4267.0 Health Literacy and Cross-Cultural Health Communication (Organized by HCWG)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 2:30 PM
Poster
This session will examine the dual topics of health literacy and health communication campaigns for minority populations.
Session Objectives: 1. Explain the role and importance of health literacy in enabling individuals to make appropriate health decisions. 2. Demonstrate how to develop and customize health communication activities for ethnic, racial, and linguistic minority audiences.
Moderator:
Judith McDivitt, PhD

Board 1
Taboo Topics, Cultural Voices, Native Lessons
Felicia Schanche Hodge, DrPH, Mary Cadogan, DrPH, APRN, BC, Sally L. Maliski, RN, PhD and Tracy Line Itty, MPH
Board 2
Enrollment of Minorities into Health Research: A Meta-Analysis of Recruitment Methods
Susan Fagan, MA, Christine Unson, PhD and C. Ben Tyson, PhD
Board 3
Teatro del Oprimido: Using theatre to increase empowerment, self-efficacy, and cervical cancer screening among Latinas
Jessica L. Gregg, MD PhD, Omar Vargas, research assistant, Rosemary Celaya-Alston, MS and Marco Mejia
Board 4
A Participatory Approach to Develop and Evaluate Tuberculosis Educational Products for Spanish-Speaking Foreign-born Persons
Paula Hamsho-Diaz, MD, MA, Lolia Fernandez, MPH, Joan Mangan, PhD, MST, Sebastian Galindo, DVM, PhD, Donna Wegener, MA and Michael Lauzardo, MD, Msc
Board 5
Examining the association between health literacy and obesity in Hispanic vulnerable populations
Suad F. Ghaddar, PhD, Melissa A. Valerio, PhD, Liza Talavera-Garza, PhD and Xiaohui Wang, PhD
Board 6
Health Literacy and Adult English Instruction: Moving students and instructors along the health literacy continuum together
Susan Bockrath, MPH, CHES
Board 7
Comparison of two screening methods to assess limited health literacy among Chinese adults
Li-Chun Chang
Board 8
Relationship between residential segregation and health literacy among a multiethnic health center patient population
Melody S. Goodman, PhD, Darrell Gaskin, PhD, Xuemei Si, MS, MPH, Jewel Stafford, Christina Lachance, MPH and Kimberly Kaphingst, ScD
  
Board 9
HINTS 2007: Analysis of factors influencing HPV vaccination
Lourdes Martinez-Cox, MS
Board 10
Parents as socalization agents: Effects of parent-child communication about alcohol and youth alcohol use
YoungJu Shin, ABD, Michael Hecht, PhD and Michelle Miller-Day, PhD

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

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