4337.0 Addressing barriers to access among the underserved

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Poster
Presentations in this poster session cover a wide range of topics, all with the common theme of reducing access barriers in underserved populations.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify strategies for reducing barriers to access among underserved.

Board 1
Project Accessibility: Removing barriers for women with disabilities
Roberta Carlin, JD, Anthony Cahill, PhD and Janet Kreitman, MSW, MAPA
Board 2
Use of a bilingual language card to promote interpreter services and improve access to linguistically appropriate health care
Judith Ibarra, Yolanda Martinez, Lenna Monte, MPH ,CHES and Nai Kasick, MPH, CHES
Board 4
Geographical equity in chronic disease control: Improving Control with Activity and Nutrition
Jacquelyn Smith, Viktor Bovbjerg, PhD, Nisha Botchwey, PhD, Lydia Abebe, Jayne Crowther, APRN, MSN, Jerry Nadler, MD, Linda Gonder-Frederick, PhD, Glenn Gaesser, PhD, Kurt Elward, MD and Anne Wolf, MS RD
Board 6
Gaining access to safe water for families affected by HIV: Influencing WASH programming and policy
Eleonore Fosso Seumo, Dr, Sandra Callier, MA, Julia Rosenbaum, ScM and Mary Marandu, BS
Board 7
Language as a potential barrier to participation in cancer clinical trials
Mafudia Bangura, MPH, MD candidate, M. Jane Lewis, DrPH, Shawna Hudson, PhD and Ann Marie Hill, MA
Board 8
Locarto: Mobile mapping to promote economic development and healthy food
William B. Jordan, MD MPH and Sean C. Lucan, MD, MPH, MS

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Social Work