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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Health of Female Populations
3312.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Health of Female Populations
The cultural, socio-economical, biological, and psychological issues that affect the health of immigrant and minority female populations will be discussed in this session. Also, obstacles that public health nurses face when serving immigrant and minority female populations will be examined.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify health disparities present in racial and ethnic female populations. 2. Describe the role of public health nurses in optimizing health outcomes of minority female populations. 3. Discuss strategies to recruit and retain minority females in research studies.
Moderator(s):Pamela Levin, PhD, RN
2:30 PMBreast Cancer Screening among Korean Immigrants in the United States
Eunice E. Lee, DNSc, Shin-Young Lee, MSN
2:48 PMAdolescent women who are mothers: Negotiating the socioeconomic environment
Christine A. Stevens, MPH, PHD, RN
3:06 PMPostpartum health and access to care: The experience of immigrant women in Ontario, Canada
Wendy Sword, RN, PhD, Susan Watt, DSW, RSW, Paul Krueger, PhD
3:24 PMPredictors of repeat cancer screening in urban women  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kathleen Russell, DNS, RN, Susan M. Perkins, PhD, Qianqian Zhao, MS, Stanley D. Reed, MD, MPP, Sharon Kandris, MA, Terrell Zollinger, DrPH
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; Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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