5183.0 Health Communication: The Local Touch

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session will focus on models, health communication, effect, and lessons learned from a variety of events including amphibole-asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana, cultural/linguistically appropriate diabetes information program, relationships between state agencies and communities, and at community events.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe culturally and linguistically appropriate diabetes information. 2. Discuss the impact of communication on policy affecting community health at the state and local level. 3. Identify and understand models and sources for slow-motion technological disasters.
Moderator:
Carol Girard, DPH

12:30 PM
Communicating culturally and linguistically appropriate diabetes information: Dulce New Jersey diabetes disease management program
Jennifer Barrett Sryfi, MHA and Firoozeh Molaparast Vali, PhD
12:45 PM
Environmental permitting decisions perceived to impact human health: Improving environmental health communication between state agencies and communities
Michael Rezaee, MPH and Rosemary M. Caron, PhD, MPH
1:00 PM
Healthy Holidays: Lessons learned from a health communication community event
John Baird, MSc
  
1:15 PM
Social conflict and its sources in a slow-motion technological disaster: The Libby, Montana amphibole-asbestos disaster
Rebecca J. W. Cline, PhD, Heather Orom, PhD, Lisa Berry-Bobovski, MA, Tanis Hernandez, MSW, Brad Black, MD, Ann G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH and John C. Ruckdeschel, MD
1:30 PM
Toxic social environments: A model for understanding and responding to slow-motion technological disasters based on the case of amphibole-asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana
Rebecca J. W. Cline, PhD, Heather Orom, PhD, Tanis Hernandez, MSW, Lisa Berry-Bobovski, MA, Brad Black, MD, Ann G. Schwartz, PhD, MPH and John C. Ruckdeschel, MD

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Community Health Workers SPIG, Latino Caucus

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

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