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Session: Technological Advances in Health Education
3242.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Technological Advances in Health Education
The use of technology is gaining continuing favor in health education and health promotion programs. The speakers in this session will describe programs designed to use technological tools in imparting health information, garnering behavioral data, and/or understanding health perceptions. The session includes discussions of web-based activities and the use of photos in health education.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Discuss the use of technology in developing educational and referral resources. 2. Discuss alternative methods to addressing cultural barriers to quality health care. 3. Describe the use of photography in addressing health issues in two minority populations.
Moderator(s):Katherine M. Wilson, PhD, MPH
12:30 PMUsing a web-based resource kit to increase capacity for eating disorder secondary prevention among dentists
Rita DeBate, PhD, MPH, CHES, Lisa Tedesco, PhD
12:45 PMGiving Voice Immigrant Women: Using Digital Storytelling to Improve Culturally Appropriate Care  [ Recorded presentation ]
Meghann McNiff, MA, MPH(c), Lorenza Holt, MPH, Lisa Dush, MFA, Emily Feinberg, ScD, CPNP
1:00 PMPhoto novel as intervention for parents of inner city adolescents  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jessica Miller Rath, PhD, CHES, Denise L. Haynie, PhD, MPH, Bruce G. Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH
1:15 PMUsing Photovoice to evaluate an Asian American and Pacific Islander breast cancer support group: A preliminary study  [ Recorded presentation ]
Steve Chee, MD MPH
1:30 PMWeb usability: What NIH learned and how it can help you create a better public health Web site  [ Recorded presentation ]
Camille K. Haylock, Sue Teigen
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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