The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Cultural Diversity in PHN Practice
5136.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Cultural Diversity in PHN Practice
This session will focus on health risks and health behaviors in diverse U.S. populations. Research findings and community interventions in American Indian, African-American, Korean, and Hispanic communities will be presented, with a particular emphasis on culturally appropriate chronic disease prevention and management.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify wellness factors, health risks and patterns of self-health care practices; 2. Recognize the use of both traditional and western health care interventions; and 3. Describe culturally appropriate community-based intervention programs.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Kathleen M Russell, DNS, RN
12:30 PMAmerican Indians participate in a community-based diabetic intervention
Roxanne Struthers, PhD, RN, Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH, Betty A. Geishirt Cantrell, MSSW, MBA, Lorelei H. DeCora, RN-C
12:45 PMAwareness of prostate cancer in African American men and its influence on screening health behaviors
Sharon Starr, MSN, Anne Waldman, MSN, RN, AOCN, William Tester, MD, FACP, Katherine K. Kinsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Delores T. Smith
1:00 PMChronic disease incidence among rural California American Indians
Betty A. Geishirt Cantrell, MSSW, MBA, Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH, Carol Marquez, MPH
1:15 PMDeveloping an academic-community partnership in rural Illinois to improve the health of Hispanics diagnosed with diabetes
Laura Anderko, RN PhD, Mary Uscian, RNMSC
1:30 PMHealth and self-care behaviors among elderly Hispanic women
George Shuster, DNSc, RN, Dorothy Hendel Clough, PhD, RN, Patricia Higgins, PhD, RN
1:45 PMPatterns of Health Care Utilization Among Korean American Elderly with Hypertension: The Use of Traditional and Western Medicine
Hae-Ra Han, RN, PhD, Miyong Kim, RN, PhD, Kim B. Kim, PhD
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Latino Caucus; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA