4148.0 Assessing and Preventing Risks for Chronic Disease

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 12:30 PM
Poster

Board 1
Factors related to HPV prevalence for US Latinas
Deanna Kepka, MPH, MA, Engelberta (Beti) Thompson, PhD and Gloria Coronado, PhD
Board 2
Blood pressure control among Hispanics living in the US.-Mexico border: Implications for program implementation using community health workers
Theresa Byrd, DrPH and Hector Balcazar, MS, PhD
Board 3
Neighborhood safety, community perceptions, and satisfaction with community resources among Latinas from a U.S.-Mexico border community
Andrea Maricella Aguirre, BA, Guadalupe Ayala, PhD, MPH, Kevin Patrick, MD, MS and John P. Elder, PhD, MPH
Board 4
Latinos communicating about cancer: A profile of Spanish-speaking callers to the NCI's Cancer Information Service
Julie Kornfeld, MPH and Robin C. Vanderpool, DrPH, CHES
Board 5
Barriers to lifetime and recent mammography screening among Latinas
Katelyn Perna Mack, BS, SM Candidate, Joanne Pavao, MPH, Farzaneh Tabnak, MS, PhD, Kirsten Knutson, MPH and Rachel Kimerling, PhD
Board 6
Hypertension among California Latinos: Findings from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey
David J. Reynen, MPPA, MPH, CPH, Alisa S. Kamigaki, MPH, Pam Ford-Keach, MS and Lily A. Chaput, MD, MPH
Board 7
Socioeconomic factors, immigration status, and cancer screening among Mexican American women aged 75 and older
Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, MD, PhD and Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD
Board 8
Perceptions of Latino immigrants and long-term residents about cancer clinical trial participation
M. Jane Lewis, DrPH, Olivia Wackowski, MPH and Shawna Hudson, PhD
Board 9
Viability of Neighborhood Walking Groups for Diabetes Prevention and Management in a Low-Income Latino Community of Los Angeles
Glenn A. Lopez, MD, MPH and Michael Rodriguez, MD, MPH
Board 10
Emory Latino Diabetes Education Program: Raising the Bar in Diabetes Care for Latinos in Georgia
Daniela Salas, MPH, CHES, Amparo Gonzalez, RN, BSN, CDE and Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, FACP

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Organized by: Latino Caucus
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

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