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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing |
4028.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
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| This session will focus on the chronic disease asthma. Presentations will discuss: predictors for asthma hospitalization, safety of a drug used to treat asthma, asthma surveillance, a school-based action plan, and racial differences in asthma prevalence. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe important predictors for severe asthma 2. Review safety data from pooled randomized clinical trials of Foradil in the treatment of asthma 3. Describe the process and benefits of engaging in a coordinated multi-state effort to analyze common data on asthma prevalence and burden 4. List the components of a well-designed asthma action plan 5. Identify advantages and disadvantages of using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey for local asthma prevalence | |||
| Amalia M. Issa, PhD, MPH | |||
Important predictors for asthma hospitalization ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Carolina Alvarez-Garriga, MD, DrPH, Joaquim G. Valente, MD, PhD, Wei Yang, MD, PhD, Federico Montealegre, DVM, MS, PhD, Sandra Noffsinger, Michelle Butler, Dylan Linnell, Danielle Moss, Aaron Hull, Joseph Wilson, Kayla Bihler, Jenna Huber, Dea Minnitte, Kristen Rose, Justin Patay, Amber Ramos, Julie Pace, Manuel Bayona, MD, PhD | |||
| Safety of ForadilŪ in the treatment of asthma: A pooled analysis of the clinical trial database Gregory P. Geba, MD, MPH, Barbara Ziehmer, MD, Heribert Staudinger, MD, Denise Till, PhD | |||
| A New England Approach to Asthma Surveillance Laurie Stillman, MM | |||
| Implementation and Assessment of a New Jersey School Nurse Asthma Action Plan Vassil Mihaylov, MD, Aseem K. Bhandari, BS, Azadeh Tasslimi, BA, Teresa Lampmann, Maris Chavenson, Daniel M. Rosenblum, PhD, Stanley H. Weiss, MD | |||
| Racial disparities in asthma prevalence: Youth Risk Behavior Survey, DeKalb County, Georgia Greta A. R. Kilmer, MS, Mary E. Patrick, MPH, Christopher S. Holliday, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | ||
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
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