3120.0 Aetna Women and Aging Research Papers

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will present the Aetna Women and Aging Award winning paper and other papers related to women, gender, and aging.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss issues related to gender and aging. 2. Discuss strategies for addressing gender issues in aging.
Moderator:
Lynda Anderson, PhD

10:30am
Access to cancer screening for Latin American and Caribbean older women with disability
Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, MD, PhD
     
10:45am
Correction of vitamin D inadequacy by food fortification
Irina V. Haller, PhD, MS, Diane Krueger, BS, Jean Engelke and Neil Binkley, MD
     
11:00am
Tobacco use among middle-aged and older women in Texas: Factors influencing current smoking and cessation behaviors
Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, Brian Colwell, PhD, SangNam Ahn, PhD, MPSA, Kristi Johnson and Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH
     
11:15am
Overuse of mammography among primary care physicians: Factors associated with recommending mammography to older women with a terminal comorbidity
Corinne R. Leach, MS PhD MPH, Carrie Klabunde, PhD, Catherine Alfano, PhD and Julia Rowland, PhD
11:30am
Pain sensitivity, physical activity and the language of pain among aging non-Hispanic White women with knee osteoarthritis
Bridgett Rahim-Williams, PhD, MPH, MA, Willliam Parker Hinson, BS, Kemar Mapp, BA, MPH and Rida Laeeq
     

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, Women's Caucus

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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