4129.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Poster Session

Older Women and Minorities - Health and Health Services

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: To understand issues realted to health of older women and minorities.
Board 1Minority elder health promotion and interdisciplinary learning: A community-academic partnership
Pamela Elfenbein, PhD, MSW, Lilia Z. Macias-Moriarity, PhD, MPH, Nancy S. Wellman, PhD, RD, FADA
Board 2Relationship Between Medicare Supplemental Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending Among Older Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
Craig F Caplan, David J Gross
Board 3Do adults aged 65 years and above have better access to clinical/preventive services under managed care?
John R Pleis, MS, Robin A. Cohen, PhD
Board 4Significant problems experienced by older, poor, foreign-born, multicultural female patients in attempting to access information and care from healthcare professionals in the US
Sharlene P. Hirsch, EdD
Board 5Trajectories of self-rated health among aging women
Kristie M. Long
Board 6Social participation and physical dysfunction among racial/ethnic groups of older adults: Implications for Social Work
Elizabeth M. Bertera, PhD
Board 7Socioeconomic status, social support, and the health of older minority women
Jessica S. Ziembroski, MSW, MA
Board 8Lifestyle and health comparisons of ethnic/racial groups in California
Robert H. Friis, PhD, James Swan, PhD, Javier Lopez-Zetina, PhD, Andrea M James, MPH
Board 9A stage-based approach to measuring creation of advance directives among older African Americans
Peter S. Reed, MPH, Kimberly S. Reynolds, MPA, Elizabeth J. Mutran, PhD, Robert F. DeVellis
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Latino Caucus; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA