3016.0 Preventing Chronic Disease: Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Care in African-Americans

Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
Organizer:
Anthony G. Robins, PhD
Moderator:
Cherie R. Forsha, RN, MSN/MPH, CNS

8:30 AM
Ethnic differences in tobacco use and cessation
Jennifer Hatcher, RN, PhD, Mary Kay Rayens, PhD, Ellen J. Hahn, PhD, RN and Anita Fernander, PhD
     
8:45 AM
Addressing the Social Context of Hypertension Management among African Americans using Photovoice methodology
Maghboeba Mosavel, PhD, Andy O'Connor, DO, Ayella Shams, Sheila Patterson, PhD and Teleangé Thomas
     
9:00 AM
Promoting healthy behaviors and appropriate health care utilization among African American men recently released from incarceration
Anita Hawkins, PHD, Xanthia James, MPH and Sian A. Goldson
     
9:15 AM
Mental Health, Environmental Cues to Eat, and Obesity Among African American Women in Omaha
Shirley A. Blanchard, PhD
9:30 AM
Social and Cultural Factors Affecting African-American Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors
Salimah A. Cogbill, BS, Sula M. Hood, BA, Michael Talley, BS, Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD, MPH and Nicole Caito, MPH, MS, RD, LD
     

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

Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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

See more of: Black Caucus of Health Workers
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