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Session: Wellness
3384.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM
Oral
Wellness
Learning Objectives: Discuss health issues like TB, DM and substance use among Latin populations.
Presider(s):Janet Primomo, PhD, RN
8:30 PMMexican American adolescent perceptions: Preventing diabetes
Kathleen M. May, DNSc, RN, Raquel Tanner, BSN, RN
8:45 PMCorrelates of alcohol and tobacco use among Mexican immigrants
Sharon Loury, RN, PhD
9:00 PMTuberculosis knowledge among Latino immigrants
Rita L. Ailinger, PhD, RN, Nga Nguyen, MPH, RN
9:15 PMCommunity-based intervention for reducing diabetes health disparities in Hispanics
Marylyn M. McEwen, PhD, APRN, BC, Marion K. Slack, PhD, Irene A. Gutierrez, BS
9:30 PMUnderstanding TB health disparities at the U.S.-Mexico border
Marylyn M. McEwen, PhD, APRN, BC
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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