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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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3265.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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African-Americans of all ages suffer from a variety of health conditions that diminish the quality and longevity of life. Adverse outcomes due to infant mortality, youth violence, diabetes and chronic liver diseases are among the conditions that will be discussed in this session. | |||
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the relationship between SES and health care utilization; 2) Identify provider role and responsibilities in managing chronic diseases in the African-American population; 3) discuss impact of ethnicity on health outcomes. | |||
Annette Johnson, MPH | |||
Rural woman and the role of non traditional health workers in the prevention of malaria in pregnancy - the need for policy change Genevieve Mwale, MSC Nursing, nawa Silayambe, MD | |||
Evidence for policy change: The tragic but not hopeless situation of the African child Alex O. Otieno, MPH, ABD | |||
Patient characteristics and selected treatments of Black and White infants in 17 Canadian neonatal care units Birgit Reime, DSc MPH, Andrew W. Tu, Shoo Lee, MD PhD | |||
Prevention of end stage renal disease in type 2 diabetics Donna Calvin, MS, APRN, CNN, Karen Roberts, MS, APRN | |||
VideoVoice: Adapting Photovoice to Create a Culturally Relevant Research Methodology for African American Youth Darrell L. Hudson, MPH, Naima T. Wong, BA, Lee Bell | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Black Caucus of Health Workers | ||
Endorsed by: | Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; Women's Caucus | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA