3214.0 Immigrant and Minority Health and Aging

Monday, November 8, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss topics related to immigrant, minority health, and aging by discussing American Indian elder health, lower body function among older Mexican-Americans, "health-migrant effect" in late life, primary care and preventive services among older immigrants, and minority participation in volunteerism.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe some issues with health status and access to care among American Indians. 2. Define and describe the healthy migrant effect in the context of aging populations. 3. Explore factors related to volunteerism in older adults and implications for encouraging more volunteerism among minority populations.
Moderator:
Junling Wang, PhD

12:30pm
American Indian Elder Health
Delight Satter, MPH and Steven Wallace, PhD
     
12:45pm
Lower Body Function as a Predictor of Mortality over 13- Years of Follow-Up in older Mexican-American
Sang Gon Nam, MS
     
1:00pm
'Healthy migrant effect' in late-life? Implications for physical and mental health of migrants across 11 European countries
Keren Ladin, MSc and Steffen Reinhold, PhD
     
1:15pm
Comparative Health Status of Late-Life Immigrants: Using Multiple Health Indicators
Sunha Choi, PhD
1:30pm
Primary Care and Receipt of Preventive Services among Older Immigrants in California
Arpita Chattopadhyay, PhD
1:45pm
Volunteering as a major component of aging well: Examining minority participation
Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH, SangNam Ahn, PhD, MPSA, Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, Angelica P. Herrera, DrPH, Karon Phillips, PhD, MPH and Nelda Mier, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Gerontological Health (newly approved name Aging & Public Health)
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community, Social Work

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

See more of: Gerontological Health (newly approved name Aging & Public Health)
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