NLM Guide to the APHA 2008 Annual Meeting
The list below highlights sessions at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2008 annual
meeting related to improving access to health information and educating the public health workforce,
including presentations by staff from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The list also includes
presentations co-authored by librarians and information specialists. NLM will also have booth #1124 in
the exhibit hall.
Note that this list is not exhaustive and that there may be other sessions related to information access in
public health. APHA provides a complete list of sessions through their Web site at
http://www.apha.org/meetings/eventschedule.
NLM Exhibit, Booth #1124
Against the Odds, Booth 1143, 1145, 1244
Sunday, October 26, 2:00pm – 5:30pm
Monday, October 27, 9:30am – 5:30pm
Tuesday, October 28, 9:30am – 5:30pm
Wednesday, October 29, 8:00am – 12:30pm
To learn more, visit NLM’s Web site at http://www.nlm.nih.gov.
NLM is also an active contributor to the PHPartners.org Web site.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
1001.0 Evidence Based Public Health: Finding and Appraising Relevant Resources
Saturday, October 25, 2008: 9:00 AM
The purpose of this course is to teach the public health practitioner how to find and use the best health information
in their daily practice.
Organizer:Mellanye J. Lackey
9:00 AM
Distinguish between good quality and biased information
Joseph Nicholson, MLIS
9:45 AM
Evidence-Based Health Practice: Construct a strategic and valuable search strategy
Mellanye J. Lackey, MSI
10:00 AM
Evidence Based PH Database Searching: Know where to look for good quality information
Mellanye J. Lackey, MSI, Joseph Nicholson, MLIS and Cynthia Kahn, MILS, MPH, AHIP
10:30 AM
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Break
10:45 AM
Continuation of Evidence Based PH Database Searching: Know where to look for good quality information. M
Lackey, MSI, J. Nicholson, MLIS, C. Kahn, MILS, MPH, AHIP
11:00 AM
More helpful resources. M. Lackey, MSI
11:10 AM
Evidence-based thinking in daily practice: Case studies with solutions
Cynthia Kahn, MILS, MPH, AHIP
11:55 AM
Take home points, evaluation. J. Nicholson, MLIS, M. Lackey, MSI, C. Kahn, MILS, MPH, AHIP
12:15 PM
Questions & Answers. M. Lackey, MSI, J. Nicholson, MLIS, C. Kahn, MILS, MPH, AHIP
1006.0 Integrating Informatics Principles in Public Health
Saturday, October 25, 2008: 9:00 AM
The purpose of this Institute is to provide the learner with definitions of informatics concepts and principles;
knowledge regarding key issues - including standards and information security, privacy and confidentiality and
change management; and an opportunity to apply unified process principles to better understand information
systems development.
Organizer: Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD
9:00 AM
Welcome, Introduction, Overview
9:15 AM
Public health informatics: Definitions
Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD and John H. Holmes, PhD
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Public Health Informatics: Key Issues
Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD and John H. Holmes, PhD
11:30 AM
Public health informatics: Discussion of Current Trends & Introduction to Case Studies
Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD and John H. Holmes, PhD
12:30 PM
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 PM
Introduction to the Unified Process
John H. Holmes, PhD and Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
Case Study Part II: Creating a System Vision Statement
John H. Holmes, PhD and Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD
3:30 PM
Case Study Part III: Creating Use Cases for Public Health Information
John H. Holmes, PhD and Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD
4:30 PM
Summary, Discussion, Post Evaluations
Janise Richards, MS, MPH, PhD and John H. Holmes, PhD
119.0 Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) Business Meeting
Saturday, October 25, 2008: 2:30 PM
Business Meeting
Organizer and Moderator:
Diane L. Adams, MD, MPH, CHS-III
2:30 PM
Electronic Personal Health Record – Healthcare Implications in Addressing Health Disparity for the Nation's
Vulnerable Populations Eileen Elias, MEd
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
181905 New directions: Navigating health information literacy training
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Linda S. Levy, MLS, AHIP , Briscoe Library, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San
Antonio, TX
Keith W. Cogdill, PhD, AHIP , Briscoe Library, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San
Antonio, TX
This poster describes the partnership between community health workers and the library at the University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio, highlighting key findings from a series of focus groups in which community
health workers provided significant input in the development of library services.
185963 Evaluating the Outcome & Impact of Two Evidence Based Public Health Nursing
Education Projects
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Roberta L. Lyons, MPH , College of Nursing, University of Illinois-Chicago, Peoria, IL
Sandy DeGroote, MLIS, AHIP , Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago, Peoria, IL
Kathleen A. Baldwin, PhD RN , College of Nursing, University of Illinois-Chicago, Peoria, IL
Jo Dorsch, MALS, AHIP , Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago, Peoria, IL
This paper reports the impact of a collaborative effort of public health nursing faculty and health science librarians
to further improve access to and evaluation of the evidenced base for public health nursing.
2054.2 Evaluating Techniques in Public Health Informatics/Information Technology Posters
Sunday, October 26, 2008: 4:30 PM
Poster
Board 1
Immunization information systems and healthcare systems interoperability
Susan M. Salkowitz, MGA, Noam Arzt, PhD and Ruth Gubernick, MPH
Board 2
Evaluating Responses to Open-Ended Questionnaire Fields Using Latent Semantic Analysis
Travis Daniel Leleu
Board 3
Integrating the Electronic Laboratory Reporting of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Data
Nikolay Lipskiy, PhD, Jerome Tokars, MD, MPH, Roseanne English, Scott J. N. McNabb, PhD and John Abellera,
MPH
181620 SMILE: Sharing MedlinePlus®/MEDLINE® for information literacy education
Sunday, October 26, 2008 4:30 PM
Julie K. Gaines, MLIS , Briscoe Library, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio,
TX
Linda S. Levy, MLS, AHIP , Briscoe Library, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio,
TX
Keith W. Cogdill, PhD, AHIP , Briscoe Library, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San
Antonio, TX
The project focuses on improving South Texas public health dental practitioners' access to reliable information
resources, and integrating the best evidence from these resources into their public health dental practice.
Monday, October 27, 2008
3009.0 Health Communication: Integrating Information and Health Literacy Principles into
Healthy People 2020
Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
Organizer:Carter Blakey
8:30 AM
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Health Communication: Integrating information technology and health literacy principles into Healthy People 2020
Linda Harris, PhD, Lead, Cynthia Baur, PhD and Michelle Murray, MS, MBA
3038.0 Personal Health Records: Overcoming Barriers from Childhood to Adulthood for Persons
with Disabilities Part I
Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
Organizer and Moderator: Brenda A. Leath, MHSA
8:30 AM
Medical homes and ePHRs offer potential for improving care for persons with chronic illnesses and/or disabilities
Brenda A. Leath, MHSA
8:50 AM
Medical home for persons with disabilities and the role of electronic personal health records
David B. Gray, PhD
9:10 AM
Personal health records and improving the disability determination process
Debbie Somers
186423 Using the Handbook for Assessing Social Change in Health to document how systems
changes have reduced diabetes disparities
Monday, October 27, 2008: 9:30 AM
Carolyn Jenkins, DrPH, FAAN , College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Barbara A. Carlson, MLIS , College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Virginia Thomas, BS , College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Florene Linnen , Georgetown County Diabetes CORE Group, Georgetown, SC
Jeremiah Mock, MSc, PhD , School of Nursing, Department of Community Health Systems, University of California,
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
This session reports on the fieldwork and key concepts that underpin the Handbook, and describes the approach
and methods laid out in the Handbook and companion workbook. This session also reports on the experience of the
Charleston and Georgetown Diabetes Coalition in South Carolina which pilot tested the Handbook and companion
workbook.
3129.0 Personal Health Records: Overcoming Barriers from Childhood to Adulthood for Persons
with Disabilities Part II
Monday, October 27, 2008: 10:30 AM
This session will focus on improving services for children and youth with special health care needs in support of
their successful transition to adult systems of care.
Organizer and Moderator: Brenda A. Leath, MHSA
10:30 AM
Globalization of PHRs and impact on persons with disabilities
Lloyd Tribley, MS
10:50 AM
Accessibility of health information technology
David Baquis
11:10 AM
Kerri Morgan - My personal story
Kerri Morgan, MSOT/L
176678 Take down those fences: Dissolving borders in the heartland using GIS
Oral
Monday, October 27, 2008: 10:45 AM
Desiree Goetze, MPH, CHES, CPP , Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Barbara J. Seitz de Martinez, PhD,MLS,CPP , Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
This session presents new and applications of statistical methods in the areas of measuring health disparities, using
GIS to map information across state borders, using classification/regression trees in assessing behavioral
interventions among high risk pregnant minority women, and using logistic regression to identify factors associated
with practice effects of repeated measures.
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3219.1 Curriculum, Competencies, and Credentialing in Informatics/IT
Monday, October 27, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
The focus of these oral presentations is to help define the challenge and opportunity of communicating to the public
what HIT professionals are being taught, and how to evaluate what they can actually do once their training is
complete.
Organizer and Moderator: Edward Mensah, PhD
12:30 PM
Growth of Presentations in Informatics and Technology Confirms the Needs of HIIT
Chung-Bang Weng, MS, MA and Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH
12:50 PM
Developing undergraduate public health informatics competencies through asthma care content
Madeleine J. Kerr, PhD, RN, Karen A. Monsen, PhD RN and Erica L. Fishman, MSW MPH
1:10 PM
Curriculum Analysis on Public Health Informatics Degree, Certificate, and Training Programs
Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH and Chung-Bang Weng, MS, MA
1:30 PM
Developing Graduate Certificate and Dual Degree Programs in Public Health Informatics: Lessons Learned
Chiehwen Ed Hsu, PhD, MS, MPH
3219.2 Data Mining Technologies and Applications
Monday, October 27, 2008: 12:30 PM
Oral
The overarching purpose of these oral presentations is to apprise participants of how data mining is impacting
public health practice in a variety of settings.
Organizer and Moderator: David Potenziani, PhD
12:30 PM
Database and Tools for the Investigation of Climate-Mediated Human Disease
Jan Ihmels, PhD, Mark S. Smith, MD, Sreeman Nanduri, MS, Craig Feied, MD, Jonathan Handler, MD, Andrea
Valenta, MSN, Michael Gillam, MD and Dennis Fantin, PhD
12:50 PM
From integration to interoperability: The role of public health systems in the emerging world of health information
exchange
Noam Arzt, PhD
1:10 PM
Using data mining methods with standardized terminology data sets for home visiting intervention effectiveness
research
Karen A. Monsen, PhD RN, Arindam Banerjee, PhD, Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN and Madeleine J. Kerr, PhD, RN
1:30 PM
Developing Evidence-Driven Strategies Using Data Mining for Improving Patient Satisfaction
Yoon-Ho Seol, PhD, Carole Ferrang, Genny Carrillo, MD, ScD and Miguel A. Zuniga, MD, DrPH
184341 Taking community action on health disparities: A Critical MASS toolkit overview
Monday, October 27, 2008: 1:00 PM
Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, PhD , Planning, Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., Boston, MA
Peter Droese , Health Policy Library, MassHealth (Office of Medicaid), Boston, MA
Peter R. Lee, MPH , The Medical Foundation, Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Communities, Boston, MA
Samuel Louis, MPH , Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA
Sheryl D. Taylor, MPH , Symphony Tailored Health Solutions And MDPH, Boston, MA
Brunilda Torres, MSW , Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA
Available in print and on the Critical MASS website, www.enddisparities.org, this presentation provides an overview
of this community-organizing toolkit.
177335 Working in a POD: Evaluation of an online training program
Oral
Monday, October 27, 2008: 1:15 PM
Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH , Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of MedicineWichita, Wichita, KS
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Cheryl Reeves, MS, MLS , Continuing Education, SUNY-Albany, Rensselaer, NY
Kurt Konda, MA , Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita,
KS
Leslie Horn, MPH , School of Nursing, Center for Health Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY
Annie Tinius, BA , Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita,
KS
Kristine M. Gebbie, DrPH, RN , School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY
3357.0 Environmental Health Paradigms including Bed Bugs Without Borders.
Monday, October 27, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
The topics covered will include insect identification, insect behavior, clinical and environmental manifestations, and
prevention and control. There will be a particular focus on those situations in which public health nurses may
encounter these cryptic, yet tenacious travelers.
Moderator: Charmaine Fitzig, RN, DrPH
2:30 PM
Public Health Nursing Practice: Finding Evidence to Apply to Environmental Health Issues
Jeanne B. Hewitt, PhD RN, Deborah L. Pasha, BSN, RN, Daniel N. Weber, PhD, Mary E. Boulanger, MS, MLS, Ann
Backus, MS and David H. Petering, PhD
2:50 PM
Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Community Health Nursing Curriculum
Helen Peake-Godin, MN RN and Maggie Fournier, MS RN
3:10 PM
Emerging environmental health diseases: Bed bugs are back!
Judith Saum, BS, RHES
183607 Learning to Swim: A Large Dam Breach & Incident Command System (ICS) Exercise for
Masters and Doctoral Public Health Students
Monday, October 27, 2008; 2:30 pm
Poster
Eric N. Gebbie, MA, MIA , Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lindsay N. Benson, MPH , Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY
Mary Applegate, MD MPH , School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Rensselaer, NY
Irina Khmelnitsky, MS , New York State Preventive Medicine Residency/DrPH, University at Albany (SUNY) School
of Public Health, Rensselaer, NY
Cheryl Reeves, MS, MLS , Continuing Education, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY
Colleen Signer , Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY
Edward C. Waltz, PhD , Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany School of Public Health,
Rensselaer, NY
Mark Hammer, MS , Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany School of Public Health,
Rensselaer, NY
Samantha Orellana , Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany School of Public Health,
Rensselaer, NY
3379.0 Evaluating Techniques in Public Health Informatics/Information Technology Posters
Cont'd
Monday, October 27, 2008: 4:30 PM
Poster
Board 1
Spatiotemporal approaches to map West Nile Virus high-risk exposure areas at local scales using Geographic
Information Science technologies
Debarchana Ghosh
Board 2
Improving the development of public health informatics systems: Lessons from the trenches
Michael Stelmach, MBA and Michael P. Rodriguez, MA
Board 3
Meeting the Needs of Public Health Preparedness of Rural Health Providers – A Spatial Analysis Approach
Chiehwen Ed Hsu, PhD, MS, MPH, Francisco Soto Mas, MD, PhD, MPH, I-Hsuan Shane Tsai, MD, Fang-Ying Vicki
Hsiao, MS and Srinivasa Chakravarthi Chekuri, MBBS, MPH
Board 4
Planning for rift valley fever: Use of GIS to estimate the human health threat of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus)-related arbovirus transmission in an urban-suburban environment in Northeast, Ohio, USA
Sravan Kakani, BS and Charles King, MD, MS
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Board 5
Detecting errors in electronic laboratory disease data reporting
Deborah Kapell, MPH, Emily Lumeng, MPH, Jennifer Baumgartner, MSPH and Trang Quyen Nguyen, PhD, MPH
Board 6
Clinician's perception of their panel's blood pressure control: Influence of ATHENA-Hypertension decision support
system
Grace Yeh, MPH, Susana B. Martins, MD, MSc, Martha Michel, PhD, MS, Nancy D. Lin, ScD, Jim Bursick, MPH,
MBA, Michael A. Steinman, MD, Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH, Brian Hoffman, MD and Mary K. Goldstein, MD, MS
Board 7
Creation of a data collection tool to allow analysis of prevalence and predictors of sexual assault in the Indianapolis
metro-area
Alison L. Peaper, MPH Candidate, Jill C. Layton, MPH Candidate, Margo Foreman, MPH Candidate, Musu Sesay,
MPH Candidate, Joan Henkle, DNS, RN and Rebecca Navarro, RN, SANE
Board 8
Rapid Need Evaluations Using Geographic Information Technologies for Vector Control surveillance in San
Bernardino County
Seth Wiafe, MPH, Andrew Haglund, Jim E. Banta, PhD, MPH, Emily Tong, Danny Handysides, David T. Dyjack,
DrPH and Wakoli Wekesa
Board 9
Interactive Effects of Health Care Market Characteristics on the Relationship between Physicians' Perception and
Use of Information Technology
Jong-Deuk Baek, PH D, Janice C. Probst, PhD and Carleen H. Stoskopf, ScD
172737 Can Webinar-based instruction provide an effective training environment? Preliminary
results from a pilot project in Texas
Monday, October 27, 2008: 5:30 PM
Helena M. Vonville, MLS , Library, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX
Linda Lloyd, PhD , School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
We will present preliminary findings on skills and knowledge gained by the participants as well as behavioral
changes three months out from their training.
183592 School librarians as partners in the coordinated school health program model: Findings
from a regional conference
Monday, October 27, 2008
Keith Cogdill, PhD , Briscoe Library, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
This poster outlines the presentations given at the meeting by representatives from national and regional
organizations. It also summarizes the local action plans that participants formulated by working together in smallgroup sessions.
191408 International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Developing a peerreviewed, online, open-access journal
Monday, October 27, 2008
Karen Boulanger, MS, LMT , University of Iowa, San Jose, CA
Marcus Banks, MLIS , Library and Center for Knowledge Management, University of California, San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA
Learning Objectives: Recognized the importance of a free scientific journal for the bodywork, Describe the process
used to develop the new journal, and Identify the areas of research that are relevant to massage and bodywork.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
172102 A Role for Exhibitions: “Making a Difference in Global Heath”
Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 8:35 AM
Manon Parry, MA, MSc , Curator, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
The presentation will be illustrated with images of materials displayed in the exhibition and photographs of the
galleries, and will end with a review of the responses to the project since its launch.
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180171 Innovative Research Methodologies in Public Health Systems Research
Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 10:30 AM
Betty Bekemeier, PhD, MPH, RN , Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington School of Nursing,
Seattle, WA
Laura Downey, DrPH , Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, MS
Arjumand Siddiqi, ScD , Health Behavior and Health Education School of Public Health, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Kristi Lewis, PhD, MPH , Department of Health Sciences/CISAT, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
George H. Avery, PhD , Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
The panel will allow PHS researchers to exchange ideas about new data sources and methods.
4192.0 Addressing Healthcare Disparities in Information Technology
Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 12:30 PM
Presentations will highlight HIIT applications and strategies to achieving health parity through culturally competent
healthcare, research, and interventions targeting underserved and vulnerable populations.
Moderator: Tracy M. Hilliard, MPH
12:30 PM
Delivery of Culturally Accessible PHR for Vulnerable Populations - Meeting their public health information needs
Chiehwen Ed Hsu, PhD, MS, MPH, Francisco Soto Mas, MD, PhD, MPH and I-Hsuan Shane Tsai, MD
12:50 PM
Cultural & Contextual Specificity: National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer's (NBLIC) Community Based
Participatory Research Guiding Principles
Selina A. Smith, PhD, MDiv, Daniel Blumenthal, MD, MPH, Joyce Q. Sheats, BSN, MPH, Sandra J. Hamilton, RN,
FNP, MEd and David Satcher, MD, PhD
1:10 PM
Health information technology: A tool for achieving health parity
Ruth Perot, MAT
1:30 PM
Using Technology to Improve Minority Health
Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH, Miryam Granthon, MPH, Mark Goh and Rochelle Rollins, PhD
175820 Demonstrating the Native Hawaiian Health Equity Atlas: Mapping Cultural Practices and
Current Data
Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 1:06 PM
Momi Fernandez , Data & Information, Director, Papa Ola Lokahi, Honolulu, HI
Papa Ola Lokahi partnered with a team funded by the National Library of Medicine and the Center for Public Service
Communications to map Hawaiian wisdom based on cultural practices in order to tell a story and demonstrate the
relationship between the health of the land and its people.
4297.0 Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Farmworkers: Rights, Justice and Health
Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session presents farmworkers' experiences from a variety of perspectives, focusing on helping farmworkers
achieve their rights - as workers and as human beings.
Moderator: Deliana Garcia, MA
2:30 PM
Neglect in agricultural safety and health regulations: Separate and unequal
Yolanda Anita Sanchez, MS, MPA and Michael Silverstein, MD, MPH
2:45 PM
Mobilizing agricultural workers for social justice, health and safety
Roberto Garcia, BS, Pablo Rodriguez and Zoe Clayson, ScD
3:00 PM
Employment conditions, farmworker psychosocial stress, and quality of life
Louise Ward, PhD CRNP and Andrew D. Tanner, MPH
3:15 PM
Farmworkers at US-Mexico Border: Challenges to human rights in a militarized environment
Deborah Jean McClelland, MLS, Kathryn Rodriguez, Floribella Redondo, Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS, Georgina
Garcia, Maia Ingram, MPH, Jill Guernsey De Zapien, Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, JD, MA, Scott Carvajal, PhD,MPH and
Anna O'Leary, PhD
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4302.0 Risk Communication and Effective Messaging
Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session will provide a detailed look at the public health implications of disaster relief stemming from
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Speakers will discuss lessons learned from a risk communication campaign conducted
in real-time to address a public health issue for a targeted audience.
Moderator: James Bratton
2:30 PM
Effective messaging and delivery strategies: CDC's post-Katrina experience
Jana L. Telfer, MA
2:45 PM
Risk Communication in Practice: Applying Risk Communication Theory to Multiple Audiences in FEMA Trailer
Communication Strategy
Jana L. Telfer, MA, Scott A. Damon, MAIA, CPH, Charles Green, MFA, MA, Marianne Hartin, MLS and Sascha
Chaney
3:00 PM
FEMA trailers health communication
Scott A. Damon, MAIA, CPH, Sarah Gregory, BA and La Freta Dalton, BBA
3:15 PM
Issues management and communication: Can one succeed without the other?
Sandra E. Bonzo, MLIS, Sascha Chaney and Mike Groutt
3:30 PM
Creative Communication Channels for Targeted Audiences
Marianne Hartin, MLS, Joy Igonikon and Karen Morrione
178342 An evaluation of the Wellness Information Zone Project
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Richard W. Wilson, DHSc, MPH , Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of
Public Health and Information Sciences, Louisville, KY
Virginia K. Judd , Executive Director, Humana Foundation, Louisville, KY
This presentation reports on a project to enhance the health information resources available to communities with
the application of technology tools.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
190818 Suicide prevention in the emergency department
Oral
Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 9:00 AM
Anara Guard, MLS , Edc, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Newton, MA
David Litts, DO , Edc, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Newton, MA
This session showcases presentations on an interesting range of findings from late-breaking research.
180875 Information needs, barriers, and information seeking among low-income pregnant
women
Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 1:10 PM
Carol Shieh, RNC, MPH, DNSc , School of Nursing, Indian University, Indianapolis, IN
Anna M. McDaniel, DNS, RN, FAAN , School of Nursing and School of Informatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis,
IN
Irene Ke, MS, MLS , M.D. Anderson Library, University of Houston, Houston, TX
This study investigated information needs, information barriers, and their relationships to pregnancy health
information seeking among low-income pregnant women.
181457 Socio cultural stress, discrimination and health care
Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 2:10 PM
Cecilia Rosales, MD, MS , Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Scott Carvajal, PhD,MPH , Associate Professor of Mexican American Studies and Public Health, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Jean McClelland, MLS , Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Maia Ingram, MPH , Program Director, Community Based Evaluation Projects, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith, JD, MA , Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
Samantha Sabo, MPH , Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Melissa McCormick, MA , Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Jill De Zapien , Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Floribella Redondo , Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Somerton, AZ
This study examines data on stress, health status and barriers within a community-wide survey (TESS; N = 200) of
Southern Tucson AZ. The ten abstracts in this session are part of the National Center for Health Statistics‘ Healthy
Border 2010 Program, under the sponsorship of the US-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC).
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