3081.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Issues in Chronic Disease Management in Native Populations

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:35 PMHypertension awareness, treatment and control among Chippewa and Menominee Indians: The Inter-Tribal Heart Project
Verna L. Lamar Welch, PhD, MPH, Michele Casper, PhD, Kurt Greenlund, PhD, Stephen Rith-Najarian, MD, Janet Croft, PhD
2:47 PMCardiovascular disease and related risk factors among the Catawba Indian Nation compared with rural and urban South Carolina
Sarah Levin, PhD, Barbara Ainsworth, PhD, Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD, Cheryl Addy, PhD, Fran C. Wheeler, PhD
2:59 PMAssessing the burden of diabetes and available diabetes services in urban Indian Health Service programs
Sara J. Boskovich, DNSc, Steven Rith-Najarian, MD
3:11 PMAssociation of psychosocial variables with Type 2 diabetes in Cherokee Indians aged 15 to 40 years
Kathleen S. Blevins, PhD, Mary K. Lawler, PhD, Elisa T. Lee, PhD, Martha L. Stoddart, MS, Regina Grass
3:23 PMEvaluation of tuberculosis prevention among American Indian patients with diabetes
Jennifer A Giroux, MD, Betty Skipper, PhD, Thomas K. Welty, MD, MPH, Kelly Acton, MD, MPH, James Cheek, MD, MPH
3:35 PMRisk Factors and Characterization of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in American Indian Children and adolescents
Boureima Hama Sambo, MD, MPH, Elisa T. Lee, PhD, June E. Eichner, PhD, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, PhD, Bernadine Tolbert, MD, PhD
3:47 PMDiscussion
Sponsor:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition; Podiatric Health

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA