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Session: Emerging Health Concerns for AAPI Communities
3014.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Emerging Health Concerns for AAPI Communities
This session will present emerging, timely, and innovative research on issues significant to the health of the Asian and Pacific Islander American community. Among the highlights to be presented will be epidemiological data on HIV and cancer tends among AAPIs, a unique study examining the the intersection of employment concerns and mental/ physical health, and and several studies regarding the role of discrimination and unfair treatment on the health status and practices of AAPIs.
Learning Objectives: 1. Learn about promising public health research that advances that health status of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans; 2. Understand the role of discrimination and unfair treatment on the health of AAPIs; and, 3. Discover how structural and cultural barriers impact the health of AAPIs
Moderator(s):Ninez Ponce, MPP, PhD
8:30 AMTrends in HIV and AIDS among Asians/Pacific Islanders in the United States, 2001-2004  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael L. Campsmith, DDS, MPH, Denise Hughes
8:46 AMCancer Survival and Stage of Disease at Diagnosis in Major Asian American and Pacific Islander Subgroups in the United States
Gopal K. Singh, PhD, Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD
9:02 AMUnfair treatment, racial discrimination, group affiliation, and smoking among Asian Americans  [ Recorded presentation ]
David H. Chae, MA, David T. Takeuchi, PhD, Elizabeth Barbeau, ScD, Gary Bennett, PhD, Jane Lindsey, ScD, Nancy Krieger, PhD
9:18 AMHow job concerns affect mental and physical health of Filipinos living in the U.S
Butch De Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, David T. Takeuchi, PhD
9:34 AMRole of perceived racism and race-based residential segregation on cancer behavioral risk profiles: A study of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California  [ Recorded presentation ]
Salma N. Shariff-Marco, PhD, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Occupational Health and Safety
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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