4104.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Health and Health Care of South Asians

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: NA
Presider(s):Violet Woo, MS, MPH
12:30 PMConducting A Health Needs Assessment of the New York City South Asian American Community through Collaboration with Community Based Organizations
Nadia S Islam, Navneet Kathuria, MD, MPH, Ruby Senie, PhD
12:40 PMSakhi's Women's Health Initiative: Outreach to the South Asian Community
Indu Bulbul Sanwal, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MA, MPH, MD, Kavita Parikh, M2, Sharmila S. Rao, MIA, MPH
12:50 PMPrevalence of selected health behaviors among Asian Indian immigrants in New Jersey
Ranjita Misra, PhD, CHES, Thakor Patel, Dorothy Caputo, Sunil Parikh
1:00 PMReproductive Health of South Asian Women
Uma Setty
1:10 PMInvestigating cardiovascular risks in Asian Indians using community based research methods
Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA, Kurt Greenlund, PhD, Shobha Srinivasan, PhD
1:20 PMOrganizing the South Asian American Community to Define & Disseminate Its Health Priorities
Abhijit Ghosh, MPH, Neil Parekh, Ushma Upadhyay, MPH, Lina Sheth, Neelam Gupta, MPH, Melindah Sharma
Sponsor:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
Cosponsors:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; HIV/AIDS; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA