Poster

The purpose of this poster session is to address the multidimensionality of women’s health within specific social and cultural contexts. Systems approaches to public health are a shared theme of many of the presentations as was seen in the development of the Breast Cancer Town Hall Collaborative; the Women Returning Home project; a coordinated community response team for sexual assault between county and Tribal organizations; and a program to address community-identified needs in a low-income neighborhood with reported health disparities. Sociocultural determinants of health are also explored. Factors associated with cancer screenings among immigrants, the use and impact of skin lightening techniques among Indian women, a comparison of demographics of women caregivers to women non-caregivers, neighborhood influence on women seeking mammography screening, and the place of the granny midwife within the culture of her community are topics presented.

Session Objectives: 1. Differentiate between different systems approaches recently developed to improve women's health in the U.S.. 2. Describe sociocultural determinants of women's health among female immigrants, women care givers, women seeking mammography, and Indian women.