The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Older Women: Sex, Violence, and Brittle Bones
5074.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Older Women: Sex, Violence, and Brittle Bones
Learning Objectives: Program participants will be able to: 1)Describe a workshop to discuss safe sex practices aimed at women aged 50 and over; 2)Identify key issues related to domestic violence as a major health issue for older women; 3)Explain some non-clinical risk factors for hysterectomy; 4) articulate different mechanisms to recruit rural women into an osteoporosis education program, and 5) Recognize the importance of matching osteoporosis interventions to readiness to change.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Judy Costlow, MS
Moderator(s):Kimberly Elrod
8:30 AMSex, seniors, and the hiv/aids epidemic
Gale Madyun, BSW, MPA (Cand)
8:45 AMDomestic violence: An older women's health issue
Nancy Worcester
9:00 AMNon-clinical risk factors of hysterectomy
Chung-won Lee, Ph D, Michael B. Toney, Ph D, Edna H. Berry, Ph D
9:15 AMAssessing Stage of Change for Calcium Intake for Osteoporosis Interventions
Sara S. Johnson, PhD, Janet L. Johnson, PhD, Julie A. Wright, MS, Mary-Margaret H. Driskell, MPH, Janice M. Prochaska, PhD, James O. Prochaska, PhD
9:30 AMCommunity-based osteoporosis education: A rural outreach program to promote prevention and early detection of osteoporosis in women
Joanne M. Fugere Fedele, RN, MS
Organized by:Women's Caucus
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Gerontological Health; Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA