3069.0 Women’s health across the lifespan: A focus on under-discussed health issues in underserved populations

Monday, November 8, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session on women’s health across the lifespan focuses on a variety of topics related to women’s health, with a focus on topics that are less talked about, but nonetheless important to the health, well-being, and quality of life of women across the lifespan. Addressing under-reported and under-discussed areas of women’s health is vital to improving health of all women and in particular underserved or marginalized women. It is an issue of social justice and gender equality.
Session Objectives: 1. List two under-discussed women’s health topics. 2. Describe recent research to improve the health of underserved populations. 3. Discuss two health concerns affecting the quality of life for women.
Moderator:
Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, MSPH, PhD

8:30am
Transforming women's health across the lifespan: Calling for an oral/systemic paradigm shift
Ellen Daley, PhD, MPH, Rita DeBate, PhD, MPH, CHES, Cheryl A. Vamos, PhD, MPH, Erica Hesch Anstey, MA, CLC, Elizabeth Baker, MPH, CPH and Judith Ebbert-Syfrett, MPH, RN
  
8:50am
Body image and socio-cultural context among underserved women enrolled in a weight loss controlled trial
Gayenell Magwood, PhD, MSN, RN and Patricia A. Sharpe, PhD, MPH
  
9:10am
Information and supportive care needs of underserved Maryland cancer family/friend caregivers
Kimberly M. Henderson, PhD, Claudia Baquet, MD, MPH and Allison Robinson, MPH
  
9:30am
Lived experience of women with Lichen Sclerosis
Hiba Wehbe-Alamah, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CTN-A and Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR/L
     

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

Organized by: Women's Caucus
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

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

See more of: Women's Caucus
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