5009.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Issues in Health Status Surveillance for Asian Pacific Islanders

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Karen Shon
8:30 AMHealth status of the Asian/Pacific Islander population: the "model health minority"?
Phyllis D Sims, MS, May R Yamate, MS, Jean Slosek, MS
8:45 AMImplications of revising the standard population for age-adjusted rates by race/ethnicity for Boston's Asian/Pacific Islander population
May R Yamate, MS, Jean Slosek, MS, Phyllis D Sims, MS, Molly T Beinfeld, BA
9:00 AMLife course predictors of bone strength in women from Southeast Asia
Diane S. Lauderdale, PhD, Talya - Salant, BA, Katherine L. Han, BSN, Phuong L. Tran, MD
9:15 AMOutpatient/ER mortality among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in the US
Stella M. Yu, ScD, MPH, Gopal K. Singh, PhD
9:30 AMBuilding hemophilia treatment and advocacy services in the U.S. Pacific Territories: Capacity building in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands
Judith R Baker, MHSA, Roselie V. Zabala, MSW
Sponsor:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
Cosponsors:Epidemiology

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA