4333.1: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Oral Session

Health and Health Care of Older Hispanics and African Americans

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: To learn about the health of racial minorities.
Presider(s):Dora L. Hughes, MD, MPH
8:30 PMAfrican Americans with hypertension: The influence of belief systems
Marlene K. Wilken, PhD, RN, Esther A. Hellman, PhD, RN
8:45 PMDifferent predictors of nursing home placement between Whites and African-Americans
Chiu-Chin Huang, NHA, PhD, Darryl Wieland, PhD, Roger Amidon, PhD
9:00 PMLatino's perceptions of mild cognitive impairments and help-seeking pathways
Angelica Maria Perez, PhD, Mary Mittelman, Dr PH, Dharma E. Cortes, PhD
9:15 PMUnmet need for services among Hispanic elders
Robert Friis, PhD, James H. Swan, PHD
9:30 PMScreening for stroke risk in the African American population
Jennifer L. Horn, BSN, RNC, Catherine Elizabeth Quinn, MPA
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA