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3409.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | ||||
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| The built/physical environment and policies are now recognized as significant influences upon lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity. This session will feature presentations that will describe how the built/physical environment and policies are impacting the physical activity of varied populations in diverse settings. The session will also present the manner in which communities are intervening at these two levels of behavioral influence. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Recognize the manner in which communities are implementing environmental and policy strategies to promote physical activity. 2. Discuss the potential impact that environmental and policy changes in various settings have on physical activity. 3. List 3-5 environmental and/or policy approaches that favorably impact physical activity. | ||||
| Organizer(s): | Steven P. Hooker, PhD | |||
| 4:30 PM |  | Michigan's Promoting Active Communities program: Building local capacity for physical activity environments through self-assessment Katherine Alaimo, PhD, Risa Wilkerson, Jennifer Mosack, Ellen Bassett, PhD, Karen Petersmarck, PhD, Lisa Grost, MHSA, David Mendez, PhD, Sarah Panken | ||
| 4:50 PM | | Comparing demographic features of trail-users obtained via direct observation with current census data Steven P. Hooker, PhD, Julian A. Reed, EdD, Cheryl-Anne Arant, BA, Anna E. Price, MS, CHES | ||
| 5:10 PM | | Analyzing contextual elements impacting the physical activity levels of trail users on a two-mile rail/trail conversion by direct observation Julian A. Reed, EdD, Steven P. Hooker, PhD, Cheryl-Anne Arant, BA, Anna E. Price, MS, CHES | ||
| 5:30 PM | | Evidence-based policy proposals to promote physical activity in schools and communities James F. Sallis, PhD, Jacqueline Kerr, PhD, Carmen Cutter, MPH | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Food and Nutrition | |||
| Endorsed by: | Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Maternal and Child Health | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA