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Session: Special Session: 2004 Award Winners for the Gerontological Health Section
3121.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Special Session: 2004 Award Winners for the Gerontological Health Section
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Penny H. Feldman, PhD
10:30 AMInformal and formal longterm care of frail older adults in Cairo, Egypt
Michele A. Sinunu, MPH, Kathryn Yount, PhD, Nadia el-Afifi, MD, MPH
10:45 AMChronic stress and psychosocial factors in the health services utilization of older adults  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alyson A. Falwell, MPH, Peter P. Vitaliano, PhD, Jack Thompson, MSW, Heather M. Young, PhD, GNP, FAAN
11:00 AMPressure ulcers: More lethal than we thought?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Matthew Redelings, MPH, Nolan Lee, MD, MPH, Frank Sorvillo, PhD
11:15 AMDifferences in Medicare utilization at end of life by race, ethnicity and age
Amresh D. Hanchate, PhD, Yinong Young-Xu, ScD, MS, Michael A Posner, MS, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, Arlene Ash, PhD, Veeran-Anne Singh, MPH
11:30 AMEffect of preventive care and health risk-taking behaviors on influenza vaccination in people over 65  [ Recorded presentation ]
Laura E. Burleson, MPH
11:45 AMMeasurement of medicare knowledge among non-beneficiary “Baby Boomers” in rural western Kentucky  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alan Briones, MD, Ariel Lapena Sarmiento, BA, MPH(c)
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
CE Credits:CME, Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA