3268.0 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Aging

Monday, November 9, 2009: 2:30 PM
Poster

Board 1
Testing the double jeopardy hypothesis using health-related quality of life measures
Daisy C. Carreon, MPH and Andrew Noymer, PhD
Board 2
Factors associated with multiple medication use in adults of 60-year-old or more in Puerto Rico for the years 2002–2003
Francisco J. Díaz-Cortijo, MS, Vivian Colón-López, PhD, Mildred Vera-Ríos, PhD, Ana L. Dávila-Román, PhD and Marilena Rivera-Pagán, RN, MSN
Board 3
Instrumental activities of daily living disability among community-dwelling Mexican American and non-Hispanic White older adults
Rosemarie Lillianne Macias, BA, Arthur Hernandez, PhD and David Espino, MD
Board 4
Understandings of cardiovascular disease and risk: Perceptions from aging, rural Hispanic immigrants in Illinois
Karen E. Peters, DrPH, D. Marcela Garces, MSPH, Sergio Cristancho, PhD, Lora Oswald, BA, Maria Silva, DDS, Alejandra Valencia, DDS, MPH and Sunanda Gupta, MD MPH
Board 5
Interrupted Lives: An Exploratory Study of Self-Management of Diabetes Mellitus among African American Women
Bridgett Rahim-Williams, MA, MPH, PhD, Ruth P. Wilson, PhD and Terry Mills
Board 6
Characteristics and influences on chemotherapy decision among older cancer patients – Does gender make a difference?
Su-I. Hou, DrPH, CPH, RN and Claire Robb, PhD, MPH
Board 7
Gender disparities in self-rated health among older adults: A longitudinal analysis using the Health and Retirement Study
Leah Rohlfsen, PhD
Board 8
Internal Barriers to Help-Seeking by Elder Women (Preliminary Findings)
Maria F. Montoya, DrPHc, MPH, Frederick L. Newman, PhD, Richard L. Beaulaurier, PhD, MSW and Laura R. Seff, MBA

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

Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Latino Caucus, Socialist Caucus, Social Work, Women's Caucus

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