3125.0 Minority Health in Older Adults

Monday, October 27, 2008: 10:30 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Sarita Bhalotra, MD, PhD

10:30 AM
HIV risk behaviors among older impoverished women living in Puerto Rico
Lisa Norman, PhD, Robert Malow, PhD, Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MPH, Silkha Abreu, MPH and Erika Candelaria, MSW, PsyD (c)
  
10:45 AM
Aging in place or left behind: The geography of urban minority older adults
LaTonya Trotter, MPH
11:00 AM
Evaluating the Effects of Low Health Literacy on Medication Adherence in Aging Minority Populations
Romuladus Emeka Azuine, MPH, Finie K. Richardson, MPH and Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS
  
11:15 AM
Comparison of African American and Caucasian Individuals in Nursing Homes: Analysis on the 2004 NNHS
Yu Kang, MPA, MPP and Nancy A. Miller, PhD
11:30 AM
Racial/ethnic disparities in prevalence of screened depression among community-dwelling older women
Chunyu Li, MD, PhD, Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH, Yeates Conwell, MD, Andrew Dick, PhD and Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH
  

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Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

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

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