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5198.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| The purpose of this session is to address health promotion and disease prevention within four specific populations: persons with developmental disabilities, childhood cancer survivors, adolescents living in tobacco producing regions, and family members of lung cancer patients. It will have relvance to practicing public health nurses, researchers, and educators. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1. To identify the unique vulnerabilities of people with developmental disabilities to hazards in the environment. 2. To describe how breast self-exam may be superior to mammography in early disease detection for the childhood cancer survivor. 3. To evaluate specific protective factors for nonsmoking related to mother-daughter communication in adolescents living in tobacco producing regions. 4. To discuss characteristics of smokers who are family members of lung cancer patients. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Bernadette M. Longo, PhD, RN | |||
| 2:30 PM |  | Home Environmental Health Risks of People with Developmental Disabilities Allison Del Bene Davis, PhD, RN | ||
| 2:45 PM | | Promoting breast self-exam in childhood cancer survivors Cheryl L. Cox, RN, PhD, Michele Montgomery, MPH, Shesh N. Rai, PhD, Melissa M. Hudson, MD | ||
| 3:00 PM | | Mother-daughter communication: A protective factor for nonsmoking Pamela A. Kulbok, DNSc, APRN, BC, Peggy S. Meszaros, PhD, Nisha Botchwey, PhD, Ivora Hinton, PhD, Donna Bond, MSN, RN, Nancy Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Viktor Bovbjerg, PhD, Devon Noonan, MSN, RN, Starr Vile, Florence Weierbach, MPH, RN BC | ||
| 3:15 PM | | Motivation to quit smoking among relatives of lung cancer patients Ellen J. Hahn, DNS, RN, Mary Kay Rayens, PhD, Jennifer Hatcher, RN, PhD, Mei Zhang, MPH, MSN | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Public Health Nursing | |||
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA