The 5th National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community
Scientific Program

Friday November 7, 2008

Day 2 AGENDA

7:30 am	Registration/ Breakfast
8:30 am	Session 4: Overcoming Health Disparities in Arab Communities
Moderators:	Basim Dubaybo, MD, Professor and Assistant Dean, Wayne State University Julie Hakim-Larson, PhD, Professor, University of Windsor Keynote Speaker
8:30 am	John Flack, MD Chair of Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University Health Disparities in Minorities Speakers
9:00 am	Mona Amer, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of MedicineHealth Disparities in Arab Societies in the West
9:20 am	Hasan Fakih, MD Fertility Specialist, Michigan State University Arab Americans and Infertility: Barriers to Reproduction and Medical Care
9:40 am	Jalal Ghali, MD Director, Heart Failure Program Detroit Medical Center Change in Epidemiology of Heart Diseases in Arab Immigrants
10:00 am	Anahid Kulwicki, RN, DNS, FAAN Deputy Director, Wayne County Department of Health and Human Services Disparities in Health Care in Wayne County with Focus on the Arab American Community
10:20 am	Break
10:30 am	Session 5:  Arab American Health Issues in a Changing Environment
Moderators:	Jerome Nriagu PhD, DSc, Research Professor, University of Michigan Keynote Speaker
10:30 am	Mona Amer, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Acculturation Challenges in Second Generation Arab Immigrants
	Speakers
11:00 am	Kathryn Savoie, PhD Former Environment Program Director, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center Global Climate Change and Implications for Public Health in the US and Middle East
11:20 am	Jerome Nriagu, PhD, DSc Professor, University of Michigan Asthma Risk Factors Among First Generation Arab Immigrants
11:40 am	Abdel-latif Elmor Emara, PhD Consultant of Public Health, MOH, Kuwait, Prof. of Public Health, Zagazig University, EgyptAsthma Self Management and Family Education
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Session 6: Promoting Community Health
Moderators:	Nabil Khoury MD, President, National Arab American Medical Association Walid Harb, MD, Medical Education, Clinical Associate Professor, Oakwood Health System Keynote Speaker
1:00 pm	Robert R. Frank, MD Executive Vice Dean, Wayne State University School of Medicine Medical Education and Training of Minorities: Challenges and Rewards Speakers
1:30 pm	Hassan Fehmi, MD Chair, Science & Research Committee, Vice President, National Arab American Medical Association Organized Arab Medicine in Mainstream American Health Initiatives
1:50 pm	Hassan Dakroub, MD Physician, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center Community-Based Clinical Experience in the Arab American Community
2:10 pm	Julie Hakim Larson, PhD Professor, University of Windsor, Canada Mental Health Interventions with Arab and Chaldean American Families
2:30 pm	Sally Al-Daher MD, MPH Executive Director, Arab Cultural and Community Center. Living Healthier Lives in the Diaspora
2:50 pm	Break
	Concurrent Sessions 7 A, B & C: Abstract Presentations
3:00 pm	Session 7A: Abstracts
Moderators:	Basim Dubaybo, MD, Professor and Assistant Dean, Wayne State University Linda Jaber, PharmD, Associate Professor, Wayne State University Leila Houti, MD Epidemiologist, Faculty of Medicine of Sidi Bel Abbés, Algeria Overweight and its Related Risks Factors in Algerian Population Stephen J. Sills, PhD Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological Issues of Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans Huda Alsuwaidi, MBBCh, MSc Director of world health survey, Ministry of Health, UAE The Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in United Arab Emirates Kalthoom Hassan, MD Family Physician, Rak Medical District, UAE Diabetes and Obesity in the United Arab Emirates Nicole Renee Pinelli, PharmD Diabetes Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wayne State University College of Pharmacy Practices of Arab-American Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Observing Fasting During Ramadan
3:00 pm	Session 7B: Abstracts
Moderators:	May Darwish-Yassine, PhD, Director, Cancer Control Services, MPHI Kendra Schwartz, MD, MSPH, Professor, Wayne State University Mohamed Khatib, MPH, BA, RN The Galilee Society, Palestine The Health Status of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel Kendra Schwartz, MD, MSPH Professor, Wayne State University Estimating Cancer Rates for the Arab American Population in Metropolitan Detroit May Darwish-Yassine, PhD Director, Cancer Control Services, MPHI A Follow Back Study of Arab American Prostate Cancer Survivors in Michigan Cecilia Yee Research Assistant, Karmanos Cancer Institute Patterns of Cancer in the First Generation of Immigrants from the Arab League and Other Countries Ahamad Boran, MBBS, M Sc Occ. Med, PhD, JBOM  Assistant Professor, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan Pattern of CO and HbCO amongst Water Pipe and Cigarette Smokers Attending Coffee Shops in Jordan

3:00 pm	Session 7C: Abstracts
Moderator:	Rima Nakkash, DrPh Assistant Research Professor, American University of Beirut Measuring the Mental Health of Arab Youth: A Locally Constructed and Context Specific Scale Patricia Perri Reiker, PhD Professor, Boston University and Harvard Medical School Constrained Choice:  Another Paradigm for Explaining Gender Differences and Other Health Disparities Thomas Templin, PhD Professor, Wayne State University, College of Nursing Arab Muslin Mother’s Coping and Adjustment: How Demands of Immigration, Social Support, and Quality of Parent-Child Relationship Affect Child Adjustment Salaam Semaan, DrPh Deputy Assistant Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Exposure to War and Mental Health: Scientific and Personal Reflections
4:45 pm	Break

5:00 pm

Session 9: Conference Summation/Recommendations/Concluding Remarks

Poster viewing will be available through all coffee breaks and lunch times on both Thursday and Friday.