3305.0 Politics of Vulnerable Populations: Women, Children, and the Poor

Monday, November 5, 2007: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session will focus on health and policy issues relevant to vulnerable peoples including women, children, and the poor.
Session Objectives: Learn strategies for developing primary care services in low income populations. Identify implications of welfare on children with disabilities. Evaluate public policy, law enforcement, politics on youth
Organizer:
Christopher E. Smith, BS
Moderator:
Lindsay Abraham, MPH

2:30 PM
Developing primary care services to the hood in Virginia: The effects of good public policy
Jack O. Lanier, DrPH, MHA, FACH, C.M.G. Buttery, MD, MPH, Shannon Shaw, BS, MPH, Anushree Vichare, MBBS and Kelly Arey, BS
     
2:45 PM
Adoption outcomes for Black adoptees with disabilities in the child welfare system: Implications for long-term well-being
Elspeth M. Slayter, PhD, MSW, Sheron R. Adair, BSW and Evenns Semerzier, BSW
  
3:00 PM
Public policy, law enforcement, and protection for adolescent children of sexual abuse
Tina L. Kandakai, PhD, Kele Ding, PhD and Tyree S. Broomfield, Ret Police Chie
     
3:15 PM
Multi-problem youth: Policy, public health and politics of a vulnerable population
Glenda S. Clare, PhD
        

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

Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Socialist Caucus, HIV/AIDS, Community Health Workers SPIG, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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