Session: Community-based Approaches to Address Disparities in Food and Activity Environments (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & Environment Sections)

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

3122.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oral

Community-based Approaches to Address Disparities in Food and Activity Environments (jointly-organized by the Food and Nutrition & Environment Sections)

Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives

Organizer(s):

Sonya Jones, PhD

10:30 AM

Increasing the green: Farmers markets & EBT card access
Allison Karpyn, PhD, Brian Lang, BA, Yael Lehmann, MSW

10:45 AM

Healthy Eating by Design: A community-driven, multi-strategic approach to address the childhood overweight epidemic in low income communities
Joanne J. Lee, MPH, RD, LDN

11:00 AM

Neighborhood-based farmers' markets: A tool for promoting community food security
Darcy A. Freedman, MPH, Caitlin Skinner, BA, Frazier K. Beverly, ASN, Mary B. Wakefield, BS, Bola Teyinka

11:15 AM

Mobilizing partnerships: A community-based approach for promoting nutrition among African Americans and Latinos
Vicki L. Collie-Akers, MPH, Jerry A. Schultz, PhD, Valorie Carson, MS, Marianne Ronan

11:30 AM

Environmental Nutrition and Activity Local Policy Database: A tool for addressing disparities in food and activity environments
Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, RD, Manal Aboelata, MS, Linda M. Shak, MSW, Carol Chao, BA

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

Organized by:

Food and Nutrition

Endorsed by:

APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Environment; Maternal and Child Health

CE Credits:

CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA