Session: Serving Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in the Community While Addressing Behavior, Lifestyle and Social Determinants of Health
5015.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Serving Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in the Community While Addressing Behavior, Lifestyle and Social Determinants of Health
Papers will describe the use of the 7 Kawanzaa priniples in the development of community-based approaches to reduce health disparities, identify the role of local agencies to increase minority participation and learn approaches to involve African-American fathers.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1)describe the use of the 7 Kawanzaa priniples in the development of community-based approaches to reduce health disparities; 2)identify the role of local agencies to increase minority participation; and 3)learn approaches to involve African-American fathers.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Alfred DeMaria, MD
8:30 AMIncorporating the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa into an intervention to increase African American infant survival rates
Linda D. Mack Burch, MPH, Geraldine Oliva, MD MPH, Virginia Smyly, MPH, Sandra Johnson, MA
8:42 AMPromoting Infuenza and Pneumonia shots in minority and underserved populations
Vasu Singh, MD, MPH, Bonnie Coyle, MD, MS
8:54 AMA model for "one-stop" service provision for fathers to improve the quality of life of children in African-American community
Stan McLaren, Deborah Brome, PhD, Sergut Wolde-Yohannes, MPH, EdM, Todd Payton, MA, Eugene Jones
9:06 AMBlack men and community health systems: A vision for better prostate health
Virginia Diane Woods, MSN, DrPH Student, Susanne B Montgomery, PhD, MPH, Elvin A. Hernandez, DrPH Candidate
9:18 AMUsing social marketing to promote Folic Acid use among Hispanic women
Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD, Nazach Rodriguez-Snapp, MSW, MPH, Kimberlea Hauser, MBA, Lori Reeves, MPH
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Chiropractic Health Care; Latino Caucus; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

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