The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Welfare Reform and Women's Health
3130.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Welfare Reform and Women's Health
This session will provide an overview of welfare reform policy and its impact on women's health. Challenges associated with monitoring health and with integrating services into welfare reform efforts will be discussed, along with presentation of a statewide TANF PHN home visiting program.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe current welfare reform policy and limitations on states' abililty to monitor the impact on health status; 2. Discuss health needs and access to care for women receiving TANF; and 3. Discuss health care and social service integration, targeted programs,and PHN's as providers and advocates
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Beverly C. Flynn, PhD, RN, FAAN
10:30 AMSocial Construction of Welfare Reform
Carol Easley Allen, PhD RN
10:45 AMMonitoring the Effects of Welfare Reform on Women's Well-Being
Patricia O'Campo, PhD, Lucia Rojas-Smith, DrPH, Holly A. Grason, MA
11:00 AMOutcomes of Minnesota's statewide TANF home visiting program
Marilyn Kennedy, PhD, Penny A. Hatcher, MSN, DrPH, Maureen Fuchs, PHN
11:15 AMIntegration of TANF, universal, and selective home visiting programs in Minnesota
Penny A. Hatcher, MSN, DrPH, Betty E. Kaplan, MPH, RN, Junie Svenson, BA, MPH, Maureen Fuchs, PHN
11:30 AMSocial Services versus Social Engineering: The Need for Improved Social and Health Supports in the Welfare Reform Era
11:45 AMIntegrating Nursing Services into Welfare-to-Work Transition Programs: Negotiating the Terrain between Patient Advocacy and Political Complicity
Shawn M. Kneipp, PhD, ARNP
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Caucus on Homelessness; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA