6003.0: Thursday, October 25, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Critical Issues in Faith and Public Health

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Robert Hall, MDiv
8:30 AMTeaching about the religion-health connection in schools of public health: From epidemiology to intervention
Kenneth J. Steinman, PhD, MPH
8:45 AMHealth effects of religion and spirituality: Risks and benefits
Gary E. Myers, PhD, MDiv
9:00 AMA nonsectarian spiritually-based program to enhance professional caregiving self-efficacy
Doug Oman, PhD, John Hedberg, MD, David Downs, MD, Debra Parsons, MD
9:15 AMHealth partnerships in congregations: Are they the remedy for the underserved?
Mark J. DeHaven, PhD, Irby B. Hunter, MD, Laura Wilder, MLS
9:30 AMReligiosity cohesiveness among a multicultural adolescent population: What's really going on?
Shelley A. G. Francis, MPH, CHES, Carolyn Tucker Halpern, PhD
Sponsor:Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Cosponsors:Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA