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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Health Policy and Aging
5044.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Health Policy and Aging
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Joseph R. Sharkey, PhD, MPH, RD
8:30 AMIdentifying the role of state health departments in healthy aging  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jeanne Alongi, MPH, Karen Petersmarck, MPH, PhD
8:40 AMVA Pension Benefits for Older Veterans: Fulfilling a Need or an Untapped Resource?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Teresa M. Sacks, MPH (c), Lawrence J. Weiss, PhD, Despina M. Hatton, Esq, Marietta Bobba, MBA
8:50 AMEffects of geography on access to home health care: Many rural Medicare beneficiaries lack acess
Lacey K. Hartman, MPP, Beth Virnig, PhD, MPH, Sara B. Durham, MS
9:00 AMFactors that influence working age individuals' preferred site of long term care  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nancy A. Miller, PHD, Charlene Harrington, PhD, Ab Brody, RN, Yu Kang, MPA
9:10 AMCommunity-Based Survey of Rural Older Adults to Determine Fruit and Vegetable Consumption  [ Recorded presentation ]
John D. Prochaska, MPH, Joseph R. Sharkey, PhD, MPH, RD, Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH, Kate L. Barron, BS, James N. Burdine, Dr PH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Epidemiology; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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