141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Aetna Award for Excellence in Research on Older Women and Related Papers

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
This session presents four studies on the health and health care issues for elderly women.
Session Objectives: 1. to examined the self-rated health of a nationally representative sample of male and female Veterans. 2. To determine if those at risk of poor health outcomes differed between community-dwelling African-American and White American adult women with OA symptoms. 3. To test the effect of D supplementation on systemic markers of inflammation in AI women. Community-dwelling postmenopausal. 4. To exam the acculturation level of registered elderly Koreans living in an urban area in Japan and the characteristics of their usage of healthcare services.
Moderator:
Nancy A. Miller, PhD

2:30pm
Differences in self-rated health between u. s. male and female veterans   
Joyce Wang, Lewina Lee and Avron Spiro
2:42pm
Race differences: Identification of community dwelling women at risk for poor health outcomes using walking speed- The osteoarthritis-initiative (OAI) study   
Carmen Kirkness, PT, PhD and Jinma Ren, PhD
2:54pm
Vitamin d and inflammation status in postmenopausal American Indian women   
Irina V. Haller, PhD, MS, Ellen Fidler, BS, Kate Cronin, MPH, Debra Roth, RN, Diane Krueger, BS, Alexandra Adams, MD, PhD and Neil Binkley, MD
     
3:06pm
Acculturation level and usage of healthcare services among registered elderly korean women living in an urban area in Japan   
Chu Hyang Oh, MSN and Emiko Saito, PhD
3:18pm
Doing the hula: Second generation older Asian American Pacific Islander women and the meaning of culture   
Anne Soon Choi, PhD, MPH, MSW

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

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Chiropractic Health Care, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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