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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Public Health Policies and Practices and Current Health Status of People of Color
4109.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Public Health Policies and Practices and Current Health Status of People of Color
Faced with fiscal distress, many federal and local government services cut public assistance benefit for the poor and people of color. However, policy makers may not have considered the potential public health cost associated with these polices. Panelist will summarizes their approaches and strategies for policy recommendations regarding public health practices and health status of People of color
Learning Objectives: 1. Develop and apply criteria for health policies and practices as it relates to people of color. 2. Incorporate race and multicultural based analysis into a discussion of public health policies and practices. 3. Describe strategies in combining public health polices and practices with heath status of people of color
Moderator(s):Jill Dingle, MPH
12:30 PMDoes neighborhood poverty concentration contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health? Evidence using a stratified approach  [ Recorded presentation ]
Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Kristen S. Marchi, MPH, Susan A. Egerter, PhD
12:45 PMPromoting diversity in health management and policy: The University of Michigan experience  [ Recorded presentation ]
Richard L. Lichtenstein, PhD
1:00 PMAssessment of the Knowledge of a Community in Mississippi on CVD “Know your numbers”  [ Recorded presentation ]
Anthony M. Sallar, PhD, MBA, Samuel Okoye, MD, FAAFP
1:15 PMMinority physicians, minority patients, and managed care  [ Recorded presentation ]
Keith Elder, PhD, Shelly Ann Bowen, MS
1:30 PMTargeting African American adolescents at risk for infertility and HIV infections  [ Recorded presentation ]
Adelbert B. James, PhD, MPH, William A. Chamberlain, MPA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by:Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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