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5161.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
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| This session swill focus on the surveillance of behaviors and chronic diseases. Included in this sessions are the following: a discussion of asthma prevalence in preschool children, the obesity epidemic as a precursor to the metabolic disordere epidemic, chronic disease behaviors in minority populations in the US, as well as the use of BRFSS data for estimating chronic disease prevalence. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe the demographic characteristics, prevalence of asthma, asthma morbidity and access to health care in subsidized preschools in three NYC neighborhoods 2. Identify the current trends of obesity, hypocholesterolemia and diabetes in a European general population 3. Describe and discuss patterns and correlates of diabetes-related behavioral and health status for African American and Latino persons 4. Define the public health issues related to a lack of health care access, secondary to lack of health fcare insurance and Hispanic ethnicity | |||
| Jan Risser, PhD | |||
Asthma prevalence and related characteristics of children enrolled in New York City subsidized preschools ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Micaela H. Coady, MS, Angela M. Bucciarelli, MPH, Sebastian Bonner, PhD | |||
| Obesity epidemic as harbinger of a metabolic disorder epidemic: Trends in overweight, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes treatment in Geneva, Switzerland, 1993-2004 Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD, Michael C. Costanza, PhD | |||
| Chronic Disease-Related Behaviors and Health Among African Americans and Latinos in the REACH Detroit 2010 Community, Michigan and the United States Edith Kieffer, PhD, Brandy Sinco, MS, Ann Rafferty, PhD, Michael Spencer, PhD, Gloria Palmisano, BS, MA, Earl Watt, PhD, Michele Heisler, MD, MPA | |||
| Local BRFSS on U.S.-Mexico border — Paso del Norte region L. Krisa Hoyle, MPH, RD, Jon Law, MPH, James VanDerslice, PhD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA