4013.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

ACHP and Disability: Epidemiology and Effectiveness of Preventive, Therapeutic and Rehabilitative Use

This invited session will address questions about the use of ACHP's by people with disabilities. Topics will include epidemiology; outcomes of use; barriers to access, and the relationship between the use of conventional health services, which we know is high among people with disabling conditions, and the use of ACHP's
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Facilitator(s):Allan Meyers, PhD
8:30 AMDevising an appropriate control group in a study of acupuncture and stroke rehabilitation
Howard Moffet, MPH, Larry Scherwitz, PhD, Scott Rome, MD
8:45 AMDo physical functional limitations predict complementary and alternative medicine provider use?
Suzie M. Zick, ND, MPH
9:00 AMApitherapy and MS
Ahad Fazlat
9:15 AMPhantom Limb Pain and Therapeutic Touch
Eric Leskowitz, MD
9:30 AMHolistic approaches to healthy aging
Adam Burke, PhD, MPH
Sponsor:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
Cosponsors:Chiropractic Health Care; Disability Forum; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA