The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus

NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus.

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Monday, November 11, 2002

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
3038.0Improving Access to Care (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
3123.0Vulnerable Worker Groups (Oral)
3133.0Integrative session (NEW): "Latin American Social Medicine And The Quest For Social Justice & Public Health: Linking History, Data, And Pedagogy" (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
3148.0Refugee and Immigrant Health Policy: History, Practice, and Challenges (Oral)
3171.0Providing Prescription Drugs To Public Hospital Outpatients: Problems and Solutions (Oral)
3191.0Medical Care Section Solicited Papers #2: Access & Equity - Getting Medicines to the People Who Need Them (Oral)
3211.0The Right-Wing Avalanche against Public Health (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
3277.0Fighting Big Pharma for HIV/ AIDS Drugs (Oral)
3278.0Politics of public health data session: "Measuring & monitoring social inequalities in health in the United States" (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
3309.0Meeting the Needs of Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (Oral)
3310.0Changes in Federal Support for Medicaid: How State Legislatures have Responded (Oral)
3334.0Health Access for Vulnerable Populations (Oral)
3338.0Building a Movement for Global Health Justice: A Conversation and Movement-Building Session (Oral)
8:30 PM-10:00 PM Mon
3349.0Community Organizing For Public Health: What Strategies Worked? (Oral)

Tuesday, November 12, 2002

12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
4132.0Survival of hospitals serving vulnerable populations (Oral)
4149.0Medical Care Section Solicited Papers #3: Some Requisites of an Effective Universal Health Care Plan (Oral)
4165.0Social Justice in Practice: Evidence from the Field (Oral)
4170.0Effective Activism for Change (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
4206.0Ratios Not Roses for RNs: The Impact of Staffing Ratios on Patients and Nurses (Oral)
4210.0P. Ellen Parsons Memorial Session: Trading Global Public Health (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
4244.0The Influence of Stress On the Health of the African American Family (Oral)
4267.0Strategies To Overcome Threats To The Survival Of Hospitals That Serve Vulnerable Populations (Oral)
4309.0Globalization and the Politics of Health: Latin America (Oral)

Wednesday, November 13, 2002

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
5009.0Communicating the Status of the Public's Health: Lessons Learned From The Field (Oral)
5014.0Assessing Disparities in Health Status and Health Care for Immigrants and Refugees in the United States (Oral)
5035.0Learning From September 11 (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
5107.0Advocacy Initiatives for Public Health: California Center for Public Health Advocacy (Oral)
5114.0The Public Health Infrastructure: Its Status Post 9/11 (Oral)
5127.0Work Organization in Health Care Part 1: Impact on Health (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Wed
5184.0Health Services Research Contributed Papers #5: Access to Insurance (Oral)
5188.0Work Organization in Health Care Part 2: Organizing Strategies for Prevention (Oral)

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA