SESSION III: HEALTH PROMOTION, DISEASE PREVENTION
Saturday, August 25, 20079:00-11:00 AM
Name   Title Affiliations
Sally A. Koblinsky

“Mental Health Challenges of African American Preschool Teachers in Violent Communities” PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Family Studies University of Maryland  College Park, MD
Tiffany Edwards “Surviving Breast Cancer:  Exploring the Significance and Meaning for African-American Women” PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow St. John’s Riverside Hospital Yonkers, NY
Dayna Campbell “Birthing Provider Supply and Its Affect on Pregnancy Outcomes in Rural South Carolina” MS, PhD (c) Department Chair Allen University Columbia, SC
Keri Norris  “Exploring Sojourner Syndrome:  Stress, Coping and Hypertension in African American Women” MPH, PhD, Doctoral Candidate University of South Carolina
J’Vawnna D. Bell “Understanding Racial Disparities in Low Birth Weight and Infant Mortality in Northeast Omaha" BA (Physics), Student, Research Assistant National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Research Program
Alice Fang Yan  “Cultural Competency, Patient-Physician Communication and Gender Disparities in Patient Satisfaction” MD, Graduate Research Assistant, PhD Candidate University of Maryland, Department of Public and Community Health College Park, MD
Lisa R. Norman  “Drug and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Impoverished Women in Puerto Rico:  An Exploratory Analysis of Women Living in Public Housing” PhD, Behavioral Scientist Ponce School of Medicine AIDS Research Program. Ponce, Puerto Rico
Jamie J. Barnes  “Has Increased Awareness of Black Men Who Have Sex with Other Men Changed the Perception of Susceptibility to HIV in Black Women?” MPH, Certified Health Education Specialist Florida Department of Health Tallahassee, FL
Jessica McIlvane “The Effects of Illness-Related Stress and Life Stress on Well-Being in African-American and White Women with Arthritis” PhD, Assistant Professor University of South Florida School of Aging Studies Tampa, FL
Aracely Rosales “We Celebrate Tomorrow:  Latinas Living Beyond Breast Cancer” MPH,  Education and Outreach Coordinator Living Beyond Breast Cancer Ardmore, PA