3074.0 Alternative and Complementary Health Practices Poster Session

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Poster
This session will present posters with programs, initiatives, and scientific research related to alternative and complementary health practices.
Session Objectives: Describe 2 complementary health practices. Explain how ACHP can be integrated into standard medical care. Discuss the design of an ACHP research study.
Moderator:

Board 1
Mind-Body-Spirit: Exploring Motivations behind Yoga Practice
Brandon Eggleston, PhD MPH CHES and Amanda E. Tanner, PhD, MPH
Board 3
Social justice and the community acupuncture movement: History and preliminary data from the Working Class Acupuncture Clinics in Portland, Oregon
Kimberly Tippens, ND, MSAOM, Maria T. Chao, DrPH, Erin Connelly, MA, Adrianna Locke, Marsha Lowery, Meredith Murray, Rachelle Johnson and Alexandra Margitic
Board 5
Yoga as a complementary therapy for clinical depression
Manoj Sharma, PhD and Purvi Mehta, MS
Board 6
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Health Effects of Yan Xin Qigong (YXQ)
Xin Yan, MD, Xinqi Wu, PhD, Ming Chih Tsai, MD, Yuhong Yang, PhD, Zhenqin Xia, MS and Chunling Lu, PhD
Board 8
Evaluating the feasibility of conducting a RCT of massage therapy in an underserved, urban patient population with cancer undergoing surgical placement of a port
Rebecca Lawrence, MSW, MPH, Michele Bouchard, LMT, Gheorghe Doros, PhD, Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, Robert Saper, MD, MPH and Jennifer Rosen, MD, FACS

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

Organized by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
Endorsed by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community