How sedentary are TV-watching, Web-surfing, west coast teens? What kind of racial and ethnic discrimination do Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders experience in accessing health care? These topics, and many others, will be explored in two sponsored sessions and more than 30 presentations featuring Center experts and CHIS data at the American Public Health Association's (APHA) annual meeting, Nov. 8-11 in Philadelphia, PA.
The meeting, the largest gathering of public health professionals in the United States, will feature two sessions dedicated to the uses of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the nation's largest state health survey, in examining diverse public health topics. It is the second year in a row in which CHIS has been featured in two sessions sponsored by APHA organizing groups.
The first session, sponsored by APHA's Maternal and Child Health Section, uses CHIS data to examine teenage health issues ranging from the link between television and computer use and sedentary behavior to the issue of role models and their effect on healthy behaviors. See the complete schedule for this session. (PDF)
The second session, sponsored by the Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus, looks at Asian cancer disparities, Korean health risks in both Korea and the United States, the health characteristics of South Asians in California, self-rated ethic and racial discrimination, and other topics. See the complete schedule for this session. (PDF)
Center experts, as well as other academics, researchers and public health professionals, will present research on dozens of other health topics at the meeting. See the complete list of presentations featuring CHIS data or Center expertise. (PDF)
In addition, Center Senior Research Scientist Gail Harrison will accept the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award, given each year to a researcher who has made a notable contribution to maternal-fetal nutrition. Harrison's work at the Center focuses on the determinants, measurement, and functional consequences of nutrition, malnutrition, and food security, both in the U.S. and internationally.
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The California Health Interview Survey is the nation's largest state health survey and one of the largest health surveys in the United States.