The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Communicating about Health Issues with Older Adults
4261.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Roundtable
Communicating about Health Issues with Older Adults
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Lené Levy-Storms, PhD, MPH
Table 1Colorectal cancer screening knowledge and attitudes in the Medicare population
Susan E. Hunter, MPH, Anna Pittman Schenck, PhD, Carrie Klabunde, PhD
Table 2Withdrawn -- Lessons Learned: Attitudes of Seniors and Adults Toward Long-Term Care Issues
Michael J. Miller
Table 3Practical education for medical students and primary care physicians in advance care planning (ACP)
Barbara B. Blechner, MEd, JD, Deborah B. Paturzo, MS, Jonathan H. Rosen, MD, Thomas F. Babor, PhD, MPH
Table 5Differences between geriatric visits with and without companions
Debra Roter, DrPH, Marla L. Clayman, MPH, Susan Larson, MS, Mary Ann Cook, BSN, MA, PhD
Table 6Health status and health behaviors of older adults living alone:Implcations for health providers
Lynne Kotranski, PhD, Abdullahi Beraima, PhD
Table 7Low Health Literacy and Poor Physician Communication: A Dangerous Health Mix for Older Women of Color
Vanessa Calderon-Rosado, PhD, Sarita Malik Bhalotra, MD, PhD, Phyllis H Mutschler, PhD
Table 8Collaboration between consumers and health care providers in nursing home admission decisions
Marcie Weinstein, MBA, OTR/L, Nancy A. Miller, PhD, Laura Drumm, MS, OTR/L
Table 9Convergence of patient and proxy decision making: Family and provider views of patient involvement in nursing home admission decisions
Stephanie L. Jones, MPH, Nancy A. Miller, PhD, Marcie Weinstein, MBA, OTR/L
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:Public Health Nursing

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA