Session: Impacting Health Disparities
4246.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Impacting Health Disparities
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Lillian Tom-Orme, PhD, MPH, RN
4:30 PMBuilding tribal capacity: Partnering for community wellness
Kevin C. English, RPh, MPH
4:45 PMHeart of the Matter: Community-based Perinatal Support Services
Geradine D. Simkins, RN, CNM, MSN, Elizabeth Knurek, MPH, Rick Haverkate, MPH, Sandra King, RN, BSN
5:00 PMOutreach methods for a community-based project on the Apsáalooke reservatioin
Suzanne Christopher, PhD, Adina Smith, PhD, Alma Knows His Gun McCormick, Vanessa Watts, BS
5:15 PMBone mineral density of American Indian and Alaska Native women: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative Study
Nina S. Wampler, DSc, MPH, Clemma Jacobsen, MS, Jeffrey A. Henderson, MD, MPH, Zhao Chen, PhD, MPH, Barbara V. Howard, PhD, Jacques E. Rossouw, MBChB, FCP(SA)
5:30 PMAssessing training needs related to the care of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): Perspectives of medical providers working among American Indian and Alaska Native populations (AI/ANs)
Cheryl L. Mason, MPH, Laura Shelby, BA, Rachel Pacheco, RN, Sharon R. Adler, MD, MPH, Jolie Pearl, RN, MPH, Teri Anderson, MT, Candace Nelson, MA
5:45 PMRegional patterns of cancer mortality in American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US, 1994-1998
David King Espey, MD, Roberta Paisano, MHSA, Nathaniel Cobb, MD
Organized by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus; Spirit of 1848 Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA