4203.0 Public Health Policy and Incarcerated Populations

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session will focus on health and policy issues relevant to incarcerated populations and other vulnerable peoples.
Session Objectives: Learn strategies for incarcerated persons who return home. Review health disparities of Black prison inmates Understand health behaviors among former offenders. Understand cultural competence in African-American populations
Organizer:
Adelbert B. James, PhD, MPH
Moderator:
Mario Browne, MPH

2:30 PM
Impact of incarceration and reentry: Strategies to provide health services to those that return home
Natasha Williams, Esq, PhD, MPH and Henrie Treadwell, PhD
        
2:50 PM
Health Disparities in Action: Blacks State prison inmates outlive people on outside
Anthony M. Sallar, PhD; MPH; MBA
     
3:10 PM
From cultural destructiveness to cultural proficiency: Increasing cultural competence in working with African Americans
Angela Johnson, MPPA, Mark A. Colomb, PhD, CRA and Natille Duncan, MSEd, MIT
        

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

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

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

See more of: Black Caucus of Health Workers
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