4073.0 The Disparate Impact of Smoking on African Americans

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
The impact of smoking on the African American community is disparate from other racial/ethnic groups. This session will highlight these differences, and present interventions specific to this population.
Session Objectives: Describe the impact of tobacco use in the African American community Compare the impact of smoking on African Americans compared to Caucasions
Moderator:
Andre G. Stanley, MPH
Panelists:
Morgan Philbin, MHS , Pamela R. Jones, PhD, RN, MPH , ManSoo Yu, PhD and Youn Ok Lee, PhD

10:30am
Necessary but not sufficient: The influence of tobacco control policies on urban African American young adults
Morgan Philbin, MHS, Carla Williams, PhD, Lee Bone, MPH, RN and Frances Stillman, EdD
  
10:47am
Social and Contextual Factors Influencing Tobacco Use in African Americans
Pamela R. Jones, PhD, RN, MPH, Marlene Z. Cohen, RN, PhD, Helen E. McIlvain, PhD, Mohammad Siahpush, PhD, Alexis Scott and Kingsley Okafor
11:04am
Tobacco use amongst African American youth living in Urban Public Housing
ManSoo Yu, PhD, Von Nebbit, PhD and Margaret Lombe, PhD
11:21am
Understanding race-based disparities: Which African American teen socio-cultural groups are at higher risk
Youn Ok Lee, PhD, Jeff Jordan, MA and Danny Saggese, MBA
     
11:38am
Cigarette Smoking Status: A Comparison of African-American and Caucasian Adolescents in the United States
Mansoo Yu, PhD

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

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Epidemiology

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

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