3167.4: Monday, October 22, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

Committee on Affiliates Student Poster Competition I

Affiliates are invited to submit poster abstracts for exhibition at the annual meeting. Affiliate poster proposals should be of projects affiliates or some of their members are involved in. Affiliate members whose poster abstracts are accepted for exhibition must be (or become) APHA members, and must also register for the annual meeting. Deadline for submission of affiliate poster abstracts is May 1, 2001
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Karen Valenzuela
Board 1Assessing the Health Behaviors of Puerto Rican College Students
Haydee Encarnacion-Garcia, MS, MPH, Mohammad Torabi, PhD
Board 2Change in Health Status Among the Oldest Old Death: Physical and cognitive function changes and disease incidence in Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Study(AHEAD)
Y. Rhee
Board 3Community Based Breast Cancer Awareness: East Carolina University Undergraduate Community Health Educators and Sistahs United for Breast Cancer Awareness
Beth Ward, Tashara James, Amy Brown, Amanda Fisher, Tashara James, Tywanna Jeffries, Rhonda Joyner, Brooke Kilcoin, Sherlene Mason, Chanetha McCabe, Gina Summa, Kelly Sutphin, Sidette Boyce
Board 4Comparison of cancer mortality rates in Great Lakes Areas of Concern in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
Autumn J Workman, MPH, Diane S. Henshel, PhD, Stephanie Snider
Board 5Defining neighborhood indicators in community-based dietary modification program
Allyn M. Fernandez, D.J. Bowen, PhD, Carol P. Somkin, PhD, Andrea Altschuler, PhD
Board 6Defining public health: Contemplating its true meaning
Tourette Jackson, BS, Shalini Parekh, BS, Alex Bingcang, BS, John Poe, DVM, Bridget Hittepole, BA, Michael McNeely, BS, Chris L. Day, BS
Board 7Documenting the differences: HIV/AIDS knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes among South African students attending rural and urban schools in the northern and southern provinces
Alicia D Watkins
Board 8Allegations of Resident to Resident Physical Abuse in MA Nursing Homes Last Year
Tomoko Tagawa, MD, Ralph L Leonard, MD, Paul I. Dreyer, PhD, Director, Jean K. Pontikas, Asst Director, John E. McDonough, DrPH
Board 9Allegations of Staff to Resident Physical Mistreatment in MA Nursing Homes Last Year
Ralph L Leonard, MD, Tomoko Tagawa, MD, Jean K Pontikas, Asst Director, Paul I. Dreyer, PhD, Director, John E. McDonough, DPH
Sponsor:APHA-Committee on Affiliates
CE Credits:Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA