nayeli Cerpas, MPHc, Rosalyn Moya, Charles B. Ramilo, Teresa Shartel
Board 8    If you build it, will they come? -- The APICHA Primary Care Clinic: From inception to strategic expansion
Victor K. Inada, MD
Board 9Key health indicators from Chicago's Chinatown: Preliminary analysis of health disparities from an ongoing community health survey
Matthew J. Magee, MPH, Ami Shah, MPH, Sandhya Krishnan, Steven Whitman, PhD, Hong Liu, PhD
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Organized by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Socialist Caucus

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