THE SUBMISSION PROCESS IS CLOSED AND THE
ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS ARE LISTED BELOW

The following authors have been invited to orally present their outstanding work on Saturday, February 21, 2004 during the Submitted Abstracts session from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.:

ABSTRACT TITLE                                                  PRIMARY AUTHOR

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATING VIRAL HEPATITIS SERVICES INTO HIV/STD AND JAIL SETTINGS	Beltrami, John
HealthPass: Hawaii's Proven Approach to Health Promotion as a part of a FFS Health Plan Benefit Package	Ireland, Caryn
TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY: BOON OR BOONDOGGLE?	Kamerow, Douglas
An Opportunity Missed:  Injury Prevention Practices in Children Movies, 1988 -2002	Ramsey, Leigh
The Metabolic syndrome is associated with a greater severity of  subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic Brazilian men: study with electron beam tomography	Santos, Raul
Measles Outbreak in a Boarding School, Pennsylvania, 2003	Yeung, Lorraine

The following authors have been invited to present posters during the Poster Session and Reception on Thursday, February 19, 2004 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall:

 ABSTRACT TITLE                                                 PRIMARY AUTHOR

RACIAL/ETHNIC HEALTH DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY	Alkon, Ellen
PRIMARY PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGIES CAUSED BY NATURAL RUBBER LATEX	Allmers, Henning
World Trade Center Disaster Post-Exposure Surveillance of Federal Responders	Arday, David
DETERMINANTS OF STATE TOBACCO CONTROL FUNDING AFTER THE MSA	Austin-Lane, Joy
Public Health Issues During the Northeast Blackout of August 14, 2003: The New York City Experience	Beatty, Mark
PROLONGED POSTPARTUM HOSPITAL STAY AMONG WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL AND PRE-GESTATIONAL DIABETES	Bedno, Sheryl
HIV/STDS AMONG WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AT AN STD CLINIC IN DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1997-1999	Beltrami, John
The impact of a staff leadership development program on patient and staff satisfaction and intermediate health outcomes in a health district in Nicaragua.	Buckner, Ayanna
Mammography Screening Matters:  An Association Between Prior Mammography Screening and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis in Young Women	Buseman, Sandra
A proposal for a national clinical preventive health care system	Byers, Tim
PHOTOVOICE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IDENTIFY THEIR COMMUNITYï NEEDS WHILE  GAINING NEW ABILITIES	Cookson, Susan
Status of Woman of Migrants	Das, Kalyanashish
Screening by Abdominal Ultrasound: Data from Brazilian Executives	De Carvalho, Jose
Racial Differences in the Perception of Public Health Threats	Dew, Paul
MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SMOKING CESSATION	Fellows, Jeffrey
Evaluation of Mobile Medical Services for an Inner City Homeless Population:  Compliance with Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Guidelines	Ferdowsian, Hope
COUNTERRFEIT GOODS AND THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND SAFETY- A CASE STUDY ON TRADE AND HEALTH	Forzley, Michele
Tobacco Cessation:  Barriers to Best Practices among Providers Serving Medically Underserved Communities	Frazier, Mary
Reasons for an Incomplete Evaluation after a Positive Stool Test	Green, Beverly
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PRACTICES AND SUN PROTECTION EDUCATION AMONG PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS	Haque, Moneera
BARRIERS TO COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC) SCREENING IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT POPULATION	Hilliard, Rhadjena
BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES IN PAIN CONTROL: ACHIEVING A BALANCE	Hilton, Susan
INPATIENT SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING: PREVALENCE AND DEMOGRAPHIC BIAS AMONG PATIENTS ADMITTED WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION	Johnson, Jana
SAFETY ENCLOSURES' CLINICAL UTILITY RESEARCH (SECURE STUDY)- A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF SAFETY BED NET WITH THAT OF  USUAL HOSPITAL RESTRAINT IN AGITATED HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS	Kochar, Sandeep
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND FOOD SECURITY AMONG WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE IN GUYANA.	Krishnamurthy, Priya
Ecological Correlates of Obesity and Physical Activity in California: Results from the California Health Interview Survey, 2001	Lee, Howard
The value of screening : A Study with Brazilian executives	Lerario, Daniel
Comparison of recommendations targeted towards high-risk groups in cancer screening guidelines	Lim, Lionel
VITAMIN A INTAKE AND THE RISK OF HIP FRACTURE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN: THE IOWA WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDY	Lim, Lionel
Evaluation of an educational intervention on smoking cessation	Lopez, Jose
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ERECTILE  DYSFUNCTION, CARDIOVASCULAR AND ANTROPHOMETRIC INDEXES IN PATIENTS WITH  ERECTILE  DYSFUNCTION IN A PREVENTIVE  MEDICINE  UNIT	Marinelli, Cesar
CORRELATION BETWEEN VASECTOMY, QUALITY OF LIFE  AND  PROSTAIC  CANCER	Marinelli, Cesar
Employee Fitness Needs Assessment Using an Intranet-Based Survey	McCusker, Margaret
THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN VETERANS WITH CANCER OR CHRONIC PAIN	McEachrane-Gross, F Patricia
Coronary Heart Disease Deaths Among Alaska Nativesï	McLaughlin, Joseph
TIME INTERVALS IN THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING COLORECTAL CANCER	Meduru, Pramod
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE TRAINING AMONG FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2003.	Michas, Maria
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS IN INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS	Mihalopoulos, Nicole
TENNESSEE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW: REVIEW AND REVISION	Moore, Kelly
Gender Differences in the Perceived Severity of Cardiac Disease	Nau, David
Physiciansï attitudes, perceptions and management practices of overweight hospitalized patients	Nawaz, Haq
SCREENING FOR G6PD DEFICIENCY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY PRIOR TO PRIMAQUINE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF RELAPSING MALARIA	Philip Tony
GET INSIDE!  PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDATIONS TO N.C. RESIDENTS ABOUT SUN SAFETY	Porterfield, Deborah
Advertising on Yahoo! to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening:  Screen for Life Internet Campaign	Purvis Cooper, Crystale
THE EFFECTS OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ON CYTOMEGALOVIRUS MORTALITY IN CALIFORNIA	Redelings, Matthew
WHEN TO MASS IMMUNIZE: G-CHARTING TO IDENTIFY A MENINGOCOCCAL OUTBREAK	Routledge, Michael
The preventive care clinicial opportunities to reduce health care disparities	Rudner Lugo, Nancy
Cardiovascular risk and uncontrolled risk factors in a white asymptomatic Brazilian population	Santos, Raul
CASE MANAGEMENT OF THE HIGH-RISK NEWBORN: A MANAGED CARE MODEL	Schillie, Sarah
Improvement of STAT Turn Around Time in a Blood Bank	Sesok-Pizzini, Deborah
ASSESSMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AMONG INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS	Shaikh, Tufail
Association of Demographic Factors with CD4+ Cell Counts and Disease Progression in HIV-infected Individuals Living in Hawaii	Shimizu, Sheri
A CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAM TO PROMOTE PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE AMONG LOW INCOME, ETHNIC WOMEN IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY	Singhal, Rita
FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES AND DIETARY COUNSELING	Sliman, J.
ADOLESCENT ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEART DISEASE RISK FACTOR ATTITUDES AND HABITS	Smalley, Stephen
Anthropometric Indicators of Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Vietnamese Population attending Community Clinics in San Diego, CA	Strohecker, Lorrie
Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer: What do Primary Care Physicians Know?	Sunga, Annette
A SYSTEMATIC REGIONAL INVENTORY OF CRITICAL RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO BIOTERRORISM	Thomas, Cynthia
RISK FACTORS FOR LEAD POISONING AMONG RECENTLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANT CHILDREN	Trepka, Mary Jo
An Interdisciplinary Team-based Model for Local Public Health Practice	Tweel, William
Management of a Severe Blood Shortage in a University Hospital	Wang, Yongping
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS� ATTITUDES TOWARDS A FORMAL PUBLIC HEALTH CURRICULUM	Ward, Lawrence
SATISFACTION SURVEY OF A SCHOOL HEALTH STAFFING MODEL	Wiewora, Ronald
SCREENING FOR ISOCYANATE-INDUCED ASTHMA:| A MODEL-BASED COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS	Wild, Dorothea
Evaluation of the Reproductive Health Surveillance System in Haiyan County, PeopleïRepublic of China, 1993 - 2002	Yeung, Lorraine
Folic Acid Supplements During Pregnancy and Infant Mortality, People Republic of China, 1993 - 2002	Yeung, Lorraine
INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES AND BARRIERS AMONG HIV POSITIVE MOTHERS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHO RECEIVE FREE FORMULA	Zuniga, Isabel