136th APHA Annual Meeting (October 25-29, 2008): Preventing Chronic Disease: Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Care in African-Americans

Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM

Oral

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8:30 AM

Ethnic differences in tobacco use and cessation
Jennifer Hatcher, RN, PhD, Mary Kay Rayens, PhD, Ellen J. Hahn, DNS, RN and Anita Fernander, PhD

8:45 AM

Addressing the Social Context of Hypertension Management among African Americans using Photovoice methodology
Maghboeba Mosavel, PhD, Andy O'Connor, DO, Ayella Shams, Sheila Patterson, PhD and Teleangé Thomas

9:00 AM

9:15 AM

9:30 AM

Social and Cultural Factors Affecting African-American Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors
Salimah A. Cogbill, BS, Sula M. Hood, BA, Michael Talley, BS, Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD, MPH and Nicole Caito, MPH, MS, RD, LD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Public Health Education and Health Promotion

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

3016.0 Preventing Chronic Disease: Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Care in African-Americans