M 14 Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Monday, 27 July 2015: 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Moderator:  (Emily) Jayne Lutz, MS, PHNCP-_BC, RN, CNE, Family and Community Practice Department, UNC Greensboro School of Nursing, Greensboro, NC
Chronic Stress, a Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Linked to Societal Integration in Teenage Immigrants of African Descent

Cheryl Zlotnick, DrPH, MPH, MS, RN1
Hadass Goldblatt, PhD, MSW2
Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, PhD2
Efrat Shadmi, PhD, MPH, RN2
Omer Taychaw, MA3
(1)Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Mt Carmel, Haifa, Israel
(2)Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
(3)University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel



Acculturation is Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk in West African Immigrants in the United States

Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, BSN, RN
Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN
Jerilyn K. Allen, ScD, RN
Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, FAAN, FAHA
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD