3120.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Access to Health Care:Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities

23412, 24577, 22141, 23719
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Paper objectives are specified
Presider(s):William N. Washington, DPA, MPH
2:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:35 PMModel programs addressing racial and ethnic health disparities
Brent M. Ewig, MHS, Cindy Phillips, MSW, MPH, Lauren B. Raskin, MPH
2:55 PMWhat can we learn from social cognition research? Advancing inquiry into the causes of race/ethnicity disparities in treatment received
Michelle van Ryn, PhD, MPH
3:15 PMAccess to primary care in New Jersey: Geographic variation of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in 1995 and 1997
Firoozeh Molaparast Vali, PhD
3:35 PMAssessment of state laws, regulations, and practices affecting the collection and reporting of racial and ethnic data by health insurers and managed care plans
Erica R. Berry, JD, MPH, Steve Hitov, JD, Jane Perkins, JD, MPH, Doreena Wong, JD, Violet Woo, MS, MPH
3:55 PMConcluding Remarks
Sponsor:Health Administration
Cosponsors:Black Caucus of Health Workers; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Latino Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA