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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Health Access for Vulnerable Populations
3221.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Health Access for Vulnerable Populations
This session will identify adolescents, elders, rural men, Mexican immigrants, and African-American women as populations that are at risk for poor health and health risk behaviors. Factors that influence the health and health behaviors of these populations will be examined. Strategies for public health nurses to better the health of these populations will be discussed.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify social, economical, and political factors that affect the health of vulnerable populations. 2. Discuss innovations in decreasing health risk behaviors in vulnerable populations. 3. Identify common health risk behaviors prevalent among vulnerable populations.
Moderator(s):Margaret J. Wimmer, RN, DNS
12:30 PMSexual debut among adolescents: Rural, suburban, and urban differences  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alice March, RN PhD-c, A. Serdar Atav, PhD
12:48 PMRural men: CVD prevention  [ Recorded presentation ]
Armenia Williams, DPA, RNC, FNP, Judith L. Wold, PhD, RN
1:06 PMChallenges to self care management for Mexican immigrants in the Arizona-Sonora border region  [ Recorded presentation ]
Marylyn M. McEwen, PhD, APRN, BC, Marion K. Slack, PhD
1:24 PMEvaluation of a nurse case management model for frail elderly living in public housing  [ Recorded presentation ]
Patricia Hayes, PhD, RN
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Community Health Workers SPIG; Labor Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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