4345.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Oral Session

Understanding Health Risk Perception and Response

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):James N. Hyde, MA, SM
Organizer(s):Meg Young
8:30 PMRole of values in determining the credibility of sources of health risk information
Robert Godfrey, PhD
8:45 PMAnatomy of risk perception: Dissecting the usual questions
Sarah C. Kobrin, MPH
9:00 PMEnhancing treatment seeking behavior in men and women with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction
Catherine A Borski, MPH, Sheila Reed, PhD, Nina B Radford, MD
9:15 PMConsumer Response to the Safe Handling Instructions Label on Meat and Poultry
Chung-Tung Jordan Lin, Sara B. Fein, PhD, Alan S. Levy, PhD
9:30 PMHealth risk communication approaches to vaccine safety information
Wendy Heaps, MPH, Glen Nowak, PhD
Sponsor:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA