5044.0 Diabetes epidemiology

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral
This important session will cover timely topics in the area of diabetes epidemiology. Specifics talks will include: preventive care for diabetes in older U.S. populations; Age-Adjusted Diabetes Mortality Rates for Chicago by Race/Ethnicity: 1991-2007; diabetes among Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indians in New York City; biopsychosocial predictors of diabetes self-care among African American and Latino patients with type 2 diabetes; and mapping diabetes-related rates and resources using geographic information systems and secondary data.
Session Objectives: Explain approaches for preventive care for diabetes in older U.S. populations Discuss Age-Adjusted Diabetes Mortality Rates for Chicago by Race/Ethnicity during 1991-2007 Describe diabetes epidemiology among Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indians in New York City Understand the biopsychosocial predictors of diabetes self-care among African American and Latino patients with type 2 diabetes Explain mapping of diabetes-related rates and resources using geographic information systems and secondary data
Moderator:
Eduardo Velasco, MD, MSc, PhD

Welcoming Remarks
8:35 AM
Preventive care for diabetes in older U.S. populations
Xiaoxing He, MD, MPH
8:50 AM
Age-Adjusted Diabetes Mortality Rates for Chicago by Race/Ethnicity: 1991-2007
Bijou Hunt, MA, Steven Whitman, PhD and Joseph F. West, MSc, ScD
     
9:05 AM
Diabetes among Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indians in New York City
Laura Wyatt, MPH, Simona Kwon, DrPH, MPH, Nadia Islam, PhD, Smiti B. Kapadia, MPH, Henry Pollack, MD, Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, Kay Chun, MD, Chia-Hui Peng, MPH, Perry Pong, MD, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH and Mariano Rey, MD
     
9:20 AM
Biopsychosocial predictors of diabetes self-care among African American and Latino patients with type 2 diabetes
Rosalba Hernandez, BS, MS, Laurie Ruggiero, PhD, Noel Chávez, PhD, RD, Young-Ku Choi, PhD and Zhao Weihan, MS
     
9:35 AM
Mapping diabetes-related rates and resources using geographic information systems and secondary data
Amy B. Curtis, PhD, MPH and Catherine L. Kothari, MA
     
Concluding Remarks

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

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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