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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
5025.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Poster | |||
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| Astham is one of the greatest environmental problems in the United States and it continues to impact the health of children everywhere. New programs are meeting the challenge of asthma and the lessons of these projects can assist others working on this important issue. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Highlight innovative approaches to identify communities with high rates of asthma. 2. Evaluate potential risk factors for asthma in inner city neighborhoods. 3. Demonstrate effective ways to meet the challenge of asthma in rural commmunities. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Nsedu Obot, MPH Brenda Afzal, RN, MS Tunde Akinmoladun, PHD John Neuberger, MBA, MPH, DrPH Marybeth Smuts, PhD Patrice Sulik | |||
| GIS and multi-level modeling of childhood asthma and low birthweight in New York City Howard Andrews, PhD, Carlos M. Jusino, MS, Robin Garfinkel, PhD, Lori Hoepner, MPH, Frederica P Perera, PhD, Virginia Rauh, ScD | |||
| Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations in Baltimore City 1993-1998; A preliminary report from the Baltimore Asthma Surveillance System (BASS) | |||
| Relationships between asthma morbidity and exposure to violence among school-aged, inner-city children Amena A. Husain, MPH, Josephine Elia, MD, Salvatore Mangione, MD, David Tollerud, MD, MPH | |||
| Short term exposure to air pollution and asthma exacerbation in children Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, MPH, Nathalie Simon, PhD, Charles Griffiths, PhD | |||
| Medication Management and Environmental Trigger Avoidance fo Asthma Patients: Can They Reduce Costs for Managed Care Orgniazations? David Mudarri, Kathleen Cunningham, PhD, Ben Apelberg, Mark Heil, PhD | |||
| Childhood asthma in a rural Iowa population Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, PhD, James Merchant, MD, Angela Kuehl, PharmD, Richard Ahrens, MD, Stephen J. Reynolds, PhD, CIH, Kevin Kelly, PhD, Peter S. Thorne, PhD, Leon Burmeister, PhD | |||
| Environmental triggers in the homes of asthmatic children of non-English speakers Alicia Marier Cunningham, MD/MPH candidate, Rose Hannah Goldman, MD, MPH | |||
| An Innovative Outreach Community Program: Reaching out to Specific Inner City Communities to heighten Asthma Awareness Charmaine Fitzig, RN, DrPH, Consuelo Dungca, RN, EdD, Evelyn G. Borges, CHES | |||
| Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Community Asthma Initiative Paul L. Cummings, MPH, Jeffrey S. Brown, MPH, MSW | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services | ||
| CE Credits: | Environmental Health, Nursing, Social Work | ||