4116.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Poster | |||
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| Posters is this session address the special problems facing low-income minorities in addressing weight and diabetes control, custodial parenting other health issues. Methodologies and community approaches will be pesented. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Posters will describe: 1)addressing racism within a health department; 2)the importance of collaboration between legislators, appointed officials, physicians and health policy proessionals; and 3)how to identify areas of services and research needed in low-income minority communities. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Withdrawn -- Results of a community survey to assess African American and Latino knowledge, perceptions and lifestyle practices related to diabetes and cancer Judith A. Hager, MPH, MA, Jennifer Rienks, MS, PhD(c), Donald R. Rowe, MPA, Geraldine Oliva, MD MPH | |||
| A health department looking in the mirror: Challenges and lessons learned for dismantling racism in a Southern health department Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Vanessa Jeffries, Eugenia Eng, DrPH | |||
| Development of a community-based narrowcast campaign in diverse communities in Southern California Amy S. Myerson, MA, Deborah C. Glik, ScD, Mike Prelip, DPA, MPH, Katie Eilers, MPH, Juli Byrum, MPH, Barbara Rosen, MA | |||
| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to measure pharmacy proximity in relation to neighborhood racial/ethnic composition Stephanie L Sanford-Colby, MPH, Sally Zierler, DrPh, Susan F McNamara, MSCJ, Grace E Macalino, PhD | |||
| African-American men's perception of their relationship with their fathers and their attitudes toward fatherhood and their co-parent Deborah Brome, PhD, Sergut Wolde-Yohannes, MPH, EdM, Stan McLaren, Todd Payton, MA, Eugene Jones | |||
| Evaluation of racial/ethnic disparities in the implementation of a syringe deregulation law in Rhode Island: Practical considerations of a purchaser trial Susan F McNamara, MSCJ, Grace E Macalino, PhD, Stephanie L Sanford-Colby, MPH, Chaney Becker, Portia Thurmond, Sally Zierler, DrPh | |||
| Self-reported prevalence of obesity and overweight and its association with quality of life among Florida Hispanic population: From 2001 Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Shino Oba, MSPH, Youjie Huang, MD, MPH, DrPH | |||
| Evidenced-based policy and educational initiatives development: Making sense of the data Jennie P. Perryman, PhD, RN, Nancy J. Thompson, MPH, PhD | |||
| Empowering a state minority health commission with vision, funding, capacity and a research plan to formulate policy: The Arkansas experience Eduardo R. Ochoa, MD, Creshelle R. Nash, MD, MPH, Holly Felix, MPA, Tracy L. Gatlin, M. Kathryn Stewart, MD MPH, Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH | |||
| Factors that hinder involvement of African-American fathers in the lives of their children and families Sergut Wolde-Yohannes, MPH, EdM, Stan McLaren, Deborah Brome, PhD, Todd Payton, MA, Eugene Jones | |||
| Organized by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development | ||
| Endorsed by: | Chiropractic Health Care; Latino Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus | ||