3305.0 Public health and faith partnerships in global settings

Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session describes some innovative public health and faith partnerships around the world. Presentations focus on migrant health, interventions with the Muslim community, and reaching beyond the national landscape to collaborate with other faith and spiritual groups.
Session Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives.

2:30 PM
Partnering Transnational Health Care Practica with Faith-based Organizations to Promote Global Health
Pat Woods, MSN, CNE, RN and Dena Demaree, MSN, RN
2:45 PM
Mosque-based health promotion among Muslims in Tennessee
Mohamed Kanu, MPH, PHD, MA
3:00 PM
Spiritual Calling: Achieving Optimal Health through Faithful Action
C. Shannon Griffin-Blake, PhD, Amanda M. Navarro, DrPH, MPH and Pattie Tucker, DrPH, RN
3:15 PM
Church initiated project connecting multiple players for school health screening: An ongoing success story in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Cynthia Jane Hoover, MD, MPH
3:30 PM
Understanding the health needs of church-going immigrants: Opportunities for promoting health
Ephraim Shapiro, PHD, MPA, MBA

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

Organized by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

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

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