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Session: Environment as Social Capital Affecting Health Status
3253.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Environment as Social Capital Affecting Health Status
This session discusses the nexus between housing and health and the greater environmental affects on health.
Learning Objectives: Participants will: 1)Identify stressors related to social and physical environments: 2)Learn how housing policies have contributed to inequities in health status; and 3)List possible sources of lead exposure.
Moderator(s):Mary McCall
2:30 PMCreating housing construction practices and standards that minimize asthma triggers: What’s working in New England
Ellen R. Tohn, mcp
2:45 PMEngaging Community Residents in Assessing their Social and Physical Environments and their Implications for Health
Amy Schulz, PhD, Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, Lorena Estrada, MPH, Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, Edna A. Viruell-Fuentes, MPH, Antonia Villarruel, PhD, Carmen Stokes, NP
3:00 PMWithdrawn -- Building the Public’s Health: The Nexus between Housing and Health
Helen Horton, MPH
3:15 PMA sure bet: Addressing the environment affecting seasonal equestrian workers and their families through community partnerships
Valerie L. Webb, MPH, Sean McDermott
3:30 PMEstablishment of Partnership Against Lead Project following pilot study of environmental lead levels in the inner city of Miami, Florida
Kristy A. Siegel, MPH, CHES, Janvier Gasana, MD, MPH, PhD, WayWay M. Hlaing, MBBS, MS, PhD, Janisse Rosario, MPH, Krishna Dummula, MD, Emily A. Owens, MPH
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
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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