4021.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Immigrant and refugee Health Policy: Implications for Access, Health Status and Health Needs

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Harvey M. Weinstein, MD, MPH
8:30 AMAddressing access to health care services among Asian immigrant children: Is insurance enough?
Yunkyung Kim, MPH, Praphaphone Insixiengmay, MPH
8:45 AMBarriers to enrolling immigrants and refugees in health insurance programs
Benjamin Le Cook, MPH, Robert Marra
9:00 AMChallenging the healthcare apartheid: Equality and equity for people of color
Raquel Z. Ordoņez, MPA
9:15 AMThe Impact of Effective Communication in Eliminating Disparities in Health Outcomes
Ira SenGupta, MA, Ira SenGupta, MA
9:30 AMUsing Internet Technology to Improve Health Status of Californias Refugees
Michael Ayala, MS
Sponsor:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Cosponsors:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Health Administration; Latino Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA