3221.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

Health Risks and Health Education

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Risk factors associated with varicose veins in women
Deanna Perez Williams, MA, CHES
Board 2Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening Methods and Health Sequelae among Young Adults in Two High-Risk Urban Communities
Cheryl Merzel, DrPH, Nancy VanDevanter, DrPH, Amy Bleakley, MPH, Peter Messeri, PhD, C. Kevin Malotte, DrPH, Susan Middlestadt, PhD
Board 3STRIKE UCF 2001: promoting awareness about tobacco use through a peer driven campus initiative at a metropolitan university
Sharon Morrison, MSPH, MSHE, PHD, Laura Talbott, MS, CHES
Board 4Dads making a change: Lessons learned from a substance abuse and violence prevention program
Anita Smith Hawkins, MHS, Charlene A. Day, PhD, Kevin Fields, MHS, Roosevelt Collier
Board 5Hepatitis C: An Analysis of the Veterans Administration's Response to a Public Health Threat
Cheryl Brand, MBA, Patricia Jones, MSN, Paul Reynolds, MPA, Irene Barnett, ABD
Board 6Infectious intestinal disease (IID) in the home:The use of knowledge mapping to identify factors in the acquisition and transmission of IID's
Elizabeth A. Scott, PhD, D. James Kain, BA, Bruce Keswick, PhD, Duanne Charbonneau, PhD
Board 7Late adolescents' developmental issues and experiences on teen pregnancy assessed with focus groups
Vicki Harris Wyatt, PhD, LaDonna Marshall, Sharon Rodine, MEd, Mohsina Shakir, Bethany Bell
Board 8Obesity linked to elevated blood pressure among ethnic minority adolescents
Andrette T. Ward, MD, MPH, William J. McCarthy, PhD, Antronette K. Yancey, MD, MPH, Eloisa L. Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Joanne Leslie, Judith M. Siegel
Board 9Predicting milk and soft drink consumption among female adolescents using the Theory of Planned Behavior
Nada Osman Kassem, DrPH, MS, RN, Jerry W. Lee, PhD, MA, Naomi N. Modeste, DrPH, Patricia K. Johnston, DrPH, MS, RD
Board 10Public Health Professionals' Risk Perceptions and Training Needs Related to Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections: Results of a National Needs Assessment Survey
Bruce W. Clements, MPH, Brooke Shadel, PhD, MPH, Terri Rebmann, RN, MSN, CIC, R.Gregory Evans, PhD, MPH
Sponsor:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; HIV/AIDS; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA