4011.0 Faith-based health programs featuring underrepresented faith traditions (e.g., Wicca, Bahá'í, Rastafari, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, etc.) and/or ethnic groups

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Kimberly M. Coleman, PhD, MPH, CHES

8:30am
“Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days:” Faith based action for social justice through community based primary health care (CBPHC) in rural Nicaragua
Laura Chanchien Parajon, MD, MPH and David Parajón, MD MPH
8:45am
Western Buddhists' religious and health beliefs and practices
William H. Wiist, DHSc, MPH, Bruce M. Sullivan, PhD, Diane Marie M. St. George, PhD and Heidi Wayment, PhD
     
Welcoming Remarks
9:10am
Pagan Health Survey: The worldviews and health care choices of Wiccans, Druids, and Witches
Kimberly Hedrick, PhD, Cultural Anthropology
     
9:25am
Barriers to and facilitators of HIV involvement among Chinese immigrant religious institutions in New York City
John J. Chin, MS, PhD, Min Ying Li, MSW, Po-Chun Chen, MS, Elana Behar, MA, Ezer Kang, PhD, Joanne E. Mantell, PhD, MSPH, Linda Weiss, PhD and Huso Yi, PhD
        
Discussion

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Organized by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Endorsed by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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