3235.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Social Capital and its Effects on Health

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Facilitator(s):Elizabeth Truslow, MPH
7:00 PMDeveloping a definition of "underserved populations"
Tracy A. Weitz, MPA, Karen M. Freund, MD, MPH
7:12 PMEffects of social and physical environments on health: Perceptions of neighborhood residents
Carol P. Somkin, PhD, Andrea Altschuler, PhD, Nancy E. Adler, PhD
7:24 PMRole of social capital data in planning interventions
Amy L. Abel, MSPH, James N. Burdine, Dr.P.H, Michael R.J. Felix, Charles J. Wiltraut, BS
7:36 PMWhen Words Get in the Way: Problems Navigating Health Care
Rima E. Rudd, ScD, MSPH, Kelly M. Bruce, MA, TinhVan Diep, ScM, Susan Koch-Weser, ScM
7:48 PMLow health literacy: The impact on public health
Amy L. Bernard, PhD, CHES
8:00 PMMultilevel analysis of socioeconomic factors on health behavior among urban women
Colleen M. Caron, PhD, Subrena M Utley, MS
8:12 PMTiming of early poverty and poor health: Implications for preventing adult welfare dependency
Marcia J. Nielsen-McPherson, MPH, Margaret E. Ensminger, PhD
8:24 PMApplication of the Markers of Social Capital Instrument in Sixteen Communities
Amy L. Abel, MSPH, James N. Burdine, DrPH, Michael R.J. Felix, Dana Gelb-Safran, DSc, Charles J. Wiltraut
8:36 PMSocial support and social capital among parents with young children in the City of Minneapolis: A comparison of individual and community level data
Mary Hourigan, MPH, Luisa Pessoa-Brandão, MS, David Rak, MPH
8:48 PMSocial transformation models: Public health practice strategies for a new millennium
Brian K. Gibbs, PhD, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, Erma J. Lawson, PhD
9:00 PMTracking healthy people and communities: King County's social and health indicator initiative
Kathryn J. Horsley, DrPH, Sandra Ciske, RN, MN
9:12 PMMeasuring community assets and leadership development through empowerment evaluation in three Seattle multi-ethnic public housing communities
Michael S. Smyser, MPH, Clarence Spigner, MPH, DrPH, Steve Hamai, James W. Krieger, MD, MPH
Sponsor:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Cosponsors:Environment; Epidemiology; Mental Health; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA