| 283 | Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
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| 3:15 PM-5:15 PM | Convention Center:251C |
| AAHE/Community |
| Issues and Concerns: Health Lifestyles of Immigrants |
| This workshop targets individuals who work with or who have immigrants and refugees in their institutions or agencies. Part I addresses reasons why America experiences huge influxes of immigrants from all over the world, health related challenges and/or disparities that immigrants encounter in America, and gives tips on how to provide cross-culturally competent healthy lifestyle interventions. Part II discusses research findings aimed to identify health-seeking behaviors of Latinas, including difficulty in seeking and barriers to accessing health care services. Implications to health education programming and future research will also be addressed. |
Keyword(s): community-based programs, gender issues, multiculturalism/cultural diversity
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| Presider: Loeen Irons, Baylor University, Waco, TX |
| Speakers: Liliana Rojas-Guyler, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; and Jerono Phylis Rotich, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC |