The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: PHN Poster Session 5: Mental Health/Mental Illness
4303.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Poster
PHN Poster Session 5: Mental Health/Mental Illness
Posters will be presented on public health nursing research and practice in several key areas of mental health concern. Among them are occupational stress, chronic mental illness, domestic violence prevention and intervention, and psychosis in adolescent mothers.
Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize mental health risks associated with certain occupations 2. Recongize critical factors in utilization of mental health services in specific population groups; and 3. Discuss research in community-based studies of targeted populations.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Judith L. Wold, PhD, RN
Board 1Adolescent mothers have higher rates of psychiatric disorder
Louise H. Flick, RN, DrPH, Cynthia A. Loveland Cook, PhD, Sharon M. Homan, PhD, Claudia Campbell, PhD, Maryellen McSweeney, PhD, Nujjaree Nettip, RN, MS, Lisa Parnell, MSW, Mary Elizabeth Gallagher, PhD
Board 2Co-creating community health: Domestic violence prevention
Marylyn M McEwen, PhD(c), APRN, BC, Marion K. Slack, PhD
Board 3Self-induced water intoxication and risk for chronic health problems in community-residing mentally ill
Deborah L. May, DNS, RN, CS
Board 4From vulnerability to empowerment: Healing the wounds of domestic violence
Judy G. Winterhalter, DNSc, APRN, BC, Denise A. Vanacore, PhD, CRNP, APRN
Board 5Utilization of Mental Health Services Among an UrbanUnderserved Population
Kathleen Wheeler, PhD, APRN, Lydia Greiner, BSN, RN
Board 6Violence and Stress Experienced by Female Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Debra Gay Anderson, PhD, Heather Joy Ward, RN, BSN, Deborah Reed, PhD
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Caucus on Homelessness; Mental Health; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:Nursing, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA