4262.1: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Culture, Race and Health Services for the Elderly

Learning Objectives: 1) To understand the impact of culture on the utilization and effectivoenss of health services for the elderly
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Betty Jane Cleckley, PhD
4:30 PMThe Health Access of Asian Americans
Junling Wang, MS
4:40 PMHealth Status and English Proficiency among Older Latinos
Jan E. Mutchler, PhD, Laney A. Bruner-Canhoto, MSW, MPH
4:50 PMNeed Assessment of Japan's Long Term Care Insurance
AtoZ Okamoto
5:00 PMReported loneliness and anxiety of Hispanic elders: involvement in formal and informal service use
Robert Friis, PhD, James H. Swan, PhD
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Health Administration; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA