Poster

Session Objectives: Discuss patterns of health disparities unique to Asian Americans. Describe the patterns of health exams among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans in Maryland. Discuss the relationship between acculturation and health exam behaviors using multiple acculturation indicators. Assess the mediating effects of health insurance and having a regular physician Explain the depression construct among the Asian Americans studied, measured by CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) Differentiate cultural backgrounds of Asian Americans and European-background Americans to identify strategic approaches for promoting community mental health Describe the methods for accessing health care that are utilized within the Nepali and Burmese refugee community in Philadelphia Differentiate the methods for accessing health care that are propagated within the refugee community from the models for accessing care that states and agencies believe are being utilized by refugee communities Identify three social networks through which migrant seafood processing workers in North Carolina are able to successfully obtain clinical care. Discuss the use of culturally relevant flipcharts for advancing health promotion and prevention conversations with recently arrived refugees. Describe relevant health-related environmental and structural conditions in refugee camps in Thailand List three ways that resettled refugees’ health behaviors are affected by familiar camp conditions and now challenged by their new environment in the US. Identify opportunities for Prevention Research Centers to partner with local refugee communities to promote health. List and explain some of the challenges facing African Immigrants with respect to HIV/AIDS in America.