3378.0 Cancer Risk Factors, Prevention and Treatment in AAPI Communities

Monday, November 5, 2007: 4:30 PM
Poster
Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are a growing community that comprised 5.3% of the total U.S. population in 2005 (U.S. Census, 2005). This poster session will focus on research projects that explore cancer risk factors, interventions to promote prevention, and cancer treatment outcomes among AAPIs.
Session Objectives: Please see individual abstracts for learning objectives.
Moderator:
Heather Law, MA

Board 1
Primary care physician perceived barriers of cancer screening and perceived cancer risk among Asians
Harry T. Kwon, PhD, MPH, CHES, Robert S. Gold, PhD, DrPH, Grace X. Ma, PhD, Min Qi Wang, PhD, Nancy L. Atkinson, PhD and Yin Tan, MD
Board 2
Diffusion of Philadelphia's no-smoking policy to Chinese businesses
Grace X. Ma, PhD, Adrienne N. Poon, MPH (C) and Jamil I. Toubbeh, PhD
Board 3
Demographic and lifestyle profiles associated with smoking status in Vietnamese Americans
Janice Y. Tsoh, PhD, Tung Nguyen, MD, Ginny Gildengorin, PhD, Youlian Liao, MD, Ngoc Bui-Tong, MHA, Thoa Nguyen and Steve McPhee, MD
Board 4
Effectiveness of Lay Health Workers to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese American Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Gem Le, MHS, Ky Quoc Lai, MD, MPH, Khanh Quoc Le, MD, MPH, Ginny Gildengorin, PhD, Tung Nguyen, MD, Thoa Nguyen and Steve McPhee, MD
Board 5
History of Cancer, Beliefs, and Tobacco use among immigrant Asian Indians in the United States
Ranjita Misra, PhD and Nathan Montgomery, BS
Board 6
Management of hepatitis B in pregnant women: Implications for API women
Kejia Wan, MPH, Thomas Miyoshi, MSW, Neetu Sodhi, MPH, Jenny Bute, Rona Luo, Paige Baker, Sindy Yiu, Chia-Hui Peng, MPH, George Fryer, PhD and Henry Pollack, MD
Board 7
Factors Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening in Vietnamese Americans
Bang H. Nguyen, DrPH, Stephen J. McPhee, MD, Susan Stewart, PhD and Hiep Doan, MD
Board 8
“B” Healthy Model Care Program community survey: Hepatitis B knowledge, attitudes and practices among Asian American adolescents and adults in New York City
Christina J. Lee, BA, Thomas Tsang, MD, MPH, Jeffrey Callabero, MPH, Rosy Chang Weir, PhD, Melinda D. Martin, MPH, Winston Tseng, PhD and Kenny Kwong, PhD
Board 9
A model for improving access to care for uninsured women diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B during pregnancy
Neetu Sodhi, MPH, Chia-hui Peng, MPH, Kejia Wan, MPH, Paige Baker, BS and Henry Pollack, MD
Board 10
Secondhand smoke and Pap testing among Vietnamese American women
Nadine L. Chan, PhD MPH, Yutaka Yasui, PhD, Engelberta (Beti) Thompson, PhD, Vicky Taylor, MD, MPH, Shin-Ping Tu, Hoai Do, MPH, Jeffrey R. Harris, MD MPH MBA and J. Carey Jackson, MD MA MPH

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

Organized by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Epidemiology, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

See more of: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA
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