5305.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Addressing the Health Issues of Adolescents in the Community

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Facilitator(s):Ann Umemoto Yukiko
8:30 PMGirls and the perpetration of violent crime: Why are the numbers increasing?
Marci Feldman, MSEd, Bruce Kennedy, EdD, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
8:42 PMUnderage Alcohol Use in a Large Urban/Suburban County: Local Data, Promising Strategies and Action!
Yingmei Ding, MD, MS, Jennefer Schuster, MPH, Meg Hargreaves, MPP, Jim Mara, BA, Jaime Martinez, MEd, Ed Ehlinger, MD, MSPH, Ann Kinney, PhD
8:54 PMCommunity ownership through collaborations: The Springfield Adolescent Health Project
Frances Hubbard, BS, MS, Consuelo Campbell, MPH, Theresa Glenn, MPH, Nancy Burns, NP, David Buchanan, PhD, Paul Etkind, DrPH, MPH, SAHP Steering Committee
9:06 PMTeach, empower, connect: Linking disenfranchised youth to health care
Michael S. O'Shea, Julie D. Jacobs, Vicki Wood
9:18 PMUsing theatre as a youth focused prevention tool
9:30 PM"Customer Friendly": Health provider behaviors affected by teen outreach in the Springfield Adolescent Health Project (SAHP)
Christian Lewis, Frances Hubbard, BS, MS, Jeffrey Scavron, MD, Scott Hubbard, BS, Nancy Burns, NP, Cindy Miller, NP, Paul Etkind, DrPH, MPH, SAHP Steering Committee
Sponsor:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Cosponsors:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; School Health Education and Services; Social Work

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA