4188.0 Elder Abuse Symposium

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This symposium involves an array of issues that dominate in the field of elder abuse: its history and development as a public health issue and the major findings of notable research and practice that undergirds intervention and prevention efforts, discussion of the largest prevalence study conducted to date , health communications efforts and their efficacy, and identification of abuse through bruising patterns. The symposium concludes with future directions for public health researchers and practitioners as they confront the issue of elder mistreatment.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe and discuss the issue of elder mistreatment and its relationship to public health research and practice.
Organizer:
Steven P. Wallace, PhD
Moderator:
Pamela B. Teaster, PhD

12:30pm
Elder Abuse: The Nexus Between Public Health and Social Justice
Pamela B. Teaster, PhD
     
12:45pm
Elder Mistreatment: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Ronald Acierno, PhD
1:00pm
Elder Mistreatment and the Public's Health
Pamela B. Teaster, PhD
1:15pm
National Elder Mistreatment Study
Ronald Acierno, PhD
     
1:30pm
Injury Patterns Indicating Elder Mistreatment
Dan Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, FAAN
1:45pm
Elder Abuse and The Multiple Hit Hypothesis
Pamela B. Teaster, PhD, Rodney Guttmann, PhD, Marta S. Mendiondo, PhD and James Grace, BSW, BS
     
2:00pm
Social Marketing Efforts Related to Elder Maltreatment
Stephanie Whittier Eliason, MSW
     

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: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, 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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