4324.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Promoting effective health education through community involvement

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Mohammed Forouzesh, MPH, PhD
8:30 PM"Healthy Hair Starts With A Healthy Body": The effective use of non-traditional health educators in Detroit hair salons
Mary E. Madigan, BA, Janet M. Dombrouski, RN, BSN, Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN, Mandi L. Klamerus, MPH
8:45 PMEmpowerment of Women for Health Promotion: A Meta-Analysis
Snehendu B. Kar, Dr.P.H, Catherine A. Pascual, MPH, Kirstin L. Chickering, MPH
9:00 PMPerspectives of low-income African Americans on syphilis and HIV: Implications for prevention approaches
Jebose O. Okwumabua, PhD, Vincent C. Glover, MHA, Delois S. Bolden, BS, Sharon Edwards, BS
9:15 PMCommunity Based Sexual Health Education: Experience in Argentina
R. Mercer, S. Franco, R. Klass, M. Botinelli
9:30 PMHealth promoters, allies for a healthier community: Description of the Community Health Promoters Program (CHPP)
Nancy Halpern Ibrahim, MPH, Leticia Ibarra, MPH
Sponsor:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Cosponsors:Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Community Health Workers SPIG; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA