3265.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Federal initiatives to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health

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Presider(s):Stephen B. Thomas, PhD
8:30 PMRacial/Ethnic Disparity Projects: Partnership among CDC and States to reduce cardiovascular health disparities
L.J. Redman, MPH, C.M. Morrison, MSPH, N.B. Watkins, MPH
8:45 PMBuilding Capacity through the National 100% Access and Zero Disparities Campaign
Regan Crump, DrPH, Sherilyn Pruitt, MPH
9:00 PMNational Grassroots Campaign Delivers Urgent Medicine Safety Message to Diverse Populations
Marsha Henderson, MCRP
9:15 PMUsing community involvement strategies in the fight against infant mortality: Lessons from a multi-site study of the healthy start experience
Meredith A. Minkler, DrPH, Mildred Thompson, MSW
9:30 PMDeveloping a campaign to promote vaccination among persons with diabetes
Wendy Holmes, MS, Marc A. Safran, MD, Lois Voelker, MBA, Patricia Mitchell, MPH, Russ Sniegowski, MPH
Sponsor:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Cosponsors:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Disability Forum; Health Administration; Latino Caucus; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Spirit of 1848 Caucus; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA