5230.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Serving Vulnerable Populations in the Community

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Collaborating to prevent and reduce adolescent pregnancy: the experience of California's Community Challenge Grant Program
Elena R. Berliner, MPH, MSW, Barbara Marquez, MPH, Kelly Elder, MPH, Fay Sady, MPH, Helen Cagampang, PhD
Board 2"We Did It Ourselves: An Evaluation Guidebook": A participatory evaluation primer developed for the Sierra Health Foundation's Community Partnerships for Healthy Children Initiative
Katherine van Leuwen, MSW, MPH, Kathleen M. Hebbeler, PhD, Stacie S. Cherner, MA, MSW, Lynn Newman, Renée L. Cameto, PhD
Board 3Community health development through participatory action research in an isolated ethnic minority community in Malaysia
Christina Misa Wong, MPH, Simon Andrew, MA
Board 4Fit, Fun and Thin Some: A wellness program for the fattest city in the U.S
Melissa A. Ayoub, BS, Roslyn Arnaud, RN, MSN, Shavon Arline, Lance Green, PhD, Loretta Wilson, PhD, Tim Church, MD, PhD
Board 5How one Children's Hospital is working to create a healthier community for children
Cheri E. Fidler, MEd, Gene L. Nathan, MD
Board 6Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine acceptance in urban can recyclers
Andrew C Shih, JiWon Jane Shin, Shadi Chamany, MD, Toni M Sturm, MD
Board 7Operation Safe Crossing: Using science within a community intervention
Robert B. Voas, PhD, James E. Lange, PhD, Tara Kelley Baker, PhD
Board 8Student health clinic for the frail elderly
Lynn M. Babington, PhD, RN, Abraham Ndiwane, EdD,, RN, Anne Kelly, MS,, RN
Board 9Voice of the homeless: Needs, health status & quality of life
Celia O. Larson, PhD, Scott Orman
Board 10Finding a medical home for uninsured children through a public-private partnership in Mahoning County, Ohio
Matthew A. Stefanak, MPH, John Hazy, PhD, G. Nestel, PhD, Diana M. Colaianni, MSN, RN
Sponsor:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Cosponsors:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Environment; Food and Nutrition; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Student Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA