3117.0 Evidence-Based Community Health Interventions for African American Communities

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Roundtable
Moderator:
Apryl R. Brown, MD, MPH, FRSPH

Table 1
Career Support Network – Integrating Workforce Development, Occupational Therapy and Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Programs
Rickie O. Brawer, PhD MPH and James Plumb, MD, MPH
Table 2
A community garden collaborative between low-income communities, local congregations, vulnerable youth and university researchers
Pamela Mukaire, MEd, MPH, DrPH(s), Sozina Katuli, MPH, La'Shaun McClinton, MPH, La'Shay McClinton, BS, Monga Chuulu-Abila, MPH, Karen Breyer, RN, MPH and Patti Herring, PhD, RN
Table 3
Evidence from nurses and social workers: Social determinants of inequality in health care service delivery as a challenge to achieving wellness across the lifespan
Barbara Wallace, PhD
  
Table 4
Block by Block: Neighborhood Cohesion, Activism and the Fight Against Elevated Diabetes Prevalence in North Lawndale
Joseph F. West, MSc, ScD, Kristi L. Allgood, MPH and Steve Whitman, PHD
Table 5
Assessing Community Strengths through the Use of Evidence Based Interventions: The Sister's Rise Perspective
Cheng Wang, MA , MS, Michelle A. Doldren, MPH EDD, Deborah A. Mulligan, MD FAAP FACEP, Minerva Bryant, MEd, CAP, CMHP and David Bradley, BS
  
Table 6
Rural African American adolescents: An evidence-based family intervention trial
Desirée A. H. Oliver, PhD, MPH, Gene Brody, PhD and Steve Kogan, PhD
Table 7
Community-based approaches to infant mortality reduction: What works
Denise C. Carty, MA, MS, Tonya M. Turner, Bettina Campbell, MSW, E. Hill DeLoney, Kent Key, MPH and Derek M. Griffith, PhD
     
Table 8
Impact of Healthy Start Home Visiting Model on Reduction of Perinatal Health Disparities in Allegheny County, PA: Evaluation of Seven-Year Major Perinatal Outcomes
Raynard Washington, DrPH, MPH
Table 9
Community heros: Influence of the Community Advocates for Prostate Education (CAPE) community health worker training program on health advocacy in African American men
LaShonda T. Coulbertson, MPH, CHES, Rosemary Closson, PhD, B. Lee Green, PhD, MEd, Venessa Rivera Colon, MEd, Jenna Davis, MPH and Daphnee Guillaume, BS

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Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: Men's Health Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Community Health Workers

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

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