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NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Medical Care.


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Sunday, October 26, 2008

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Sun
   2027.0Right to Health: Environmental Justice & Social Justice (Poster)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2057.0Medical Care Section Poster Session: Ethnic & Racial Disparities (Poster)
   2057.1Medical Care Poster Session: Drug Policy/Pharmacy & Quality Improvement (Poster)
   2057.2Medical Care Poster Session: Quality Improvement, Health Economics & History of Public Health (Poster)

Monday, October 27, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3028.0Cancer Epidemiology (Oral)
   3051.0Rural & Frontier Health: Capacity Building/Rebuilding, Emergency Preparedness, Evidence Based Treatment, Telehealth/Videoconferencing (Oral)
   3052.0Health Services Research: Cancer, Obesity, Heart Transplant, Pneumococcal Vaccination, & Child Abuse (Oral)
10:30 AM-11:30 AM Mon
   3081.0Child, Adolescent, and Maternal Health Concerns (Poster)
   3085.0Medical Care Section Poster Session: Health Services Research (Poster)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3095.0Racial/Ethnic Differences in Drug Abuse, Treatment Systems, Utilization, & Risk (Oral)
   3112.0Enhancing Access to Care and Reducing ER Use by High-Risk Urban and Rural Populations (Oral)
   3142.0Drug Safety and FDA Reform: Are we better off now? (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3205.0Reducing Health Disparities for Rural Populations (Oral)
   3230.0Quality Improvement in Chronic Disease Management (Oral)
   3231.0State and local programs to address disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) (Oral)
   3232.0Ethnic & Racial Disparities: Asthma, Diabetes, Men's Health, & Safety-Net Systems (Oral)
   3233.0Women's Health & Gender-Based Research & Policy: Quality of Care, Unmet Needs, Gender Disparities, Failure to Progress (Oral)
   3238.0War and Public Health (Oral)
   3250.0Policy Issues in School Health (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
   3259.0Experiences in Access to Care, Medicine, and Insurance: Poster Session I (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3336.0Globalization: Outsourcing Medical Jobs (Panel Discussion)
   3341.0Quality Improvement: National, State, & Community Indicators (Oral)
   3342.0Medicina Social and Social Medicine: A Framework for Bridging Borders (Oral)
   3343.0Health Economics: Policies to Reduce Costs & Improve Outcomes (Oral)
   3347.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Safety, Health and Social Justice for Immigrant Workers - Lessons from the NIOSH EJ projects (Oral)
   3361.0Health and Trade Policy for Specific Industries (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3388.0Posters : Body Image and BMI (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3397.0Social Inequalities in Healthcare (Oral)
   3405.0Environmental Health Concerns in Border Communities (Oral)
   3422.0Update on Health Services Research: Looking Forward, Looking Back (Oral)
   3433.0160 years of the Spirit of 1848: a critical celebration (Oral)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4018.0Environmental Justice Science: Approaches to Study and Address Environmental Health Disparities (Oral)
   4031.0Social Security and Medicare: How Will They Fare in 2009 and Beyond? (Oral)
   4058.0Social Justice and Health Access (Oral)
   4065.0Public Health Strategies To Address Trade Policy (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Tue
   4108.0Health Services Research: Access to Care (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4160.0Launching Your Career in Public Health (Oral)
   4173.0Communicating the Public Health Aspect of Climate Change (Oral)
   4200.0Using CHIS data to Measure and Understand Racial and Ethnic Disparities (Oral)
   4201.0Social Sciences in Health: Causal Pathways, Translational Research, Risk Factors, Adherence to Screening, U.S. Healthcare Reform (Oral)
   4202.0Ethnic & Racial Disparities: Assessment Using Nationwide Databases (Oral)
   4203.0Medical Care Section Student Paper Award Session (Oral)
   4205.0Invited Session: Psychopharmacology Treatment with Youth: the Roles of the Child Welfare System, Foster Care, Insurance, Prescriber Specialty, and Comorbidities (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
   4234.0Medical Care Section Poster Session: Urban Health & Rural/Frontier Health (Poster)
   4235.0Medical Care Section Poster Session: Women's Health, Jail/Prison Health, & Veterans' Health (Poster)
   4236.0Medical Care Student Poster Session (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4242.0Serving Those Who Serve: Tobacco Issues and the Military (Oral)
   4264.0Health Disparities (Oral)
   4266.0Cancer Screening (e.g., Mammography, Colorectal Screening) and Prevention (Oral)
   4268.0Psychiatric Epidemiology (Oral)
   4290.0Social Sciences in Health: Cultural Sensitivity in Clinical Settings/Encounters (Oral)
   4291.0Health Access & the Election: What Happened, What Didn't, What Next. P Ellen Parsons Memorial Session (Oral)
   4292.0Crossing Borders: Can Federal Receiverships Cure Prison (Non)healthcare? The California Department of Corrections as a Case Study (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Tue
   4331.0Obesity Prevention Posters in Schools and Colleges (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
   4336.0Killing Us Softly: Public Health Implications of Tobacco Industry 'Corporate Social Responsibility' (Oral)
   4355.0Symposium: Nursing Home Staffing, Costs and Quality of Care (Oral)
   4363.0Avedis Donabedian Award in Quality Improvement Session (Oral)
   4364.0Between Inclusion & Exclusion: Public Health in 20th Century America (Panel Discussion)
   4365.0Veterans' Health: PTSD, Sexual Trauma, Cardiovascular Disease, Medication Adherence, Post-Deployment Needs (Oral)
   4373.0Labor, Peace and Public Health: Building Alliances to End the Iraq War (Oral)
6:30 PM-8:00 PM Tue
   4385.0Evening with Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein & Presentation of the Viseltear Award to Emily Abel (Oral)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5027.0Influence of Trade Policy on Health (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5058.0Women’s Health (Oral)
   5064.0Health Economics: Access to Health Care (Oral)
   5065.0Health Services Research: Medication Adherence, Outcomes, & Billing (Oral)
   5066.0Drug Policy & Pharmacy Services (Oral)
   5067.0Universal Access to Care (Oral)
   5084.0Promoting School Nutrition Environments for Obesity Prevention (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Wed
   5117.0Public Interests & the Pharmaceutical Industry (Panel Discussion)
   5123.0Health Economics: Preventable & Non-preventable Costs (Oral)
   5124.0Health Services Research: Hospital Occupancy, Utilization, Finances, & Workforce (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5147.0Health Care as a Civil Right (Oral)
   5153.0Cancer Epidemiology II (Oral)
   5157.0Social Epidemiology: Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Disparities on Health (Oral)
   5175.0Social Sciences in Health: Health Disparities in Migrant & Immigrant Populations (Oral)
   5182.0From War to Poverty: The Impact of Violence on Health from Beirut to Bagdhad, Karachi to Kabul (Oral)
   5192.0Policies and Programs for Promoting Tobacco Free Schools (Oral)
   5195.0Trade Policy, Health, Economics and Justice (Oral)

The 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (October 25-29, 2008) of APHA