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Sunday, October 26, 2008

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Sun
   2039.0Physical, environmental and psychosocial factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes (Poster)
   2039.1Innovative Topics in Maternal Child Health (Poster)
   2039.2Interesting topics in Maternal Child Health (Poster)
   2045.1Current Issues in Women's Health (Poster)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2051.0Reducing Health Disparities (Poster)
   2052.0New and Emerging Roles for Community Health Workers (Poster)

Monday, October 27, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3018.0National and international policies to address immigrant and refugee health (Oral)
   3021.0Health Planning for Special Populations (Oral)
   3022.0Reducing Health Disparities Through Culturally Relevant Health Education Materials & Services (Oral)
   3023.0Advancing the Frontier of Evaluation in Community-Based Participatory Projects (Oral)
   3028.0Cancer Epidemiology (Oral)
   3034.0Education, Environment, and Genes: Genomics in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Oral)
   3046.0Immigration, Stress and Substance Use Among Latinos (Oral)
   3047.0Risk and Resilience in Adolescence: High risk and health promoting behaviors (Oral)
   3048.0Improving pregnancy outcomes using a life course perspective: Stepping outside traditional prenatal care borders (Oral)
   3049.0Impact of Hospital Practices on Breastfeeding Behavior (Oral)
   3050.0Innovative strategies for infant mortality prevention among high-risk populations (Oral)
   3070.0Beyond Physical Health: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Women (Oral)
10:30 AM-11:30 AM Mon
   3083.0Innovative Community Health Worker Curricula & Effective Evaluation Studies (Poster)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3096.0American Indian And Alaska Native Health Issues From North To South (Roundtable)
   3100.0Disparities in Women's Health Across the Globe. (Oral)
   3112.0Enhancing Access to Care and Reducing ER Use by High-Risk Urban and Rural Populations (Oral)
   3113.0Preventing Childhood Obesity: Strategies and Outcomes (Oral)
   3119.0Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health (Oral)
   3120.0Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Oral)
   3120.1Pandemics, Epidemics, and Public Health Ethics (Oral)
   3122.0Promoting Nutrition Among Vulnerable Populations (Oral)
   3123.0Genomics Relevance on Addressing Health Disparities (Oral)
   3138.0Women’s health across the lifecourse (Oral)
   3140.0Maternal Health and Pregnancy (Oral)
   3161.0Cancer and its Impact on Women's Lives and Health (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Mon
   3162.0Double Jeopardy: Multiple Discriminations as a Barrier to Health (Poster)
   3163.0Poverty as a Barrier to Health and Well-being (Poster)
   3167.0Identifying Solutions in Managing Adult and Child Overweight and Obesity (Poster)
   3169.0Addressing the Food and Nutrition Challenges of Women, Infants, and Children (Poster)
   3178.0Risk behaviors and health promotion in context: school, family and physician's office (Poster)
   3185.0Expanding the Borders of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3190.0Wisdom of the Elders (Oral)
   3200.0You have to see a doctor again? Continuity of care for immigrants (Oral)
   3202.0Strategies to Improve Community-Based Research, Planning and Services (Oral)
   3203.0Massachusetts Health Reform: Eliminating Disparities and Creating Health Equity (Oral)
   3204.0Community Health Access and Outcomes: Focus on Asthma (Oral)
   3205.0Reducing Health Disparities for Rural Populations (Oral)
   3206.0Taking Charge: Community Health Workers Take the Lead in the Development of Networks/Associations (Oral)
   3211.0Social Epidemiology I (Oral)
   3212.0Public Health Implications of Emerging Trends in Drug Use on the US-Mexico Border (Oral)
   3215.0Ethics, Accreditation and Quality Improvement (Panel Discussion)
   3226.0The Health of Latino Children: Assessing Risks, Taking Action (Oral)
   3228.0Utilizing Family Traditions and Oral History for Health Promotion (Oral)
   3246.0Immigration Health: Spanning Boundaries (Oral)
   3256.0Emerging Issues in Women's Health: Examining the Nature of Discovery and Delivery to meet Women's Health Needs (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3305.0Public health and faith partnerships in global settings (Oral)
   3306.0Intimate partner violence and substance abuse among immigrants (Oral)
   3308.0Innovations in Community Partnerships (Oral)
   3309.0Linking Standards, Performance & Outcomes for Community Health Assessments (Oral)
   3310.0Community-Based HIV Care (Oral)
   3320.0Translating Aging Research into Practice (Oral)
   3337.0Evaluating Breastfeeding Support Practices (Oral)
   3338.0Returning to our routes: the newest innovations in prenatal care, labor, delivery and the culture of normal birth (Oral)
   3339.0Folic Acid (Oral)
   3340.0 Improving pregnancy outcomes by moving beyond biomedical borders: Examining stress in pregnancy (Oral)
   3355.0Diversity, Disparity and Inclusivity (Oral)
   3358.0GLBT Youth : Meeting the Health Needs of All Students (Oral)
   3364.0HPV: Not Just a Women's Health Issue (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3377.0Community Partnerships (Poster)
   3378.0Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (Poster)
   3380.0Language and Culture as Boundaries to Communication About Health (Poster)
   3381.0Latino Immigrant Youth and Their Families: Nutrition, Violence and Mental Health Issues (Poster)
   3389.0Human Sexuality Posters: K-12 (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3408.0Childhood Obesity Among Children of Mexican Descent: A Binational Perspective (Oral)
   3409.0Breastfeeding: Understanding the Challenges of Initiation and Duration (Oral)
   3420.0New Innovations in Maternity Health Services (Oral)
   3421.0Adolescent sexuality, pregnancy and parenting (Oral)
   3433.0160 years of the Spirit of 1848: a critical celebration (Oral)
   3436.0Women's Health Without Social, Political, and Geographical Borders (Oral)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4004.0Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health Care (Oral)
   4011.0Addressing the challenge of faith-based health promotion (Oral)
   4013.0Findings from Intervention Research to Reduce Health Disparities (Oral)
   4014.0Service Needs and Experiences after Hurricane Katrina (Oral)
   4015.0Strategies to Enhance the Public Health Workforce (Oral)
   4016.0Where's the Money: Inequities of Financing Community Health Workers (Oral)
   4023.0Violence Epidemiology (Oral)
   4026.0Student Papers in Public Health Ethics (Oral)
   4029.0Genomics for Everyday People: Engaging Communities (Oral)
   4045.0Adolescent pregnancy prevention in the real world: The evidence base for programs and their adaptation for special populations (Oral)
   4046.0Healthy Child Care America: Supporting Health and Social Emotional Development of Young Children in Child Care Settings (Oral)
   4047.0Children with Special Health Care Needs: Old Problems; New Wisdom (Oral)
   4048.0Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Through Education, Intervention, and Policy (Panel Discussion)
   4058.0Social Justice and Health Access (Oral)
   4061.0Bullying and Violence Prevention in Schools (Oral)
   4067.0Reproductive Health: The Realities of Borders (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Tue
   4073.0Casting Our Health Net to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Populations Across The Nation (Oral)
   4083.0Improving Health Outcomes for Inner City Children (Oral)
   4088.0International Research Ethics (Oral)
   4092.0Food Security: Stategies to Improve Its Impact on Diverse Populations (Oral)
   4105.0Pregnancy, Outcomes and Infant Health (Oral)
   4107.0Improving perinatal outcomes across racial/ethnic borders: Examining persistent disparities (Oral)
   4107.1Women's reproductive and perinatal health: interventions and evidence for reducing racial and ethnic disparities (Oral)
   4124.0Beyond Lactation: Breastfeeding as a Feminist Issue and Women's Reproductive Right (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Tue
   4135.0Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (Poster)
   4136.0Community Health Programs and Assessments (Poster)
   4137.0Public Health Prevention and Promotion (Poster)
   4146.0Community Service Partnerships: Getting Rid of the Town vs. Gown Dichotomy (Poster)
   4147.0Culture, Acculturation and Access to Health Care (Poster)
   4148.0Assessing and Preventing Risks for Chronic Disease (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4154.0Addressing Native Hawaiian Health Through Community-Based Research, Data Mapping, And Health Activism (Oral)
   4164.0Faith communities exploring answers to critical health topics (Roundtable)
   4165.0Culturally appropriate services for African refugees in the U.S. and abroad (Oral)
   4167.0Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Nutrition and Physical Activity (Oral)
   4168.0School-Based Health Centers to Enhance Child Health Access and Reduce Disparities (Oral)
   4169.0The Comprehensive Medical Home: Access to Child Development and Mental Health Services (Oral)
   4170.0Improving Health Outcomes Using Promotores and Patient Navigators (Oral)
   4171.0Maintaining Health Insurance Coverage for Vulnerable Children (Oral)
   4172.0Community Health Workers: Agents of Change (Roundtable)
   4178.0Women's Health (Oral)
   4182.0Case Studies in Public Health Ethics (Roundtable)
   4219.0Rethinking Theoretical Frameworks toward Preventing Gender-based Violence (Oral)
   4220.0Sex, Drugs, and Poverty and HPV in Appalachia (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
   4232.0Diverse Issues in Public Health: Policy and Planning (Poster)
   4233.0Improving Community Health Services (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4244.0Moving Beyond Unfavorable Statistics to Address American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities (Oral)
   4254.0Evidence-based health promotion programs in faith communities (Oral)
   4255.0Environmental Approaches to Obesity Prevention (Oral)
   4256.0The Healthcare Safety Net and Access to Care (Oral)
   4257.0Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles (Oral)
   4258.0Research, Policy and Politics, Important to Community Health Workers (Oral)
   4264.0Health Disparities (Oral)
   4266.0Cancer Screening (e.g., Mammography, Colorectal Screening) and Prevention (Oral)
   4270.0Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Nutrition Among Immigrants (Oral)
   4288.0Partnerships for Health: Creative Strategies (Oral)
   4307.0Crossing Borders for Immigration Health (Oral)
   4312.0Let's Talk About Sex: Sex Work, Voluntary and Forced (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Tue
   4313.0Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health Poster Session (Poster)
   4325.0Breastfeeding Support for Low-Income Mothers: Successful Programs (Poster)
   4326.0Ensuring relevance: Health promotion with special populations (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
   4337.1Crossing Borders Via the Web: The Internet and HIV/AIDS Prevention (Oral)
   4343.0Reducing Health Disparities: Focus on Chronic Conditions and Outcomes (Roundtable)
   4345.0Childhood Obesity Initiative: A Public-Private Partnership in San Diego and Elsewhere (Oral)
   4346.0Improving Health Services for Immigrant Populations (Oral)
   4347.0Evaluating Community Partnerships (Oral)
   4352.0Global Bioethics, Health, and Justice (Oral)
   4362.0Immigration, Nutrition and Exercise: Implications for Chronic Disease Control (Oral)
   4384.0Transcending the Borders of Health Care for Women (Oral)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5003.0Exploring the links between spirituality and health (Poster)
   5023.0Understanding Risks and Creating Interventions to Improve the Health of Women and Newborns. (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5035.0Promoting Positive Youth Development and Preventing Violence (Oral)
   5036.0Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Models and Outcomes (Oral)
   5037.0Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Risk Reduction Strategies: An Agenda for Change (Oral)
   5038.0Strategies to Reduce Pest Infestation for Vulnerable Residents (Oral)
   5039.0Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina (Oral)
   5048.0Uses of Genomic and Genetics in Public Health Settings (Oral)
   5061.0Community Strategies to Support Breastfeeding (Oral)
   5062.0Family and community violence: prevention and intervention (Oral)
   5063.0Policy and Financing of Women's and Children's Health (Oral)
   5087.0Health Effects and Cost of Violence Against Women (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Wed
   5096.0Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Workforce Issues (Oral)
   5097.0Preventing Health Disparities in Children (Oral)
   5120.0Child Health (Oral)
   5121.0Improving perinatal outcomes: A survey of cutting edge issues (Oral)
   5122.0Child Development (Oral)
   5136.0Curricular Trends in Reproductive Health Education for Youth (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5145.0Massachusetts Health Reform: A perspective from the ground (Oral)
   5146.0Community Planning for Positive Outcomes in Maternal and Infant Health (Oral)
   5147.0Health Care as a Civil Right (Oral)
   5148.0Reducing Health Disparities: Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease (Oral)
   5153.0Cancer Epidemiology II (Oral)
   5154.0HIV/AIDS Epidemiology (Oral)
   5155.0Vaccine Preventable Disease Epidemiology (Oral)
   5156.0Migrant health without borders (Oral)
   5157.0Social Epidemiology: Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Disparities on Health (Oral)
   5158.0Empowering Families with Tools to Eat Healthy (Oral)
   5159.0Contemporary Ethical Aspects in Genomics (Oral)
   5161.0Health of Older Adult Immigrants (Oral)
   5170.0Health and the Border (Roundtable)
   5172.0Maternal Mental Health During and After Pregnancy (Oral)
   5173.020 years of Safe Motherhood Initiative in Africa, Back to the Beginning (Oral)
   5174.0Women’s health and Pregnancy (Oral)
   5196.0Health Care Status and Needs of Women in Prison (Oral)

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