4370.0 Rural Aging Issues

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 4:30 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Joan Van Nostrand, DPA

4:30 PM
"Successful Aging through the eyes of Alaska Natives." The health and wellbeing of Native elders in Bristol Bay, AK
Jordan P. Lewis, MSW
     
4:45 PM
A process evaluation tool for a rural community outreach program for Medicaid-eligible elderly in an Area Agency on Aging
Krystal Elaine Knight, MPH
  
5:00 PM
Economic implications of providing home based care in rural settings
Steven Szebenyi, MD,MMM, Rebecca Van vorst, MSPH, Keyur Thaker, MD and Diane Dewar, PhD
  
5:15 PM
Successful evidence-based programming for older rural participants: Geographic variations
Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH, Angie Wade, MPH, Chelsea Mounce, MPH (c) and Scott Horel, MA
5:30 PM
Prevalence and incidence of myocardial infarction and heart failure: An urban-rural comparison
Lin Fan, Peter Veazie, PhD and Bruce Friedman, PhD, MPH
  
5:45 PM
Creating rural communities to promote healthy aging for boomers and beyond
Elaine T. Jurkowski, MSW, PhD
  

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

Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Medical Care, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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