4224.0 Health Disparities and Aging

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 2:30 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Karen E. Peters, DrPH

2:30 PM
Health Status Disparities among Older Adults Attending NYC Senior Centers
Marianne Fahs, PhD, MPH, Nina S. Parikh, PhD, MPH and Dana Friedman, MPH
           
2:45 PM
Factors influencing prostate cancer treatment decisions for African-American and White Men
Keith Elder, PhD, MPH, MPA, Bettina Drake, PhD, MPH, Sara Wagner, MSPH and James R. Hebert, ScD
     
3:00 PM
Using simulated experiences to teach health care providers to address health care of elderly chronically ill African American women
Richardean Benjamin, PhD, APRN,BC, Carolyn Rutledge, PhD, CFNP, Kay Palmer, MSN, Phyllis Barham, MSN, Phyllis Eaton, RN, MS, PhD(c) and Lynn Wiles, MSN
              
3:15 PM
Age and regional differences in the African American Acculturation Scale (AAAS): The case for re-validation
Jan Warren-Findlow, PhD, Melanie Rouse, MSHP and Rachel Seymour, PhD
     
3:30 PM
Racial/ethnic disparities in depression prevalence among the elderly based on DSM-IV and a Single-Item Screen
Chunyu Li, MS, Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH, Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH, Yeates Conwell, MD and Andrew Dick, PhD
  

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

Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Socialist Caucus, Epidemiology, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

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

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