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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Issues Relating to the Cultural Competency of the Public Health Workforce and Partnership Organizations
4114.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Issues Relating to the Cultural Competency of the Public Health Workforce and Partnership Organizations
Abstracts in the session will articulate four unique traits of Black Americans that must be positively impacted in order to improve healthcare delivery; present the unique multi-tribal needs of urban American Indians and the development of a culturally competent care system in the hospital setting.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to articulate four unique traits of Black Americans that must be positively impacted in order to improve healthcare delivery; understand the unique multi-tribal needs of urban American Indians and understand the development of a culturally competent care system in the hospital setting.
Moderator(s):Vijai Jaitley, MPH, CHES
12:30 PMUsing Community-Academic Partnerships to Develop a Tobacco Survey Tool Targeting Urban American Indians  [ Recorded presentation ]
Robert H. Feldman, PhD, Theda McPheron Keel, RN, CRRN, MA, MS, Merrill Eisenberg, PhD, Joe Jose, MSW, Kim Russell, BS, Kathryn Coe, PhD, Rebecca Akins, MA
12:45 PMQualitative assessment of the need for medical interpreter services for Spanish speaking residents of the Naugatuck Valley  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tania Cossio-Molina, BA, Elizabeth G. Bayne, BS, Susan Nappi, MPH, Tara Rizzo, MPH
1:00 PMVoices of the people: An Afrocentric plan for better health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Virginia Diane Woods, DrPH, MSN, Susanne B. Montgomery, PhD, MPH, R. Patti Herring, PhD, RN, Sam Wilson, MD, MBA
1:15 PMUsing a community cultural planning model as a guide for selection of evidence-based HIV/AIDS prevention programs/curricula for Cambodian youth and adults  [ Recorded presentation ]
Stella Gran-O'Donnell, MSW, MPH, Warya Pothan, MBA, Karuna Rose, MSW, MA, Moly Sam
1:30 PMCalifornia Health Communication Project: Increasing readability and usability of California HMO member materials  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kathy Simpson, MA, Shelley Martin, MPH, CHES, Beccah Rothschild, MPA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA