APHA
Back to Annual Meeting
APHA 2006 APHA
Back to Annual Meeting
APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing
Session: APHA Film Festival: Vietnam Caucus Films - The Media and Agent Orange in Vietnam
5095.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
APHA Film Festival: Vietnam Caucus Films - The Media and Agent Orange in Vietnam
Several TV clips showing discussion of Agent Orange in Vietnam will be shown. In one case, US Vietnam veterans and their health problems are compared with Vietnamese and their health problems. In a second, the focus is on health studies of US veterans and neglects to discuss Vietnamese.
Learning Objectives: 1. Illustrate TV approaches to Agent Orange in Vietnam. 2. Illustrate TV focus on US Vietnam veterans vs Vietnamese exposed to Agent Orange. 3. Point out problems in communicating health issues where controversy still exists on a TV show
12:30 PMWelcoming Remarks
12:35 PMCNN: The last battle of Vietnam, 1990s (26 minutes and discussion).
1:20 PMABC TV Nightline with Ted Koppel: The Ranch Hand Study (of US sprayers of Agent Orange), 2005. (10 minutes and discussion).
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Film & Technology Theater

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA