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3012.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The number of AAPI public health students has increased dramatically over the past decade. It is not clear, however, how many of these AAPI students have entered the field of public health as a career and/or as a means to become activists and advocates for the AAPI community. This session will explore the potential of increasing activism of AAPI public health students particularly in this time of growing governmental conservatism, economic instability and globalization, but also an increased focus on health disparities. We will first provide a brief overview about this growing trend and a survey of public health student groups and their inclusion of health disparities and community activism. We will then have a moderated panel discuss how student activism has changed, the current need for community activism and ways to increase AAPI student involvement in community activism and advocacy during their academic stay but also post-graduate. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1) To provide background and environmental scan of AAPI public health student involvement in community activism and advocacy 2) To discuss effective strategies that have integrated public health and social justice in eliminating health disparities 3) To discuss how to involve public health students in current public health/social justice movements and consider careers focused on community activism and advocacy 4) To discuss necessary mentorship to help facilitate growth of AAPI public health/social justice activists and advocates | |||
| A. Butch De Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN Gilbert C. Gee, PhD Nia Aitaoto, MPH Anuradha Sharma, MA Lisa Hasegawa | |||
| Rod Lew, MPH | |||
| Overview and environmental scan of AAPI students in public health schools | |||
| Introduction of panelists | |||
| Moderated panel | |||
| Next steps and closing | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Student Caucus; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Nursing | ||