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3066.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| Overweight among adolescents continues to increase dramatically and health and physical education are deemed essential to promote healthy weight among youth. Physical inactivity and excessive television watching are among behaviors believed to be contributing factors to weight gain. The presentation will include discussion of a successful after-school program for promoting physical exercise, results from a study on physical education and physical activity environments in California Schools, and a report and follow-up on the CDCs Division of Adolescent School Health’s (DASH) “D-Train Model” (DASH-Training Network) and “Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool” (PECAT). | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the presentation, the learner will be able to: (1) Describe the “DASH-Training Network” (T-Train) and the ‘Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool” (PECAT); (2) Discuss the implications of physical inactivity and excessive television viewing among high school students; (3) Identify the components of the “Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids” (SPARK) Program; and (4) Articulate the findings of the California physical education and physical activity environments study. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Julie Gast, PhD | |||
| 8:30 AM |  | Failing Fitness: Results from a study of physical education and physical activity environments in California schools Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH, Brian Cole, DrPH, William McCarthy, PhD, Sarah Stone-Francisco, MPH, Liz Schwarte, MPH, Maria Boyle, MS, RD, Lisa Craypo, MPH, RD, Sarah Samuels, DrPH | ||
| 8:50 AM | | State and national examples of disseminating effective physical activity programs Julie A. Frank, MPH, CHES, Claudio Nigg, PhD | ||
| 9:10 AM | | Insufficient physical activity and excessive television viewing among US high school students, 1999-2005 Richard Lowry, MD, MS, Sarah Lee, PhD, Laura Kann, PhD | ||
| 9:30 AM | | Jump aboard the D-Train: Strategies for diffusion of school health tools Sarah Lee, PhD, Anu Pejavara, MPH, CHES | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | School Health Education and Services | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA