141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

4303.0
General Topics in Social and Behavioral Epidemiology

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
Members will obtain an understanding of how neighborhoods role in community health social interaction and health disparities. Information will also be presented on suicidal behaviors among Loation men.
Session Objectives: Demonstrate the role of neighborhoods in shaping community health Describe features of neighborhoods associated with social interaction Describe features of neighborhoods associated with walking among adults Identify socioeconomic and demographic factors that potentially account for outlier communities with unexpected life expectancy.
Moderator:
Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD

2:30pm
Introductory Remarks
2:38pm
Using local data to tell a more complete story: A mixed-methods study of how neighborhoods influence walking among African American adults living in urban communities   
Rashida Brown, MPH, Sabrina Chase, Ph.D., Sandra E. Echeverria, PhD, MPH and Hanaa Hamdi, PhD
     
2:56pm
Community conditions contributing to high life expectancy: An analysis of outliers   
Chunfeng Ren, MPH, Robert Johnson, PhD, Matt Beyers, MA, MSCRP, Steven A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Allison Phillips, MPH, Amber Haley, MPH, Laura R. Young, MPH and Steven Woolf, MD
     
3:14pm
Associations between lifetime experiences of discrimination and lifetime suicide attempts among a cross-sectional sample of adult Latino males: Findings from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions (NESARC)   
Jessica Marden, MPH, Amaya Perez-Brumer, BA and Stephen Gilman, Sc.D.
     
  
3:32pm
Concluding Remarks

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

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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