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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5007.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM | |||
Poster | |||
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| In this session, the learner will hear about collaborations between community and university partners to measure social capital as well as develop bioterrorism preparedness at the statewide level. The learner will also learn about using birth defects registry data, trends in childhood obesity, environmental factors and their impact on childhood asthma, congenital syphilis, as well as the relationship between religion and health. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to: 1. Describe the potential role of community and university partners in measuring social capital 2. Assess whether community organization density and/or participation are mediators between neighborhood socioeconomic status and individual health status 3. understand a method that can be used to derive spina bifida prevalence estimates among children and adolescents using birth defects registry data 4. Determine the association of residential environmental factors with asthma and asthma-like symptoms in schoolchildren 5. recognize the importance of historic BMI values in the evaluation of trends in obesity 6. Evaluate the effects of mediating and modifying factors for an improved foundational understanding of theoretical pathways for explaining the relationship between religion and health 7. Identify risk factors associated with congenital syphilis in a high morbidity area 8. Know the prevalence of overweight school children as well as the correlates of overweight in Tupelo, MS 9. Develop a practical methodology that can perform cross-matching analyses in order to share data across multiple large databases 10. To explain the related factors of excessive daytime sleepiness among Japanese general population. 11. List at least three risk factors for exposure in non-hospital based RNs | |||
| Partnerships to increase social capital in diverse communities Yvonne Michael, ScD, Mandy Green, MPH, Stephanie Farquhar, PhD, Noelle Wiggins, MSPH | |||
| Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure in Non-Hospital Based Nurses Robyn R.M. Gershon, MHS DrPH, Jonathan D. Rosen, MS, CIH, Cynthia Gurney, PhD, RN, Marissa A. Barrera, MS | |||
| Are community organization density and/or participation on the pathway between neighborhood SES and health status? Ying-Chih Chuang, PhD, Catherine Cubbin, PhD, Marilyn A. Winkleby, PhD, MPH | |||
| An epidemiological study of excessive daytime sleepiness among the Japanese general population Eiji Ibuka, MD, Yoshitaka Kaneita, MD, Takeo Miyake, MD, Satoru Harano, MD, Eise Yokoyama, Takashi Ohida, MD | |||
| Spina bifida prevalence among children and adolescents in metropolitan Atlanta, 1979-2002 Lilah M. Besser, MSPH, Adolfo Correa, MD, PhD, C.J. Alverson, MS | |||
| Correlates of residential environmental factors with asthma or asthma-like symptoms in schoolchildren in Taipei, Taiwan Hsin-Jen Tsai, Alan C. Tsai | |||
| Ten-year trends in obesity among Israeli schoolchildren: 1990-2000 Michael Huerta, MD, MPH, Michael Gdalevich, MD, MPH, Jacob Haviv, MD, MPH, Haim Bibi, MD, Shimon Scharf, MD, MPH | |||
| Religion factors impact on health utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) Jennifer Nolan, PhD student, Eunice Rodriguez | |||
| Congenital syphilis: A substantial health disparity for young, black, single, urban women Anne F. McIntyre, MPH, Rachel N. Plotinsky, MD, Irina L. Tabidze, MD, MPH, Alice Studzinski, Jennifer M. Broad, MPH, Charlie Rabins, MPH, Thad Zajdowicz, MD, MPH, FACP, Mark S. Dworkin, MD, MPH&TM | |||
| Prevalence and correlates of overweight in public school children of Tupelo, Mississippi Emmanuel Keku, MD, MSPH, Patrick Gerard, PhD, Mario Sims, PhD, Daniel Sarpong, PhD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Academic Public Health Caucus; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA