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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Evidence-based Programs to Promote Health and Prevent Disease
5151.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Evidence-based Programs to Promote Health and Prevent Disease
The session will describe a research study to improve health outcomes for high-risk, low-income school-age children with asthma; list the ways in which the Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program allows greater access to syringes and describe the chronic disease self-management program and social capital.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to describe a research study to improve health outcomes for high-risk, low-income school-age children with asthma; list the ways in which the Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program allows greater access to syringes and describe the chronic disease self-management program and social capital.
Moderator(s):Virginia Diane Woods, MSN, DrPH Student
2:30 PMPreconception Screening and Assessment Project (PSAP) - Evidence based screening, assessment and service delivery in community health center settings
Barbara Gottlieb, MD, MPH, Cindy Engler, RN, MPH
2:45 PMImproved health outcomes in economically-disadvantaged school-aged children with asthma following the implementation of a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) intervention at seven community health clinics
Jennifer H. Boer, MS, Patricia G. Porter, RN, MPH, CHES, Sibylle Lob, MD, MPH, David Rocha, BA, Joel W. Adelson, MD, PhD, MPH, Patrick J. Fox, PhD, MSW
3:00 PMA Program and Resource Assessment of Obesity in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Jennifer Breaux, MPH, CHES
3:15 PMSelf-management and social capital: Working towards a common goal  [ Recorded presentation ]
Julie A. Becker, PhD, MPH, Christine Arenson, MD, Robyn Salkey, Abbie Schlener, Molly A. Rose, PhD
3:30 PMSyringe disposal among injection drug users during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program
Charles M. Cleland, PhD, Sherry Deren, PhD, Crystal Fuller, PhD, Shannon Blaney, MPH, James M. McMahon, PhD, Stephanie Tortu, PhD, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD, David Vlahov, 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; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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