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Monday, October 27, 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008


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6:30 AM-8:00 AM Mon
   300.0Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health - Breakfast Social for Students and Early Career Professionals
   301.0Environment Section Meeting for Members III
   302.0ICEHS All-Member Welcome Breakfast
   303.0International Health Business Meeting 2
   304.0Laboratory Section Business Meeting
   305.0MCH Committee Workgroups Meeting
   306.0Podiatric Section Business Meeting
   307.0Health Communication Workgroup Business Meeting 1
   308.0PHEHP Business Meeting 2
   309.0PHN Business Meeting II
   310.0Social Work Section Business Meeting

6:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   311.0Committee on Affiliates Business Meeting

7:00 AM-8:00 AM Mon
   312.0Business Meeting Caucus on Homelessness
   313.0Community Health Worker Program Planning Meeting
   314.0Food and Nutrition Section Program Planning Meeting
   315.0Health Administration Business Meeting
   316.0Medical Care Section Business Meeting #3
   317.0Mental Health Section Business Meeting I
   317.1OHS Membership and Business Meeting
   318.0National Coalition of Health Education Organizations (CNHEO)

7:30 AM-10:30 AM Mon
   319.0Education Board Meeting

8:00 AM-11:30 AM Mon
   320.0TFAIR Business Meeting

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   321.0EHOC Caucus Meeting (Caucus)
   3000.0Integrating Science and Service: Defining Evidence-Based Practices and Learning from Clinical Examples of Implementation form the Field
   3001.0Illicit Drug Use on the US-Mexico Border: A Binational Problem In Need of Binational Solutions
   3002.0Global Trends and Health Benefits of Smoke Free Air
   3002.1Packaging Booze to Special Populations
   3003.0Discussing and Experiencing Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
   3003.1Latebreaking Developments in Public Health
   3004.0Technology in Public Health 01: MCH
   3005.0How to Write a Good Policy
   3006.0System Changes and Solutions in State Public Health
   3007.0Town Hall Meeting: Your Chance to Comment on the New Draft of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
   3009.0Health Communication: Integrating Information and Health Literacy Principles into Healthy People 2020
   3010.0Publishing with APHA: The Ellen Meyer Memorial Session
   3011.0Silent Tears: Children in Conflict Areas
   3012.0Spanning Borders: Thinking Globally About Animal and Human Health
   3013.0Reducing the Global Burden of Disease
   3015.0Culturally-appropriate Public Health Approaches in Asian & Pacific Islander Communities
   3016.0Preventing Chronic Disease: Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Care in African-Americans
   3017.0Design and evaluation of interventions for homeless youth
   3018.0National and international policies to address immigrant and refugee health
   3019.0Developing Integrative Approaches to Patient Care
   3020.0Advances in CBPH: The Application of Innovative Methods, Strategies & Tools
   3021.0Health Planning for Special Populations
   3022.0Reducing Health Disparities Through Culturally Relevant Health Education Materials & Services
   3023.0Advancing the Frontier of Evaluation in Community-Based Participatory Projects
   3024.0Community Health Workers, Integral Members of the Health Care and Social Service Delivery Team
   3025.0 Disability Surveillance
   3026.0Indoor Air Exposures and Risk Reduction
   3028.0Cancer Epidemiology
   3029.0Advances in Epidemiologic Methods and Research
   3030.0Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Trends, Prevention and Control
   3031.0Adolescent Health
   3032.0Local Food Movement in Schools: Making Farm to School Feasible (Jointly organized by the Food and Nutrition and the Environment Sections)
   3033.0Environmental Influences that Aid in Overweight Adult Prevention (Jointly organized by the Food and Nutrition and the Environment Sections)
   3034.0Education, Environment, and Genes: Genomics in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
   3035.0Models for Quality Improvement in Local Health Jurisdictions
   3036.0Innovations in Public Health Multi-Sector Collaborations
   3037.0The Impact of Public Health Funding on Health Disparities
   3038.0Medical Homes and ePHRs offer Potential or Improving Care for Persons with Chronic Illnesses and/or Disabilities
   3039.0Healthcare and Social Services for Individuals Living with HIV
   3040.0Women and Methamphetamine Use Around the World: Intersecting Risks with HIV and STIs and Future Implications for Public Health Research and Practice
   3041.0ICEHS Special Session on Injury Research Methods
   3042.0Megacities & Global Health
   3043.0HIV/AIDS 1
   3044.0Health Communication/ Behavior Change Communication
   3045.0Populations in Conflict / Displaced Populations
   3046.0Immigration, Stress and Substance Use Among Latinos
   3047.0Risk and Resilience in Adolescence: High risk and health promoting behaviors
   3048.0Improving pregnancy outcomes using a life course perspective: Stepping outside traditional prenatal care borders
   3049.0Impact of Hospital Practices on Breastfeeding Behavior
   3050.0Innovative strategies for infant mortality prevention among high-risk populations
   3051.0Rural & Frontier Health: Capacity Building/Rebuilding, Emergency Preparedness, Evidence Based Treatment, Telehealth/Videoconferencing
   3052.0Health Services Research: Cancer, Obesity, Heart Transplant, Pneumococcal Vaccination, & Child Abuse
   3053.0Bruno Lima Symposium on Mental Health Issues among Minority Populations
   3054.0Comorbid Behavioral Health and Medical Conditions
   3055.0Ergonomics Policy – Looking Back, Moving Forward
   3056.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Health and Safety for Latino/Hispanic Workers
   3057.0The Best of Public Health Communication:  Ten Years of Accomplishments and Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Ten Years
   3058.0Advocating for Health Education Issues
   3059.0How We Eat: Factors Influencing Nutrition and Eating Behaviors
   3060.0New Initiatives in Skin Cancer Prevention: Strategies for Protecting Youth
   3061.0Preparing the Next Generation of Public Health Professionals
   3062.0Translation of Public Health Nursing Research into Practice
   3063.0Community-Based Participatory Research: Voices From The Field
   3064.0Immigration Health Care : Disrupting Illegal Barriers
   3065.0Policies and Resources: The School-Based Outreach Initiative, Parts I - V
   3066.0Social Work Advocacy in Public Health
   3067.0Statistics Student Papers Session
   3068.0Current Issues And Perspectives In Veterinary Public Health: Emerging Infections, Leadership and Topics Of Interest
   3069.0Preventing Eye Disease, Eye Injuries, and Future Vision Loss
   3070.0Beyond Physical Health: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Women

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Mon
   3071.0Delta Omega Poster Session I
   3072.0Delta Omega Poster Session II
   3073.0ATOD Student Poster Showcase
   3074.0ATOD Student Poster Showcase II
   3075.0Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and Research
   3076.0Use of Alternative and Complementary Health Practices among Specific Populations
   3077.0Committee on Affiliates Poster Session
   3078.0Committee on Affiliates Student Poster Session
   3079.0Committee on Affiliates Student Poster Session
   3080.0Perspectives in Reproductive Health: Youth, Women, HIV/AIDS/STI
   3081.0Child, Adolescent, and Maternal Health Concerns
   3082.0Epidemiology and innovative interventions in immigrant and refugee health
   3083.0Innovative Community Health Worker Curricula & Effective Evaluation Studies
   3083.1Environment Section Student Achievement Award Poster Session
   3083.2Environment Section Poster Session II
   3083.3Environment Section Poster Session III
   3084.0Community Approaches and Best Practice Strategies to Family Violence Prevention
   3085.0Medical Care Section Poster Session: Health Services Research
   3088.0Oral Health Poster Session III
   3089.0Oral Health Poster Session IV
   3090.0Oral Health Poster Session V
   3091.0PHN Poster Session-IV

10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3093.0Current and emerging issues on competencies and accreditation
   3094.0Increased Alcohol Sales and Consumption: Data and Policy Implications
   3095.0Racial/Ethnic Differences in Drug Abuse, Treatment Systems, Utilization, & Risk
   3095.1Empowering advocates: Addressing disparities through policy change
   3096.0American Indian And Alaska Native Health Issues From North To South
   3097.0Royal Society for Public Health Lecture: Regulating Health & Social Care - With and Without Borders
   3098.0Public Health Traffic Safety Institute: A Roadway to Teen Safety
   3099.0 A Reflection on the Special AJPH Issue: Health Without Borders (a Joint Session between the Editorial Board and Editors of the American Journal of Public Health)
   3100.0Disparities in Women's Health Across the Globe.
   3101.0Media Advocacy Session: How to Work with Media to Communicate your Public Health Messages
   3101.1The ABC's of Developing, Submitting, and Implementing a Successful Learning Institute Course
   3101.2Health Equity Initiatives
   3102.0Equal Health Opportunities Across Borders
   3103.0Technology in Public Health 02: Two Papers
   3105.0Dignity and Justice For Us All: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60
   3106.0Migration, Health and Public Health: Europe and the Americas
   3107.0Mental Health & Substance Abuse among Asians & Pacific Islanders
   3108.0Innovative Research Methodologies Addressing Asian & Pacific Islander Health
   3109.0BCHW and BYPPHN Present: Is Hip Hop Healthy for African American Females?
   3110.0Current Research in Chiropractic I
   3111.0Lessons Learned: CBPH Interventions and Education: Roundtable Session
   3112.0Enhancing Access to Care and Reducing ER Use by High-Risk Urban and Rural Populations
   3113.0Preventing Childhood Obesity: Strategies and Outcomes
   3114.0Disability and Health Promotion A
   3115.0Built Environment: Goods Movement, Environmental Justice, and Public Health
   3116.0Using the National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards to Strengthen the Environmental Health Infrastructure
   3117.0Infectious Disease Epidemiology
   3118.0Crossing Borders Using Immunization Information Systems (IIS): Data Sharing Challenges and Impacts on Vaccination Coverage Assessment with More Complete Information
   3119.0Maternal, Infant, Child and Family Health
   3120.0Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections
   3120.1Pandemics, Epidemics, and Public Health Ethics
   3121.0School Food Policies: Innovations and Enforcement Outcomes (Jointly organized by the Food and Nutrition and the Environment Sections)
   3122.0Promoting Nutrition Among Vulnerable Populations
   3123.0Genomics Relevance on Addressing Health Disparities
   3124.0Aetna Award and Women's Health Issues
   3125.0Minority Health in Older Adults
   3126.0Finding Your Place in Health Administration
   3127.0Management Issues for Local Public Health Officials
   3128.0Collaborative Leadership Strategies and Tools That Assist Communities to Achieve Public Health Outcomes
   3129.0Personal Health Records: Overcoming Barriers from Childhood to Adulthood for Persons with Disabilities Part II
   3130.0Innovative Programs in HIV Care and Prevention
   3131.0Improving HIV-Related Mental Health Care Through Research: Experiences of a Community-Academic Partnership
   3132.0Population-Tailored Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
   3133.0Workplace Violence and Injury
   3134.0 Infectious Diseases (non-STDs)
   3135.0Student Panel 1
   3137.0Laboratory Scientific Session
   3137.1Same-Sex Marriage and Health: Evidence and Relevance for Public Health
   3138.0Women’s health across the lifecourse
   3139.0Preconception Health and Health Care: Theory and Practice
   3140.0Maternal Health and Pregnancy
   3141.0Greg Alexander Outstanding Students Papers Session:
   3142.0Drug Safety and FDA Reform: Are we better off now?
   3143.0Invited Session: Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis: A National Multi-Site Effectiveness Trial Of Indicated Prevention in the United States
   3144.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Addressing Issues of Minority and Immigrant Workers
   3145.0Publishing Occupational Health and Safety Research: A Dialogue with Journal Editors
   3146.0Increasing Access to Reproductive Health Services through Community Initiatives
   3147.0Innovative Strategies for Reaching Youth
   3148.0Evidence-based Health Communication
   3149.0Competencies, Credentialing, and Accreditation; Professional Strategies for Quality Assurance in Health Promotion and Education
   3150.0Award Winning Health Education and Promotion Materials
   3151.0Public Health Education Beyond Borders
   3152.0Discussion: Community Based Participatory Research
   3153.0Obesity Prevention in Latino Communities
   3154.0The Current State of Public Health Nursing in Practice, Education and Research
   3155.0Disaster Nursing: Public Health Nurses Meet Katrina
   3155.1Contemporary Nursing Research
   3156.0Innovations in School Asthma Programs
   3157.0School Nursing: Professional Issues in School Health
   3158.0Health Scare vs. Health Care: Can Public Health Recover from the Bioterrorism Blunders?
   3159.0History, Borders, Immigration, and Public Health: From 1848 to 2008 – 160 years of debate
   3160.0Innovations in Biostatistical Methods and Applications
   3161.0Cancer and its Impact on Women's Lives and Health

10:30 AM-5:00 PM Mon
   323.0Joint Policy Committee Executive Session Business Meeting

12:30 PM-1:30 PM Mon
   3162.0Double Jeopardy: Multiple Discriminations as a Barrier to Health
   3163.0Poverty as a Barrier to Health and Well-being
   3164.0International Human Rights Committee Poster Session
   3165.0Lessons Learned from Applications and Outcomes of CBPH Research and Education: Poster Session
   3166.0Physical Activity Promotion Across The Social-Ecological Model
   3167.0Identifying Solutions in Managing Adult and Child Overweight and Obesity
   3168.0Diverse Public Health Challenges in Food and Nutrition: What is Being Done?
   3169.0Addressing the Food and Nutrition Challenges of Women, Infants, and Children
   3170.0Innovative Strategies to Assure Access to Health Care
   3171.0Model Public Health Programs That Reach Across Borders
   3172.0Student Perpsectives on Global Challenges for Future Health Professionals
   3173.0Health Issues Around the World
   3174.0Motor Vehicle-Related Injury Posters
   3175.0Natural Disasters, Terrorism, and Chemical Emergency Preparedness Posters
   3176.0Injury Posters: Innovative Data Uses & Methods
   3177.0Injury Posters: Interesting Topics
   3178.0Risk behaviors and health promotion in context: school, family and physician's office
   3179.0Improving pregnancy outcomes Poster Session 1: Public Health without Borders
   3180.0Reproductive Health and HIV/STI Issues
   3181.0Adolescent Health: International Perspectives
   3182.0Abortion Related Topics
   3183.0PHEHP Student Award Winners
   3185.0Expanding the Borders of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control

12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   323.1EHOC Luncheon
   3186.0Evaluation of Preparedness Training For Current and Future Public Health Workers
   3187.0Reducing Alcohol Harm: Legal and Policy Approaches
   3188.0International Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges in Building Capacity and Conducting Research
   3189.0Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
   3190.0Wisdom of the Elders
   3191.0APHA President-elect Session: Mental Health, Involuntary Detention and Human Rights
   3191.1Healthy People: Taiwan Model, from Past to Future
   3191.2School-based Health Centers and Drop-out Prevention: An Integrated Approach to Policy Advocacy
   3192.0A View from the Grasstops
   3193.0International Health Film Festival 01: Rape As a Weapon of War
   3194.0Advocacy Law
   3195.0The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPS) and Accreditation - Understanding the link
   3196.0Healthy People 2020: Preview of Next Decade's National Objectives
   3197.0APHA-Student Assembly Orientation and Review: Where Have We Been?
   3198.0Public Health & Policy impacting Asians & Pacific Islanders
   3199.0Borders within Borders, Cultural Differences in Health Outcomes
   3200.0You have to see a doctor again? Continuity of care for immigrants
   3201.0Current Research in Chiropractic II
   3202.0Strategies to Improve Community-Based Research, Planning and Services
   3203.0Massachusetts Health Reform: Eliminating Disparities and Creating Health Equity
   3204.0Community Health Access and Outcomes: Focus on Asthma
   3205.0Reducing Health Disparities for Rural Populations
   3206.0Taking Charge: Community Health Workers Take the Lead in the Development of Networks/Associations
   3207.0Disability and Measurement
   3208.0Environment Section Calver Award Luncheon
   3209.0Epidemiological Criminology: A 21st Century Interdisciplinary Paradigm at the Crossroad
   3210.0The Future of Epidemiology (Organized with the Joint Policy Committee, Societies of Epidemiology)
   3211.0Social Epidemiology I
   3212.0Public Health Implications of Emerging Trends in Drug Use on the US-Mexico Border
   3213.0Outbreak Investigations
   3215.0Ethics, Accreditation and Quality Improvement
   3216.0Beyond the Borders: National Family Violence Initiatives that Re-define Public Health
   3217.0Is Obesity a Matter of Personal Responsiblity?
   3218.0Gerontological Health Section Award Papers
   3219.0Models of Successful Academic/Practice Partnerships To Enhance Student Experiences in Health Administration
   3219.1Curriculum, Competencies, and Credentialing in Informatics/IT
   3219.2Data Mining Technologies and Applications
   3220.0Promoting Pleasure: Incorporating Positive Approaches to Sexuality Into Sexual Health Research and Programming
   3221.0Cultural Considerations for Reducing HIV Among Diverse Communities of Men Who Have Sex With Men
   3222.0Safe Motherhood
   3223.0Nutrition and Manutrition
   3224.0Innovations in International Health 1
   3225.0Monitoring, Evaluation, and Outcomes
   3226.0The Health of Latino Children: Assessing Risks, Taking Action
   3227.0Gay and Bisexual Men's Health
   3228.0Utilizing Family Traditions and Oral History for Health Promotion
   3229.0Developing the MCH Agenda
   3230.0Quality Improvement in Chronic Disease Management
   3231.0State and local programs to address disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC)
   3232.0Ethnic & Racial Disparities: Asthma, Diabetes, Men's Health, & Safety-Net Systems
   3233.0Women's Health & Gender-Based Research & Policy: Quality of Care, Unmet Needs, Gender Disparities, Failure to Progress
   3234.0Invited Session: Crossing Conceptual Borders - Issues in Latino Mental Health
   3235.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Dying to Work - The Migrant's Journey to Work in the US
   3236.0Union/Community-based Projects
   3237.0How Can We Make Oral Health A Much Higher Priority?
   3238.0War and Public Health
   3239.0Couple-focused Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
   3240.0Public or Private: Options for Improving Sustainability
   3241.0Family Planning and HIV Integration
   3242.0Innovation in Health Communication Programs
   3243.0Health Communication for Priority Populations
   3244.0Marketing the Health Education Profession to Employers
   3245.0Responding to Diversity in Health Education and Health Promotion
   3246.0Immigration Health: Spanning Boundaries
   3247.0The Public Health Workforce: Facing a Critical Point In Time
   3248.0Public Health Nursing Education Opportunities
   3249.0Public Health Advocacy to Provide Integrated Healthcare Without Walls
   3250.0Policy Issues in School Health
   3251.0Student Best : Outstanding Research in Health Education
   3252.0Invited Session: Public Health Social Work in an Asian and African Country
   3253.0Lessons from Integrated HIV Care for Women in Rwanda
   3254.0Applied Topics in Health Survey Methodology
   3255.0Vision and Its Impact on Learning including School Vision Screening, Vision As A Part Of Wellness Goals And Alternative Methods Of Delivering Vision Care To Children at Schools
   3256.0Emerging Issues in Women's Health: Examining the Nature of Discovery and Delivery to meet Women's Health Needs

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
   3257.0Academic Public Health Caucus Poster Session I
   3258.0Perspectives in Reproductive Health: Youth, Women, HIV/AIDS/STI (POSTER II)
   3259.0Experiences in Access to Care, Medicine, and Insurance: Poster Session I
   3263.0Public Health Without Borders (Poster Session)
   3264.0International Populations
   3265.0Issues in Caregiving
   3266.0Issues in Long Term Care and Hospice
   3267.0Physical Activity and Successful Aging
   3268.0Topics in Chronic Disease
   3269.0Providing Comprehensive HIV Prevention and Care Programs
   3270.0Special Topics in HIV-Related Care
   3271.0Women and HIV: Emerging Issues
   3272.0Contemporary Issues in HIV Testing
   3273.0HIV and Men Who Have Sex With Men
   3274.0Adolescents and HIV
   3275.0Emerging Scholars in HIV-Related Research
   3276.0Poster Session: Special Topics
   3277.0Highly Ranked Student Contributed Posters
   3278.0International Reproductive Health and Family Planning
   3279.0US Adolescent Health
   3280.0Global Reproductive Health and Family Planning
   3281.0Contraceptive Use Worldwide
   3282.0Health Education in Rural Communities
   3283.0Novel Approaches to Tobacco Prevention
   3284.0Social Work Poster Session

2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3285.0Partnerships to Improve the Public Health Workforce and Infrastructure
   3286.0Youth & Consequences: Energy Drinks, Gambling, Run-Aways, and Mental Health Impact
   3287.0State-Based Tobacco Product Regulation: Creative Solutions from States that Can’t Wait and What To Do If the FDA Bill Passes
   3288.0Alternative and Complementary Health Practices for Chronic Diseases
   3289.0APHA President Session: A Public Health Agenda for the New Administration
   3290.0Maternal and Child Health Institute: Creating Leadership in the Community
   3291.0National Public Health Week 2009: Strategies and Tactics for Local Affiliates
   3292.0Public Health's Response to Climate Change
   3293.0International Health Film Festival 02: Digital Storytelling for Public Health
   3295.0Mobilizing a Campaign Around a Public Health Issue
   3296.0Objectives Based Planning for Public Health
   3297.0NPHPSP Part II - The National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP): Breaking Barriers to Strengthen Public Health Systems
   3299.0Beyond Borders: Human Rights Violations Among Non-Citizen Populations
   3300.0Addressing the Global Epidemic of Violence: Policy Implications for Supporting a Public Health Agenda
   3301.0APHA-Student Assembly: Current Topics in Student Research
   3302.0The 2008 Global Food Crisis: Root Causes, Health Effects, Solutions and Preventing a Recurrence
   3303.0Asian & Pacific Islander Immigrant, Migrant, Transnational Health and Health Care Delivery
   3304.0And Still I Rise: Keeping Black Women Healthy
   3305.0Public health and faith partnerships in global settings
   3306.0Intimate partner violence and substance abuse among immigrants
   3307.0Educational Research and Processes
   3308.0Innovations in Community Partnerships
   3309.0Linking Standards, Performance & Outcomes for Community Health Assessments
   3310.0Community-Based HIV Care
   3311.0Disability and Health Policy
   3312.0Understanding and Assessing Hazardous Exposures
   3313.0Tightening Belts or Getting Fit? How Energy and Transportation Policy Choices Affect Public Health
   3314.0Epidemiology Section Awards Ceremony
   3317.0The ACE study - Chronic disease and the long term effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
   3318.0Promoting Physical Activity Through Environmental and Policy Change
   3319.0Beyond Poverty - The Elder Economic Security Standard
   3320.0Translating Aging Research into Practice
   3321.0Issues in Access to Care
   3322.0Promising Public Health Programs
   3323.0Generational Leadership
   3324.0Health Administration and Leadership: A New Century, A New Name
   3325.0California's Health Care for Immigrants
   3326.0International Law and Public Health
   3327.0Innovative Responses to HIV in Africa
   3328.0Critical Issues in HIV-Related Surveillance
   3329.0Critical Research on HIV Testing
   3330.0Youth Violence Prevention Programs
   3330.1Special Session: Public Health in the Global Village, sponsored by the international journal, Public Health
   3331.0International Health Education
   3332.0Child Survival & Child Health
   3333.0Trends in Human Capacity Development
   3334.0Tuberculosis
   3335.0Vector-borne diseases
   3336.0Globalization: Outsourcing Medical Jobs
   3337.0Evaluating Breastfeeding Support Practices
   3338.0Returning to our routes: the newest innovations in prenatal care, labor, delivery and the culture of normal birth
   3339.0Folic Acid
   3340.0 Improving pregnancy outcomes by moving beyond biomedical borders: Examining stress in pregnancy
   3341.0Quality Improvement: National, State, & Community Indicators
   3342.0Medicina Social and Social Medicine: A Framework for Bridging Borders
   3343.0Health Economics: Policies to Reduce Costs & Improve Outcomes
   3344.0Mental Health Services Research
   3345.0Issues in Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health
   3346.0International Health and Safety
   3347.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Safety, Health and Social Justice for Immigrant Workers - Lessons from the NIOSH EJ projects
   3348.0Oral Health Disparities Determinants and Solutions: Findings of NIDCR Oral Health Disparities Centers
   3349.0Addressing Reproductive Health Needs in California
   3350.0Moving Oral Contraceptives Over the Counter
   3351.0Promoting Physical Activity Through Health Education
   3352.0Beyond Non-Traditional Borders to Health Education
   3353.0Health Education Policy Initiatives
   3354.0Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
   3355.0Diversity, Disparity and Inclusivity
   3356.0Innovative Technology-Based Approaches to Nursing Education, and Practice
   3357.0Environmental Health Paradigms including Bed Bugs Without Borders.
   3358.0GLBT Youth : Meeting the Health Needs of All Students
   3359.0Analyzing health inequities: what’s new in the 160 years since 1848? – applying new methods to longstanding problems of health injustice
   3360.0Statistics and Climate Change: Is There a Consensus?
   3361.0Health and Trade Policy for Specific Industries
   3362.0The Human- Animal Bond: The Benefits Of Companion Animals in Care and other Settings.
   3363.0Agent Orange and Other Vietnam Health Issues, Part 1
   3364.0HPV: Not Just a Women's Health Issue

4:00 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   323.2The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health Tea

4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3365.0Health Care Providers Working to Prevent & Treat Tobacco Use
   3366.0Interaction Between Alcohol, Tobacco, and Mental Health
   3367.0New Developments in Smoke Free Living Spaces and Outdoor Venues
   3368.0New Issues in Tobacco Control with Special Population Groups
   3369.0Promoting Smoke Free Air from Beginning to End
   3370.0Tobacco Control Developments in Mainland China and Taiwan
   3371.0Tobacco Issues in Immigrant & Other Populations
   3372.0Overview of Tobacco Issues
   3373.0Experiences in Access to Care, Medicine, and Insurance: Poster Session II
   3374.0Innovative Approaches to Student Training and Education
   3375.0Cancer Prevention & Control among Asians & Pacific Islanders
   3376.0Hepatitis B Prevention among Asians & Pacific Islanders
   3377.0Community Partnerships
   3378.0Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
   3379.0Evaluating Techniques in Public Health Informatics/Information Technology Posters Cont'd
   3380.0Language and Culture as Boundaries to Communication About Health
   3381.0Latino Immigrant Youth and Their Families: Nutrition, Violence and Mental Health Issues
   3382.0Mental Health Section Posters I
   3383.0Mental Health Section Posters II
   3384.0Mental Health Section Posters III
   3385.0Mental Health Section Posters IV
   3386.0Health Promotion in College Populations
   3387.0Using Communication to Reduce Health Disparities
   3388.0Posters : Body Image and BMI
   3389.0Human Sexuality Posters: K-12
   3390.0Health Education Posters: Additional Topics
   3391.0School Health Education Posters: Programs and Policies

4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   324.0Section Meeting and Awards Ceremony
   3392.0Alcohol Epidemiology: Variations Across Populations, Methods, Time and Geography
   3393.0Intergrating HIV Care and Substance Abuse Treatment: It's a Two-Way Street
   3394.0Curriculum, Education and Training Issues
   3395.0The Medicine and Public Health Initiative (MPHI) Update: Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention - Building National and Global Alliances
   3395.1Town Hall Meeting on Health System Reform
   3396.0International Health Film Festival 03: Health and Human Rights Issues in India, Pakistan, and East Africa
   3397.0Social Inequalities in Healthcare
   3398.0Health Promotion; Nationally and Internationally
   3399.0CBPH Research and Education for Cancer Prevention Across Borders
   3400.0The Role of NCI's Cancer Information Services
   3401.0Vitamin D for Optimal Health and Disease Prevention
   3402.0Using Web-Based Technology to Improve Community Health
   3403.0Disability and Community Based Health Technology Programs
   3404.0Beyond Food Miles: Reducing Our Carbon Foodprint (jointly organized by the Environment and Food & Nutrition Sections)
   3405.0Environmental Health Concerns in Border Communities
   3406.0Health Impact Assessment: Lessons Learned
   3407.0Chronic Disease Epidemiology
   3408.0Childhood Obesity Among Children of Mexican Descent: A Binational Perspective
   3409.0Breastfeeding: Understanding the Challenges of Initiation and Duration
   3410.0Gerontological Health Section Awards Ceremony
   3411.0Promising Practices in Responding to Technology Challenges for Health Care Administrators
   3413.0Invitational Session in Public Health Law
   3414.0African American Women and HIV
   3415.0Innovative Approaches to Reducing HIV among Men Who Have Sex With Men
   3416.0Reproductive Health & Family Planning
   3417.0HIV/AIDS 2
   3418.0Safe RN Staffing: New Research and Solutions
   3419.0Transgender Health
   3420.0New Innovations in Maternity Health Services
   3421.0Adolescent sexuality, pregnancy and parenting
   3422.0Update on Health Services Research: Looking Forward, Looking Back
   3423.0Rema Lapouse Award for Lifetime Contributions
   3424.0Organization and Financing of Mental Health Care
   3425.0The Future of Occupational Safety and Health; A Conversation with Leadership
   3426.0Community-based Research: Lessons Learned by the NIDCR Oral Health Disparities Research Centers
   3427.0Terrorism and Public Health
   3428.0Health Education in Primary Care Settings
   3429.0Reaching Diverse Populations Through Health Education
   3430.0Communication Channels for Parents and their Children
   3431.0Emergency Preparedness
   3432.0Holistic and Integrative Techniques Used in Nursing Practice-Therapeutic Touch and Taiji Part I
   3433.0160 years of the Spirit of 1848: a critical celebration
   3434.0Hurricane Katrina: Measuring Health and Population Outcomes
   3435.0Agent Orange and Other Vietnam Health Issues, Part 2
   3436.0Women's Health Without Social, Political, and Geographical Borders

6:00 PM-8:00 PM Mon
   324.2Physical Activity Special Primary Interest Group (status pending) Reception

6:00 PM-9:00 PM Mon
   324.3International Health Awards Reception

6:30 PM-7:30 PM Mon
   324.4ICEHS Social Hour

6:30 PM-8:00 PM Mon
   324.5ATOD Section Social Hour
   324.6AIANNH Caucus Social
   325.0Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health Business Meeting
   326.0Chiropractic Health Care: Business Meeting II
   326.1Community Health Worker SPIG Social Hour
   326.2Environment Section Social Hour
   327.0Family Violence Prevention Business Meeting
   328.0Health Law Forum Business Meeting
   329.0MCH Innovations in Maternity Health Services Committee Meeting
   330.0MCH Committee Meeting
   331.0MCH Child Care Committee Meeting
   332.0MCH Policy and Fiance Committee Meeting
   333.0Medical Care Journal Editorial Board Meeting
   334.0Medical Care Section Committee Open Forum
   335.0Oral Health Section Awards Ceremony
   335.1Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health Section Reception
   335.2PHEHP and SHES Joint Social Hour
   336.0Social Hour and The Insley-Evans Public Social Worker of the Year Award
   336.1All-Caucus Social Hour
   337.0Veterinary Public Health SPIG Business Meeting
   3437.0International Health Film Festival 04: Technology, Oil, and the Environment
   3437.1Holistic and Integrative Techniques Used in Nursing Practice-Therapeutic Touch and Taiji Part 2

6:30 PM-8:30 PM Mon
   339.0Vision Care Business Meeting 3
   3438.0March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award Lecture and Reception - 2008 Recipient: Susan Carlson
   3438.1Public Health Nursing Section Town Hall and Student Awards Celebration

6:30 PM-9:00 PM Mon
   340.0Business Meeting for Alternative and Complementary Health Practices SPIG
   341.0Disability Section Business Meeting and Social Hour

6:30 PM-9:30 PM Mon
   341.1Gerontological Health Section Reception

8:30 PM-10:00 PM Mon
   342.0BCHW: Annual Membership Meeting
   343.0Medical Care Program Planning Meeting


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