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Session: Partnerships Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
3021.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Partnerships Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Abstracts in this session will present how to involve low income African Americans in community-based participatory research, provide access to health related information on the internet for low income African Americans and identity methods and resources necessary to develop a rural transportation system.
Learning Objectives: Participants will understand how to: 1)involve low income African Americans in community-based participatory research; 2)provide access to health related information on the internet for low income African Americans and 3)identity methods and resources necessary to develop a rural transportation system.
Moderator(s):Alfred DeMaria, MD
8:30 AMProviding better access to healthcare: An affordable transportation option for rural residents  [ Recorded presentation ]
Amber Schickedanz, MPH, Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH, James N. Burdine, DrPH, Angela Alaniz, BA
8:45 AMStrategies in transitioning the Integrated Health Outreach Systems Project (IHOS) in South Texas from being a provider based partnership to two community based health partnerships located in local colonias  [ Recorded presentation ]
Julie Ann St. John, MA, MPH, Aurelio Martinez, LBSW, Michael Felix, James N. Burdine, DrPH, Monica L. Wendel, MA, MPH
9:00 AMBuilding community capacity to address racial/ethnic disparities  [ Recorded presentation ]
Janine M. Jurkowski, PhD, MPH, Blanca M. Ramos, PhD, CSW, Deborah Smith, EdD, Edwina Dorch, PhD, Dwight Williams, MSW, Ramon Rodriguez, MSW, Maria De La Camara, Barry Walston, MSW, Estella Williamson, LCSW
9:15 AMCreating a regional coalition to promote the public health sector in an urban setting: Philadelphia partners in public health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Diane Renzulli, MSPH, Nathalie Bartle, EdD, Jessica Riccio, Christiaan Morssink, MPH
9:30 AMImplementing community-based participatory research to reduce health and technology disparities among low income minority groups  [ Recorded presentation ]
Eleanor Walker, PhD, RN, Diane Krichmar, PhD, David Bushnell, MS, Sadanand Srivastava, PhD, David Anyiwo, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus; Community Health Workers SPIG; Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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