141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Poster

Board 1

Prescriptions and over the counter medications overuse among underserved African American elderly
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD, Professor, Hamed Yazdanshenas, MD, Assistant Professor and Gail Orum-Alexander, PharmD, Dean

Board 2

Impact of psychosocial factors on functional improvement in hispanic seniors after tai chi exercise
Ka-Chun Siu, PhD, Shireen Rajaram, PhD, Aura Whitney-Jackson, MSW and Carolina Padilla

Board 3

Tai chi for stress reduction and glycemic control among hispanic older adults
Amparo Castillo, MD, Lisa Aponte-Soto, MHA, Rosalba Hernandez, PhD and Laurie Ruggiero, PhD

Board 4

Impact of neighborhood context on older latinos diabetes status: Findings from the Sacramento area Latino aging study (SALSA)
Lorena Garcia, MPH, DrPH, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, MS, PhD, Anne Lee, BA, John Neuhaus, PhD and Mary N. Haan, MPH, DrPH

Board 5

Inappropriate prescriptions and over the counter medications according to beers criteria among underserved aged African americans
Hamed Yazdanshenas, MD, Assistant Professor, Mohsen Bazargan, PhD, Professor, Gail Orum-Alexander, PharmD, Dean and Baqar Husaini, PhD, Professor

Board 6

Acculturation and childhood obesity among immigrant nigerian children in northern California
Chidumam Ike-Chinaka, B.Sc, MA, Ph.D, Amany H. Refaat, MD, MSc, MHPE, PhD and Diane Neal, PhD

Board 7

Work disability: A central measure of public health, a health disparity affecting African Americans
James N. Laditka, DA, PhD, MPA and Sarah Laditka, PhD

Board 8

Mental health of immigrant and u.s. born populations with chronic low back pain
MIchael Roxas, Julia Keosaian, MPH, Ama Boah, MS and Robert Saper, MD, MPH

Board 9

Quality of life and physical activity among foreign-born and u.s.-born older black men with hypertension residing in New York City
Mary Han, BA, Joseph Ravenell, MD, MS and Helen Cole, MPH, CHES

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

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Black Caucus of Health Workers

See more of: Aging & Public Health

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