5200.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
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| This session, which consists of six presentations, will focus on a range of health care topics relevant to lesbian and bisexual women, including behaviors and attitudes, health conditions, health service delivery and access to care, disability, and other issues. These presentations will address numerous priority health concerns among women who represent different demographics and characteristics | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Joyce Hunter, DSW | ||||
| John Blake West, EdD | ||||
| African-American lesbians: Access to health care Linda McGehee, PhD, RN, Mary Anne Adams | ||||
| Age of self-identification as lesbian and the impact on health behaviors Deborah J. Aaron, PhD, Nina Markovic, PhD, Michelle E. Danielson, PhD | ||||
| Impact of disability on health care experiences of lesbians Sarita L. Karon, PhD | ||||
| Menopausal characteristics of lesbian and bisexual women: The ESTHER project Michelle E. Danielson, PhD, Deborah J. Aaron, PhD, Nina Markovic, PhD, Nancy J. Schmidt, Janine E. Janosky, PhD | ||||
| Attitudes toward HRT and hysterectomy: Comparison of lesbians with a community sample of minority women Adriana C. Linares, MD, MPH, Kimberly Phillips, BS, MPH, Jan Y. Groff, MD, MSPH, PhD | ||||
| The effect of sexual orientation on multiple dimensions of health: A population-based study of women Allison Diamant, MD, MSHS, Cheryl Wold, MPH, Karen Spritzer, BA, Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH | ||||
| Sponsor: | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers | |||
| Cosponsors: | Disability Forum; HIV/AIDS SPIG; Latino Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | |||