2053.0 Marginalized/vulnerable communities such as GLBT, migrants, immigrants, refugees, individuals in conflict zones

Sunday, October 28, 2012: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
This poster session focuses on a variety of marginalized/vulnerable communities. Some of the communities to be presented are: migrant farm workers, minority adolescents engaged in risky behaviors, groups struggling with health literacy, and lesbian health risks.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify health risks of marginalized/vulnerable communities. 2. Describe programs developed to assist identified populations.

Board 1
Secondary Use of a Migrant Farmworker Database: Moving Towards a Learning Healthcare System
Valerie Mac, RN, BSN
Board 2
Health Literacy: A blueprint to health equity in the Latino immigrant community
Frances Munet-Vilaro, PhD, RN
Board 3
Self-Reported Attitudes and Beliefs as Contributors to Engagement in Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Minority Adolescents
Colleen Andreoni, DNP, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CEN, Gina Coffee, PhD and Eva Kowalewicz, MEd
Board 4
Secondhand smoke exposure among LGBT bar and nightclub patrons
Amanda Fallin, PhD, RN, Jeff Jordan, MA and Pamela Ling, MD, MPH
Board 5
TB Involuntary Detention: A Case Study
Dianne Bona, MSN, RN and Margaret Ostafin, MPH, RN
Board 6
Promoting healthcare access for migrant workers through the implementation of an on-site occupational health vehicle
DaVeda Graham, RN, MSN
Board 7
Factors that predict successful navigation of medically underserved patients by nurse and lay navigators
Alexis Bakos, PhD, MPH, RN, Shanita Williams, PhD, MPH, APRN and Lisbeth Jarama, PhD

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

Organized by: Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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