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NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Medical Care.


[ Recorded presentation ] Recordings available online

Monday, November 06, 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
3002.0What's the Tobacco Industry up to Now? (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3015.0Housing as a Critical Factor in the Health and Health Care of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3019.0Community Health Center Movement: 40 Years Promoting Social Justice and Health Equity for the Underserved (Oral)
3022.0Public Health & Human Rights: The Role of CHWs (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3051.0Rural and Urban Health Issues in Service Provision and Emergency Preparedness (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3052.0Jail and Prison Health: Female Prisoners and Juveniles (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3053.0Preparation for and Mental Health Effects of Disaster (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3059.0Bridging the Gaps in Health Disparities (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3060.0Factors in Message Design and Delivery (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3070.0Breast Health, Breast Cancer, and Survivorship (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
10:30 AM-11:30 AM Mon
3079.5Medical Care Poster Session: Health Services Research (Poster)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
3083.0From Injustice to Social Justice: Human Rights in Tobacco Control (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3105.0Language and Literacy as Impediments to Health Care Access (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3135.0Alternative Approaches to Universal Access to Health Insurance (Panel Discussion)
3138.0Impact of Work Organization on Worker Well-being (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3142.0Immigrants’ Rights to Health in the U.S.A (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3146.0Human Rights and Ethical Issues in Health Education (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3151.0Health Care for People, Not for Profit (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
3198.0Identifying Health Risks Impacting Refugees, Immigrants and Victims of Human Trafficking (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3200.0Innovative Approaches to Substance Abuse, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3201.0The Importance of Cultural Competence in Reducing Health Disparities (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3204.0Re-Forming Health Care Systems (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3219.0AIDS Evaluation in Africa: What Have We Learned? (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3223.0Transgender Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3224.0Veterans' Health: Dual Use, Aging, and Gender Specific Care (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3225.0Quality Improvement Issues in Diabetes and Obesity (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3226.0Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Access to Care (Oral)
3227.0Focus on Hispanic Health Care--New Information Using Federal Data (Panel Discussion)
3229.0Evidence Based Practice in Mental Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3231.0Examination of occupational health policy at federal, state, and local levels (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3232.0Community-based Research and Interventions With Worker Populations (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3232.1Reevaluating Current Hospital Work Hour Limits: What are Safe Hours for Physicians, Nurses, and the Public? (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3234.0War and Public Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3235.0Aspects of Quality in the Provision of Domestic Family Planning/Reproductive Health Services (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3249.0Childhood Obesity Prevention (Oral)
3251.0Whither the Welfare State? Reforms of Welfare States (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
3273.0HIV/AIDS: New Understanding, Innovative Approaches (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
3290.0Healthy People: Looking ahead to 2020 (Oral)
3292.0Uplifting Prisoners Rights to Preserve Human Rights: Guantanamo and Beyond (Oral)
3299.0Innovative Health Programs and Education for Refugees and Immigrants (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3324.0Trade Agreements and Trade Issues Affecting Health in Developing Countries (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3325.0Improving Access to Essential Drugs (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3332.0Health Services Research: Access to Care (Oral)
3333.0Health & Mental Health Services Research Using the Medicaid Analytic Extracts (Panel Discussion)
3334.0Quality Improvement and Outcomes of Care on a National Scale (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3335.0Identifying and Addressing Ethnic and Racial Disparities (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3353.0Public Health and War: Lessons Learned and Not Learned Part I (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3354.0International Women's Health Issues (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
3406.0The Right to Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3415.0Update on Health Services Research: HSR Competencies (Panel Discussion)
3418.0Terrorism and Public Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
3426.0Public Health and War: Lessons Learned and Not Learned Part II (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
4007.0Women’s Rights in International Settings: Violations of Human Rights? (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4011.0Understanding the Contribution of Race and Racial Stress to Health Outcomes (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4029.0Inequality, Ethics and Human Rights (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4031.0Human Rights and Aging (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4054.0Strategies for Improving US Policy on Domestic and International Reproductive Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4068.0Vision Issues Concerning Children Including Prevalence, Screening, Identification, Impact on Academic Performance (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4069.0Cervical Cancer Screening: Not Always Guaranteed (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
4117.0Advocating for Public Health: Successful Models for Enacting Policy, Regulations and Legislation (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4131.0What Can Communities Do to Address Childhood Overweight? (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4142.0Foreign Aid Reform: Impact on Health Funding (Panel Discussion)
4145.0Social Sciences in Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4146.0Drug Policy and Pharmacy Services (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4147.0Toward Affordable Health Care For All: Reflecting on Strategy (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4148.0Medical Care Section Student Paper Award Session (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4163.0Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Achieving a New Vision of Reproductive Justice (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
4179.0Medical Care Poster Session: Drug Policy, Jail & Prison Health, Rural & Urban Health, Quality Improvement (Poster)
4180.0Medical Care Poster Session: Quality Improvement, Ethnic & Racial Disparities (Poster)
4181.0Medical Care Poster Session: Ethnic & Racial Disparities, Health Economics, Health Services Research (Poster)
4182.0Medical Care Student Poster Session (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
4195.0The Legacy of Human Rights Violations: Implications for AI/AN/NH Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4219.0War, Conflict, Refugees, and Detainees: Ethical and Human Rights Issues (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4225.0Innovations in Health Care Quality Improvement (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4227.0Public Health Emergencies and Human Rights (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4238.0P Ellen Parsons Memorial Session: Universal Access: At a Tipping Point? (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4239.0Asthma Disparities: the Parents Asthma Communication Experiences and Boston Breathes (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4240.0Applications of Health Economics to Medicare and Hospital Efficiency (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4240.1Drug Manufacturers, the FDA, and U.S. Health Care: How Can the Public Be Assured of Access to Safe, Effective Medicines? (Panel Discussion)
4241.0Moving a Consumer Empowerment Intervention into Practice (Oral)
4242.0The System of Care for Children's Mental Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
4290.0What's Happening in our Communities? Tobacco-Related Health Disparities (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4316.0Performance Measurement, Reporting, and Standards in Hospital Care (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4323.0Avedis Donabedian Award in Quality Improvement Session (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4324.025 Year History of AIDS: The U.S., Israel, and South Africa on the Anniversary of the Epidemic (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4325.0Applications of Health Economics to Chronic Disease and Insurance (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4328.0Immigrant and Minority Workers (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4332.0The Commercial Sector and Reproductive Health (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4333.0The Reproductive Health of Minority Populations in the United States (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
4340.0Deformation and Dialectics in U.S Prison Health Care (Oral)
6:30 PM-8:00 PM Tue
4343.0Evening with Marcia Angell and Arnold Relman and Presentation of the Viseltear Award to Alexandra Minna Stern (Social)
8:30 PM-10:00 PM Tue
4348.0Financing and Pharmaceuticals: How Do We Make Cost-Effective Choices? (Oral)

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
5038.0The Right to Breathe:Community Action to Fight Asthma Empowers Communities to Make Policy Change (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5056.0A Decade of Health Sector Reform: The Legacy of Neoliberalism (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5064.0Medical Imaging in the U.S (Oral)
5065.0Health Services Research at State & Nationwide Levels (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5066.0Breast Cancer, the Uninsured, and Emergency Department Utilization (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5076.0Dealing with Sex in the 21st Century (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5079.0Addressing Issues of Cultural Competency (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5085.0Social Welfare: Mental Health and Human Rights (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
5096.0Reducing Health Disparities through Community-based Public Health: Lessons from the Partnership for the Public's Health Initiative (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5112.0New Directions in Public Health System Financing (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5118.0UNITY: A National Violence Prevention Strategy (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5122.0Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes and Access To Care: A Human Rights Issue (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5124.0Prevention Strategies for Improved Mother and Child Outcomes (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5125.0Curtailing the Risk of Chronic Disease among Adolescents (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5126.0Health Services Research: Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5127.0Quality Improvement in Cardiac Care, Cancer, Gout, and Long-Term Care (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5142.0Vulnerability and Human Rights (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5147.0Health Disparities among Minority Women (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Wed
5157.0Right to A Healthy Home (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5168.0Global Perspectives On Access To AIDS Treatment: The Role Of Trade Agreements And The World Health Organization (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5171.0Emergency Preparedness at the Local or State Level (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5179.0Ethnic and Racial Disparities: The Impact of Culture (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5180.0Health Services Research: Diabetes, Asthma, and Obesity (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5187.0The Right to Become a Parent (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5188.0Community and Clinic: Cultural and Institutional Influences on Gender-Based Violence (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5196.0School-Based Health Care and Services (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]
5197.0Finding a Healthy Voice in a World of Choice (Oral)[ Recorded presentation ]

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA