141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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3380.0
A Leap Beyond Outreach and Screening: Models to Improve Hard-to-Reach Health

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
The purpose of this session is to describe evidence based practices and the utilization of resource tools which could improve community screenings.
Session Objectives: Describe an innovative community-based screening program for reducing health risks. Identify tailored behavioral modification as an effective tool for primary prevention. Identify ways to apply evidence-based practices to preventive screenings through population management.
Moderator:
Roberta Hollander, PhD, MPH

2:30pm
Navigating public housing residents into cardiovascular prevention programs: A multi-site intervention study   
Tracy A. Battaglia, MD, MPH, Jo-Anna Rorie, MSN, MPH, PhD, Sarah W. Primeau, MSW, Sarah E. Caron, MPH, Sarah Bhosrekar, MPH, Sharon M. Bak, MPH, Bing Chen, MPH, Timothy Heeren, Ph.D, Rachel Goodman, MA, Eugenia Smith, Gerry Thomas, MPH and Deborah Bowen, PhD
     
2:50pm
Multiple risk factor intervention a useful tool for primary prevention of hypertension in the community; the results of a randomized clinical trial with five years of follow up   
Shervin Assari, MD, MPH, Arthur Riba, MD, Lakshmi Muthukumar, MD, Jennifer Dykstra, Krista Bobo, Carla Schnieder and Peggy Manchester
     
3:10pm
An innovative, multidisciplinary public health model for increasing colorectal cancer screening rates in low income, multicultural patients receiving primary care from a large urban public health department   
Winnie M Tse, Lisa Golden, MD and Andrea Scobi
3:30pm
Establishing long-term medical follow-up in an underserved, high-risk population identified at a local health fair   
Sandeep Mehta, B.A., B.B.A., Tiffany Kindratt, MPH and Nora Gimpel, MD
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: 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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