4178.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Understanding How Religiosity Influences Health

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Adewale Troutman, MD,, MPH
2:30 PMLevels of Religiosity and Environmental Concern in an African American Community
Kimberly M. Harper, MPH, PhD
2:45 PMReligious involvement and health among African American women on the east side of Detroit: A project affiliated with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center
Juliana Elizabeth van Olphen, MPH, Amy J. Schulz, PhD, Barbara Israel, PhD, Edith Parker, PhD, Chatters Linda, PhD, Williams David, PhD, Laura Klem, MS
3:00 PMExamining the association between religiosity, self-esteem and ethnic pride in African American adolescents
Donna Hubbard McCree, PhD, MPH, RPh, Gina M. Wingood, ScD, MPH, Ralph J. DiClemente, PhD, Suzy Davies, PhD, Kathy Harrington, MPH
3:15 PMImpact of religiosity on health behavior change: The "Eat for Life" program
Debbie A. Coleman-Wallace, DrPH, MPH, Ken Resnicow, PhD, Alice Jackson, LPN, Terry Wang, MSPH, William N. Dudley, PhD
Sponsor:Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Cosponsors:Black Caucus of Health Workers; Food and Nutrition; Public Health Nursing

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA