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Session: Confronting Myths and Fears of Cancer in the Minority Belief Systems
3016.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Confronting Myths and Fears of Cancer in the Minority Belief Systems
The session will present: barriers to reaching ethnic minorities for cancer screening; specific media and outreach strategies for multi-cultural screening campaigns; the potential of family oriented interventions and provider sensittivity to chronic pain.
Learning Objectives: Abstrats will present:1)barriers to reaching ethnic minorities for cancer screening; 2)specific media and outreach strategies for multi-cultural screening campaigns;3) recognize the potential of family oriented interventions and 4)examine provider sensittivity to chronic pain.
Moderator(s):Maria Caterina Ciampi
8:30 AMCommunity health center patient perspectives on their chronic pain
Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, Carole Upshur, EdD
8:45 AMNative American women’s perceptions of provider services during a Pap test  [ Recorded presentation ]
Adina Smith, PhD, Suzanne Christopher, PhD, Victoria LaFromboise, BS, Alma Knows His Gun McCormick
9:00 AMCultural views, language ability, and regular mammography use in Chinese American women  [ Recorded presentation ]
Wenchi Liang, PhD, Judy Wang, PhD, Mei-Yuh Chen, MS, Jeanne Mandelblatt, MD, MPH, Shibao Feng, PhD, Bin Yi, MS
9:15 AMEffectiveness of various media outreach approaches to promote cervical cancer screening to ethnically diverse populations: Lessons learned  [ Recorded presentation ]
Rita Singhal, MD, MPH, Ricardo A. Contreras, MPH, Sarah Stone-Francisco, MPH, Sarah E. Samuels, DrPH, Ellen Eidem, MS
9:30 AMFactors related to routine screening with both mammogram and Pap test among older Mexican-American women: A multinomial logistic regression analysis
Alai Tan, MD, MS, Daniel H. Freeman, PhD, Jean L. Freeman, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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