Session: Student Assembly Late Breaker: Current Topics in Student Research


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4296.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral

Student Assembly Late Breaker: Current Topics in Student Research

This session will present findings from studies conducted by students ranging in topic from internet gun sales to a human rights approach for advocating on health disparities. Participants are encouraged to expand their knowledge of public health issues and to review the scientific findings of their peers.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1) Describe the process of a student scientific presentation; 2) Assess how internet gun vendors may be contributing to the problem of firearms-related violence; 3) Identify strategies that contracting government agencies can employ to promote the provision of difficult-to-contract community benefits; 4) Apply Social Cognitive Theory constructs to new childhood overweight and obesity interventions in the school setting; and 5) Discuss a human rights conceptual framework for advocating public discourse on health disparities.

Organizer(s):

Kristy A. Siegel, MPH, CHES
Meredith Masel, LMSW

Moderator(s):

Jessie Richardson Hood, MPH
Mariza Luna
Yolanda L. Peele, MEd, CHES

4:30 PM

Ready, aim...click: An exploration of firearms sales practices on the Internet

Morgan L. Johnson, MPH, J. Michael Bowling, PhD, Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD

4:50 PM

Contracting with private health clinics: Promoting community benefit ideals

Sabrina M. Charles, BA

5:10 PM

Applying Social Cognitive Theory in the development of childhood overweight and obesity programs in the school setting
Christopher M. Ledingham, MPH, CHES

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

APHA-Student Assembly

Endorsed by:

Latebreakers; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; School Health Education and Services

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA