3234.0 Health Disparities

Monday, October 31, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral
This interesting session will focus on various socio-cultural factors that have impact on health disparities. Presentation will include impact of race/ethnicity on sleep duration, hypertension, obesity and depression. Papers will be presented on novel classification system and trends in outpatient substance abuse treatment for crack use/abuse.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss specific socio-cultural factors related to health disparities. 2. Identify novel classification methods and trends in outpatient substance abuse treatment for crack use/abuse. 3. Understand health disparities in regard to important health topics such as sleep duration, hypertension, obesity and diabetes.
Moderator:
Laurie D. Elam-Evans, PhD, MPH

Introductory Remarks
12:35 PM
Impact of race/ethnicity on the link between sleep duration and hypertension
Peregrino Brimah, MD, MS, Omar Abo Al Haija'a, MD, Elizabeth Familia, Gloria Mtomboti, MD, Ferdinand Zizi, MBA, Clinton Brown, MD, Olugbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS, FAH and Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD
     
12:50 PM
Associations between obesity and depression by race/ethnicity and education among women: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2008
Arlene Keddie, PhD and Marine Nalbandyan, MD, MPH
     
  
1:05 PM
Association of Age, Race, and Body Mass Index with Sex Steroid Hormone Marker Profiles among Men, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
Jamie Ritchey, MPH, PhD, Wilfried Karmaus, Susan E. Steck, PhD, Hongmei Zhang, PhD and Tara Sabo-Attwood, PhD
     
1:20 PM
A Novel Rural Classification System at the Small-Area (ZIP code) Level: Adapting the Index of Relative Rurality (IRR) to Estimate Degree of Rurality in Health Services Research
Sanae Inagami, MD MPH, Shasha Gao, PhD, Roslyn A. Stone, PhD, Martine Shendge, MS, Hassan Karimi, PhD and Janice C. Probst, PhD
     
1:35 PM
Identifying trends in outpatient substance abuse treatment for crack use/abuse: Revisiting the National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey Study (NDATSS)
Mimi Misung Kim, PhD, Daniel L. Howard, PhD and Paul Godley, MD, PhD
     
Discussion

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Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS

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