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132ND ANNUAL AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
DREXEL UNIVERSITY, SPH RESEARCH AND FIELDWORK

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2004

Abstract #89174
Monday, November 8, 2004 - Board 3 8:30 am

Preparing Tomorrow's Practitioners: Integrating Community-Based Learning Practica, Community Assessment Curricular Content, and Community Organizing

Augusta M. Villanueva and Linda Lloyd

Monday 8:30 PM 8:45 PM Meeting Room 5 Renaissance 3374

Neighborhood characteristics and disparities in access to nutritious foods

Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th Street, Mail Stop 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-762-6512, mmc33@drexel.edu

Monday 12:30 PM 2:00 PM Hall E WCC

215-GO: A pediatric obesity clinic model

Akosua Opoku-Boateng, BS(1), Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH(1), and Lorraine Matthews, RD, MSW(2).

(1) Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th St. MS 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, 215-762-7031, aao24@drexel.edu, (2) Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 1101 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107


Monday 4:35 PM 5:00 PM 208A WCC

Teaching sensitivity in health promotion and health behavior: Lessons from the Princess and the Pea


Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th Street, Mail Stop 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-762-6512, mmc33@drexel.edu


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2004

A needs assessment of a portion of the newly arriving Mexican immigrants in south Philadelphia

Stephanie Grier and Augusta M. Villanueva


Tuesday 2:30 PM Congressional Hall B Renaissance


Nutritional challenges of working poor families: Family food insecurity and the emergency food system

Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH(1), Lynnette Riddell, PhD(2), Eileen G. Ford, MS, RD(3), Akosua Opoku-Boateng, BS1, and Shortie McKinney, PhD, RD, FADA(3).

(1) Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th Street, Mail Stop 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-762-6512, mmc33@drexel.edu, (2) Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (3) Nutrition Center, Dept of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Wednesday, November 10, 2004 - 2:45 PM

An Evaluation of a Philadelphia-based Extended Day Treatment Program for Adjudicated Youths

Augusta M. Villanueva and Marcia Polansky

General Abstracts

Abstract # 91280 submitted to HIV/AIDS
Title: Anonymous HIV testing in Canada: A cost-effective health intervention
Author(s): David Fisman, MD, MPH(1), Ana Johnson-Masotti, PhD (2), Larry Lynd, PhD 2, Debbie Sheehan, MSW(3).

(1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th Street, Mail Stop 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192. (2) Center for Evaluation of Medicines, McMaster University, 105 Main Street East, P1, Hamilton, ON L8N 1G6, Canada. (3) STD and Sexual Health Program, Health Protection Branch, City of Hamilton Public Health and Community Services Department, 1 Hughson Street North, 4th Floor, Hamilton, ON L8R 3L5, Canada.


Abstract # 91467 submitted to Occupational Health and Safety
Title: Fatigue increases needlestick risk in medical trainees: Results from a case-crossover study
Author(s): David Fisman, MD, MPH(1), Anthony D Harris, MD, MPH(2), Gary S. Sorock, PhD(3), Michael Rubin, MD(4), Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH(5)

(1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th Street, Mail Stop 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192. (2) Department of Epidemiology and Preventve Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, 10 N. Greene St., Medical Service Rm 5D-151, Baltimore, MD 21201. (3) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Injury Research and Policy, 624 N. Broadway, Room 545, Baltimore, MD 21205. (4) Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Utah, 30 N 1900 E, SOM AC263, Salt Lake City, UT 84132. (5) Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.


Abstract # 84327 submitted to Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Title: Future directions for case-crossover research in injury epidemiology
Author(s): Gary S. Sorock, PhD(1), David A. Lombardi, PhD(2), David Fisman, MD, MPH(3), Anthony D Harris, MD, MPH(4), Theodore K. Courtney, MS, CSP 2, Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH(5), Gordon S Smith, MD, MPH(6), Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH(7)

(1) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Injury Research and Policy, 624 N. Broadway, Room 545, Baltimore, MD 21205. (2) Quantitative Analysis Unit, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748. (3) Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel School of Public Health, 245 N. 15th Street, Mail Stop 660, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192. (4) Department of Epidemiology and Preventve Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, 100 N. Greene St., Medical Service Rm 5D-151, Baltimore, MD 21201. (5) Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus box 8005, 660 South Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110. (6) Quantitative Analysis Unit, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, 71 Frankland Rd, Hopkinton, MA 01748. (7) Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.

November 10, 2004, 8:30 A.M

Abstract # 81419 (poster presentation)
Title: A comparison study: Investigating factors that may influence adolescent mothers to be non-repeat or repeat childbearers
Author(s): Cheriyan, M., Bartle, N.A. and Worley, Heidi.