4012.0 Social epidemiology of mental health in API populations

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Focusing on mental health issues among Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States, this session examines how cultural, psychosocial, and environmental factors shape mental health disorders. This research is paramount in raising awareness about, and improving approaches that target these understudied issues among the Asian and Pacific Islander community.
Session Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe the variability in mental illness rates among Asian sub-populations; (2) Describe determinants of mental health needs among Vietnamese adults; (3) Identify three ways that religious factors affect generalized anxiety disorder and self-rated mental health in Asian Americans; and (4) Qualitatively describe how stigma manifests itself in Chinese immigrants with schizophrenia, and how it relates to the concept of “face”.
Moderator:
Deborah Banerjee, PhD, MS

8:30am
Serious mental illness by gender and national origin among Asian adults in California
Jim E. Banta, PhD, MPH, Mark G. Haviland, PhD and Jon Jason Babiera, MD, MPH
8:45am
Predictors of mental health needs among Vietnamese adults
Kate Kelsey, MPH, Pamela Stoddard, PhD, Anandi Sujeer, MPH, Ngoc Bui-Tong, MHA, The-Vu Nguyen, Rocio Luna, MPH and Dan Peddycord, RN
     
9:00am
Discrimination, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Religious Involvement in Asian Americans: Results from a National Study
Hoa B. Appel, PhD, MPH, Amy Ai, PhD, Bu Huang, PhD and Ethel Nicdao, PhD
     
9:15am
²Face² and the manifestation of stigma among Chinese immigrants with schizophrenia: A qualitative investigation
Nina Huynh, MPH, CPH, Kara Morita, MA, Valerie Wai-Yee Jackson, MPH, Mariella Saavedra, BA and Kristy Nguyen, MA

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

Organized by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Socialist Caucus, Vietnam Caucus, Black Caucus of Health Workers

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

See more of: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health
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