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Session: Health Care Interventions for Refugee and Immigrant Populations
4085.1: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Poster
Health Care Interventions for Refugee and Immigrant Populations
This series of posters will outline heath care interventions for refugee and immigrant populations. Programs and issues discussed include: trauma, nutrition and obesity among Latina mothers; educational intervention for Somali Bantu refugees; targeted prevention and risk reduction for Cambodian-American youth; delivering reproductive health care to immigrant communities; eco-mapping for immigrant and refugee health; outreach to Caribbean immigrants and difficulties faced by Cantonese caregivers.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives.
Moderator(s):Scott Parsons, JD
Board 1Experiences of Latina mothers in a home-visiting program: Stories of trauma and resilience *
Ruth Paris, PhD, Blanca Alvarado, MSW, Sarah Oo, MSW, Marybeth Bronson, MSW, Danelle E. Marable, MA, Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Board 2Crossing the Boundaries: Formative Evaluation of a Community Health Center Immigrant and Refugee Health Program
Leslie S. Aldrich, MPH, Sarah Oo, MSW, Adnan Zubcevic, Saida M. Abdi, Tamara J. Leaf, MD, Eric Kamba, MSW, MPH, Danelle E. Marable, MA, Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD
Board 3Identification of the health needs of Somali Bantu refugees through educational intervention
Ellyn R. Mulcahy, PhD, Carla Buchheit, Elyse Max, Bruno Finocchario, Suzanne R. Hawley, PhD, MPH, Aimee S. James, PhD, MPH, MA
Board 4Understanding Cambodian-American Youth: Building Bridges for Targeted Prevention and Risk Reduction
Erica McNamara, Kha Van, Grace Sim, Bophamony Vong
Board 5Latina mothers speak: Cultural dis-ease and the social construction of poor nutritional status and obesity among migrant worker families
Kristen Borre, PhD, MPH, Luke Ertl, BA
Board 6Grace in the city; A partnership delivering reproductive health care to an immigrant population
Gail Petersen, MS, RN
Board 7Stereotyping, prejudice, and language discrimination: Attitudes and behaviors of healthcare professionals towards limited-English-proficient Latinos
M. Elizabeth Fore, PhD, Deborah Parra-Medina, PhD
Board 8Eco-mapping cultural adaptation resources (CARS) for immigrant and refugee health in central North Carolina
Sharon Morrison, PhD, MSPH, Lauren A. Haldeman, PhD, S. Sudha, PhD, Kenneth Gruber, PhD, Raleigh Bailey, PhD
Board 9Outreach to hard-to-reach Caribbean immigrant populations
Laurine Thomas, PhD, Thomas Clarke, MPH, Susan E. Middlestadt, PhD, Alice Kroliczak, PhD
Board 10Difficulties faced by Cantonese caregivers of family and friends with cancer in the States
Yuk Kay Ng, Floyd Allen, MSW, Les Gallo-Silver, ACSW, LCSW-R
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Latino Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Socialist Caucus

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