ANNUAL APHA MEETTING WRAP-UP

The Robert Stempel School of Public Health was well represented at the 135th annual American Public Health Association (APHA) meeting in Washington D.C., attended by more than 14,000 health professionals around the world.  Below is a list of faculty and student participation at this year’s meeting.  We strongly encourage all students to participate at next year’s meeting, scheduled for October 25-29, 2008, in San Diego, California.  Please click here for an APHA press release. 

Oral Presentations:

Paul J. Flaer, EdD, MPH
Aging Population Issues- Session 3302
Medicare Part D: The First Year

Rebecca Ohm MPH
Lisa Lue OTR/L
Kalpana Prathipati, MD. MPH
H. Virginia McCoy, PhD,
Health Behaviors, Protective Factors, and HIV Intervention Programs
Association between cigarette smoking and selected medical conditions among people at high risk of HIV

Gulcin  Gumus PhD
Limit Alcohol Availability: Reduce and Prevent Problems
BAC or Bacchus? Location versus quantity drinking

Robert Malow PhD
Current HIV Risk Behaviors  and Issues among College Students
SENORITAS: a peer organizing program for reducing HIV/AIDS risk in College-Age Hispanics-Focus Group Results

Virginia McCoy PhD
Latinos and Community-based Public Health
Unity in Diversity: Building community partnership for Latino health promotion and research

Jesus Sanchez PhD
Health Behaviors, Protective Factors and HIV Intervention Programs
Personal network characteristics associated with frequency of injection drug use among a cohort of Hispanic injectors in South Florida

Mary Jo Trepka MD, MSPH
Fredrick Newman PhD
Evelyn, Davila, MPH
Zisca Dixon, PhD
Fatma Huffman PhD
Consumer/Retail Food Safety Issues
Lessons learned: Development and evaluation of an interactive computer food safety education program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program clients, Miami Florida

Poster Sessions:

Ahnalee Brincks
Nicole Kellier
Delta Omega: The honorary Public Health Society Poster Session Part 1
Stress, social support and health locus of control as predictors of psychological distress in HIV-infected women

Kristy Siegel, MPH, CHES
Nasar U. Ahmed, PhD
Experiences in Access to Care, Medicine and Insurance: Poster Session 1
Barriers to human papilloma virus vaccination for adolescent girls

	Christine Powell, BS Michele Hean-Gilles PhD Jessy Devieux, PhD Emma Ergon Perspectives in Reproductive Health: Youth, Women, HIV/AIDS/STI Gender differences in HIV Knowledge amongst Haitian adolescents
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	Diana M. Davalos, MD Wayway Hlaing, MBBS, PhD APHA- Student Assembly: Late Breaker Poster Session Ethnic differences in hospitalization due to Essential Hypertension in Florida
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Jessy Devieux, PhD
Robert Malow PhD
Michele Jean- Gilles PhD
Rhonda Rosenberg PhD
ATOD Posters
Cultural adaptation for Ethic minorities

Jessy Devieux PhD
Michele Jean-Gilles PhD
Emma Ergon-Perez PhD
Robert Malow PhD
Topics in HIV/AIDS
Knowledge and stigma in Haiti: The need for structural level intervention

Valerie George, PhD
Obesity and Physical Activity Posters: Joint SHES &FN Sessions
NO CHIDLET UNFIT- A program to promote fitness and physical activity through the schools

	Robert Malow PhD Jessy Devieux PhD Rhonda Rosenberg PhD Michel Jean Gilles PhD Janelle Taveras BS HIV Treatment and Prevention Issues for Diverse Communities Effective interventions for adolescents: Taking a structural approach
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