141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Global perspectives on Asian and/or Pacific Islander health

Monday, November 4, 2013: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Poster

Board 1
Patterns of risk behaviors among Samoan and Tongan adolescents in California: Results from the Pacific Islander Health Study
Sela V. Panapasa, PhD, Cleopatra Caldwell, PhD, David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, Steven Heeringa, PhD and James W. McNally, PhD
Board 2
Assist the achievement of MDGs 4 & 5 in developing country
Lin-Kun Wu, RN, Master of Oral Health, Fan-Hao Chou, Professor, Shih-Huai Hsiao, Lecturer, Mei-Hsing Chen, Director, Levi Hou, Director, Yung-Mei Yang, Assistant Professor, Tenneth Dalipanda, Medical Officer, Sheng-Nan Yang, Professor and Wen-Ter Lai, Professor, MD
Board 3
A picture of chronic hepatitis B infection among Asians and Pacific Islanders in Philadelphia
C. A. Cohen, MPH, DrPH(c), Kuan-Lung Daniel Chen, MPH, CPH, Amy Hueber, BS, Joan Block, RN, BSN and A.A. Evans, ScD
Board 4
HIV/AIDS knowledge and sexual behavior among high school students in Solomon Islands
Tzu-Ping Weng, Medical Student, Shih-Huai Hsiao, Lecturer, Lin-Kun Wu, RN, Master of Oral Health, Tenneth Dalipanda and Wen-Ter Lai
Board 5
Are vegetarian Asian Indians at lower risk for diabetes and metabolic syndrome than non-vegetarians?
Ranjita Misra, PhD, CHES, FASHA, Padmini Balagopal, PhD RD, Thakor Patel, MD, Sudha Raj, PhD, RD and Dustin Long, PhD
Board 6
How do diabetes and obesity vary among Asian ethnic groups?
Allison Diamant, MD, MSHS, Susan H. Babey, PhD and Joelle Wolstein, MPP
Board 7
Can Filipino nurses and doctors impact health disparities in the Filipino community?
Beverly Gor, EdD, RD, LD, Luceli Cuasay, DrPH, MPH, Cherry Sloan, RN, CCM, BC, OCN, Donna Canlas, MD, PA, Riza Mauricio, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, Gayle Balmaceda, RN, ANP, GNP and Lovell Jones, PhD
Board 8
Board 9
Poor mental health and cigarette smoking among Asian American populations in New York City
Shijian Li, PhD, Simona Kwon, DrPH, MPH, Chau-Trinh Shevrin, DrPH and Mariano Rey, MD
Board 10
Determinants of smoking at home among Asians living in Harris , Texas
Vishnu Nepal, MSc, MPH and Deborah Banerjee, PhD, MS

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

Organized by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health