3235.0 Bruno Lima Symposium on Mental Health Issues among Minority Populations

Monday, November 5, 2007: 12:30 PM
Oral
Leading researchers in the field will present new studies related to mental health issues in minority populations
Session Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to identify current issues related to mental health for minority populations
Moderator:
Joanna Volpe-Vartanian, MS, LICSW

12:30 PM
Ethnic disparities in treated prevalence of mental health disorders in six Medicaid programs
Mihail Samnaliev, PhD
     
12:45 PM
Mental well being and neighborhood socioeconomic context: Comparing measures of mental health in a multiethnic urban environment
Chris M. Coombe, PhD, MPH, Amy J. Schulz, PhD, Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, Denise White-Perkins, MD, PhD, Graciela Mentz, PhD and Sheryl Weir, MPH
        
1:00 PM
Variations of risk and resilience for depression among Mexican-origin parents
Rajni L. Nair, MS, Rebecca M. B. White, MPH, Mark Roosa, PhD, Delia Saenz, PhD, George Knight, PhD, Katharine Zeiders, Ginger Burrell, MS and Nancy Gonzales, PhD
     
1:15 PM
Mental Health Care among Asian Americans: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS)
Hoa Bui Appel, PhD, MPH
     
1:30 PM
Utilization of community mental health services among individuals of Arab American ancestry
Virginia Miller, DrPH MS MPH, Lynnette Essenmacher, BS, Leslie R. Mahlmeister, MBA, Adnan Hammad, PhD and R. Michael Massanari, MD, MS
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA

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