4154.0 Addressing Native Hawaiian Health Through Community-Based Research, Data Mapping, And Health Activism

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe disparities in Native Hawaiian communities Describe how community based research, data mapping and health activism impact the Native Hawaiian communities
Moderator:

12:30 PM
Developing Diabetes Education Training for Community Health Workers serving Native Hawaiians and other Pacfiic People Using Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) process
Mele A. Look, MBA, Nicole Kau'i Baumhofer, MA, Jacqueline Ng-Osorio, MPH, Jill K. Furubayashi and Chieko Kimata, RN, MPH
12:42 PM
Cancer needs assessment in a Hawaiian Homes community
Andrea Siu, BA and Donna Marie Palakiko, MS, RN
12:54 PM
Working with Native Hawaiian communities to implement research
Donna Marie Palakiko, MS, RN and Andrea Siu, BA

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Organized by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus