5043.0 Social Epidemiology

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral
This interesting session will examine relevant issues in social epidemiology. Specific talks will include: prioritizing Social Determinants to Promote Health Equity; how Long Term Injection Drug Users (IDUs) enhance injection safety within their networks; changes in the social gradient in tobacco use in Argentina; an exploration of discrimination and other predictors of patient satisfaction among African Americans in the Deep South; and an study on the interplay between social-structural conditions and self-esteem.
Session Objectives: Discuss approaches for prioritizing Social Determinants to Promote Health Equity. Describe how Long Term Injection Drug Users (IDUs) enhance injection safety within their networks. Explain changes in the social gradient in tobacco use in Argentina. Describe an exploration of discrimination and other predictors of patient satisfaction among African Americans in the Deep South. Understand the interplay between social-structural conditions and self-esteem.
Moderator:
Rashid Njai, PhD, MPH

Welcoming Remarks
8:35 AM
Prioritizing Social Determinants to Promote Health Equity: How the Use of “Non-Health” Data is Shifting a Local Public Health Paradigm
Ryan Petteway, MPH
     
8:50 AM
“On the same page”, How Long Term Injection Drug Users (IDUs) enhance injection safety within their networks
Milagros Sandoval, BA, Samuel R. Friedman, PhD and Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, PhD
9:05 AM
Changes in the social gradient in tobacco use in Argentina: Evidence from the 2005 and 2009 National Risk Factor Surveys
Fernando De Maio, Bruno Linetzky and Daniel Ferrante
     
9:20 AM
Exploring Discrimination and Other Potential Predictors of Patient Satisfaction among African Americans in the Deep South
Yendelela Cuffee, MPH and Jeroan J. Allison, MD, MPH
     
9:35 AM
Interplay between social-structural conditions and self-esteem: A multi-level analysis among Blacks, Latinos and Asians
Sandra Arevalo, Doctoral Candidate
     
Concluding Remarks

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Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Epidemiology
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