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Session: Rural and Urban Health Issues in Service Provision and Emergency Preparedness
3051.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Rural and Urban Health Issues in Service Provision and Emergency Preparedness
Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize the difference of opinion among physicians regarding the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis media; 2. Learn about the implementation of in-home asthma interventions; 3. Identify the benefits and challenges facing rural hospitals in starting a general surgery program; 4. Describe the rural/urban differences in emergency preparedness training of a governmental public health workforce; 5. Learn how compliance with care guidelines for diabetes differ by urban/rural status.
Moderator(s):John B. Wayne, PhD
Susan Farner, PhD
8:30 AMBarriers to implementation of treatment guidelines for acute otitis media  [ Recorded presentation ]
Susan Farner, PhD, Lauren Vanduyn, BS
8:45 AMSeattle-King County Healthy Homes: Reducing asthma morbidity through home visits  [ Recorded presentation ]
James Krieger, MD, MPH, Tim Takaro, MD, MS, MPH, Kristine Edwards, RN, MN, MPH, Lin Song, PhD, Nancy Beaudet, MS, CIH, LisaCarol Ross, MPH
9:00 AMStarting a general surgery program at a small rural hospital: A case study from Southeastern Oregon  [ Recorded presentation ]
Brit Doty, MPH, Stephen E. Olson, MD, Randall Zuckerman, MD, Steven Heneghan, MD
9:15 AMRural and urban differences in emergency preparedness training of the Arkansas public health workforce  [ Recorded presentation ]
John B. Wayne, PhD, JoAnn Bolick, MA, Cammie Marti, BSN, MPH, Lewis Leslie, BS
9:30 AMRural/urban differences in diabetes prevalence and compliance with care recommendations  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kathleen Gillespie, PhD, Santosh Krishna, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
Endorsed by:Health Administration; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus; Vietnam Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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