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4193.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| This session brings together topics about health promotion techniques that include Alternative and Complimentary Health Practices (ACHP). Authors will be discussing details integrated health promotion such as: 1) Understanding the application of the Cochrane methodology to CAM practices; 2) Assessing baseline iron levels as part of a strategy to encourage voluntary blood donation in healthy males; 3) Categorizing conditions under which young people use herbs and dietary supplements; 4) Exploring the use of yoga in arthritis and other chronic disease management. Please join us for lively discussions around about health promotion strategies that integrate Alternative and Complementary Health Practices. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1) Define mind-body health promotion practices that are supported with scientific evidence; 2) Identify strategies for encouraging voluntary blood donation; 3) Describe use of herbs and dietary supplements among young adults; 4) Evaluate health promotion approaches that incorporate ACHP. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Rick Harvey, PhD, MS | |||
| 2:30 PM |  | Mind-body practices for hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis Ather Ali, ND, MPH, David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Michael B. Bracken, PhD, MPH | ||
| 2:50 PM | | Health benefits of reducing body iron as a motivational tool for improving voluntary blood donation S. Sathyabhama, Jaisy Mathai, Scientist G, Pallickadavil Vasu Sulochana, Scientist G, Vimal Sathyan, Scientific asst | ||
| 3:10 PM | | Herb and Dietary Supplement Use Among College Age and Young Adults in the United States Paula Gardiner, MD | ||
| 3:30 PM | | Improvements in quality of life with modified yoga for persons with arthritis Steffany Haaz, MFA, Susan J. Bartlett, PhD | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Alternative and Complementary Health Practices | |||
| Endorsed by: | Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA