4196.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Managing a Changing Workforce: New Workers, Ethnic Diversity, and Staffing Reductions

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Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Anna Maria Turner Lomperis, PhD
2:30 PMWelcoming Remarks
2:35 PMThe allied and auxiliary health care workforce in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities
SA Chapman, PhDCand, MPH, RN, JA Showstack, PhD, MPH, PE Franks, BA, EH O'Neil, PhD, MPA
2:55 PMManaging racial and ethnic diversity in health care organizations
Robert Weech-Maldonado, PhD, Janice Dreachslin, PhD, Gita DeSouza, PhD, Kathryn Dansky, PhD
3:15 PMAcknowledging diversity in the workplace: A model for employee assistance programs
Judith E. Morgan, CEAP, Rodolfo Santos, CSW, CASAC
3:35 PMImpact of licensed nursing staff reductions on adverse events in hospitals
Lynn Unruh, RN, BSN, PhD
3:55 PMDiscussion
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Academic Public Health Caucus; Environment; Labor Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA