4191.0 Best practices of chronic and infectious diseases management among immigrants and refugees to promote healthy communities

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral

12:30 PM
“There is no Somali word for lead poisoning…”: Role for the public health system in preventing childhood lead poisoning in an African refugee resettlement community
Rosemary M. Caron, PhD, MPH, Thandi Tshabangu-Soko, MPH, MS, MA and Krysten Finefrock, BS
12:42 PM
Using CAHPS and HEDIS to identify access barriers: Assessing the quality of care and health services received by undocumented immigrant children in a large urban Medicaid health plan, 2008-2010
Maryam Maleki, BS, Irene Lee, Shawnalynn Smith Thomas, MPIA and S. Rae Starr, MPhil, MOrgBehav
     
  
12:54 PM
Assessing learning during health and nutrition education workshops among newly-arrived refugees: The usefulness of the pre/post test in a low-literate, non-English speaking, multi-lingual, multi-cultural group
Judith Weinstein, MA, MPH, Hannah Hoover, Amanda Giese and Sadie Wych, MPH
1:06 PM
Latino immigrant male day laborers' patterns of access and utilization of usual sources of health care
Vilma Enriquez-Haass, PhD, MPH, Steven P. Wallace, PhD and Abel Valenzuela, PhD
     
1:18 PM
Impact of a Preschool Program Designed to Improve Development of Lead Poisoned Burmese Children
Leslie L. Lawson, BS, MS, Robert M. Saywell, PhD, Terrell W. Zollinger, DrPH, Amy J. Brandt, BS and Amy J. Hesting, BS
     
1:30 PM
Case management responses for post-resettlement chronic and emergency health problems among refugee arrivals: A perspective from the Triad region of North Carolina
Sharon D. Morrison, PhD, MSPH, Huaibo Xin, DrPH, MD, MPH, John Brown, BS candidate, Sarah Ivory, Kelly Dent and Susanna Brunner
     

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Organized by: Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG

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

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