4151.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Border Health - How is the Health of Our Neighbors Influencing Our Own Health?

Abstracts related to border health issues. This list includes topics such as illegal immigration and health, chronic diseases along borders, cultural aspects of AIDS along country borders
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Jeanette Candelaria, MPH
12:30 PMInjury Mortality in Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1980-1998
Jan M H Risser, PhD, Carrie Shapiro, William Spears, PhD
12:45 PMCalifornia/Mexico border health status report
India J. Ornelas, MPH, Alfonso Rodriguez, DVM, PhD, Alvaro Garza, MD, MPH
1:00 PMDesign and implementation of a smoking prevention program specifically tailored to Latino Teenagers in a US-Mexico border school district in Texas
Luis F. Vélez, MD, MPH, Patricia Chalela, MPH, Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH
1:15 PMDeveloping partnerships to provide culturally competent health care to a rural migrant population
Will W. Mayo, MPH, Paula Watt, FNP, PhD, Anita Hunter, PhD, CNPC
1:30 PMIntimate Partner Violence in Border Communities: Differences between Hispanic and Anglo women's Experiences
Satya P Krishnan, PhD, CHES
1:45 PMMedicare and Latino elders going bare
R. Burciaga Valdez, PhD
2:00 PMMortality in Texas and the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1980-1998
Jan M H Risser, PhD, Carrie Shapiro, William Spears, PhD
Sponsor:Latino Caucus
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; International Health; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA