3431.0 Vulnerable Populations

Monday, November 5, 2007: 4:30 PM
Oral
The session on vulnerable populations focuses attention on public health nursing interventions and human rights considerations in diverse groups of persons. Implications for PHN practice, education and research are discussed.
Session Objectives: 1.Examine the tension between moral dissent and professional ethics. 2.Analyze the connection between vulnerable populations and human rights. 3.Discuss strategies for incorporating study findings into health promotion intervention planning.
Moderator:
Ruth L. Carrico, PhD

4:30 PM
Perceived influences on physical activity and diet in rural, low-income adults
Betty L. Kaiser, PhD, RN, Linda C. Baumann, PhD, APRN, BC, Debra Gatzke, MS, RN and Jill Ottow
  
4:45 PM
HIV-positive persons' perceptions of taking HIV medications
Elnora P. Mendias, PhD, RN and David P. Paar, MD
     
5:00 PM
War and American Nursing: A Question of Human Rights and Professional Voice
Geraldine Gorman, RN, PhD
5:15 PM
Rapid vaccine distribution in non-traditional settings in New York City
Micaela H. Coady, MS, Sandro Galea, MD,DrPH, Linda Weiss, PhD, Katherine Glidden, RN, Shannon Blaney, MPH, Danielle C. Ompad, PhD and David Vlahov, PhD
        
5:30 PM
Serving vulnerable populations: Does organizational type, ownership, and funding diversity matter in prenatal case management programs?
Amy K. Rourke, Jaime Slaughter, MPH, PhD and L. Michele Issel, PhD RN
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS, Ethics, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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