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Session: Public Health Nursing Research III
5080.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Public Health Nursing Research III
The purpose of this session is to present 4 examples of public health nursing research. The studies address: methods and findings from investigations with vulnerable populations including Northern Plains Tribes American Indian women, adolescents exposed to gang violence, community health workers, and American Indians with cancer. The papers will contribute to the growing body of public health nursing research and provide information for nurses in practice, education, and research settings.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe methodology, results, & health care implications derived from this mixed-methods study conducted with Northern Plains Tribes American Indian women. 2. Describe the experiences of adolescents who were exposed to gang violence. 3. Describe the essential elements of human subjects’ protection education necessary for community health workers. 4. Describe disparities in cancer diagnosis, management, and treatment for American Indians.
Moderator(s):Sarah Ailey, PhD, RNC
8:30 AM   Mammgraphy Adherence among Northern Plains Tribes American Indian Women
Sara A. Becker, PhD, RN, Nancy Waltman, PhD, RN
8:45 AM   Psychological Consequences to Adolescents' Exposure to Gang Violence
Sarah E. Kelly, RN, MSN, Debra Anderson, RN, PhD, Ann Peden, DSN, ARNP-CS
9:00 AM   Human subjects protection training for community workers: An example from "Faith Moves Mountains"
Jennifer Hatcher, RN, PhD, Nancy Schoenberg, PhD
9:15 AMCancer-Related Symptom Management in American Indians: Focus Group Findings from Arizona
Felicia Schanche Hodge, DrPH, Mary Cadogan, DrPH, APRN, BC, Betty Chang, PhD, Kathryn Coe, PhD, Suzanne Kotkin-Jaszi, DrPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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