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5081.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| The session will give perspectives on culture and language; educational disparities in socioeconomic status and race; illiteracy and reduced graduation rates among American minorities; and challenges to health education programs like discipline issues, violence, HIV/AIDS, and “professional stagnation” in South African schools. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: (1) Describe the psychometric validation of the Decision Balance Scale (DBS) and its translation from English into Chinese; (2) Discuss the role of coordinated school health programs in reducing health and educational disparities; (3) Describe the process of Concept Mapping among Korean high school students to identify health education content; and (4) Articulate the “Health Promoting Schools” (HPS) evaluation project to identify demanding school health issues in South African Schools. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Sharon P. Brown, PhD(c), MPH, MN | |||
| 8:30 AM |  | Situation Analysis for Health Promoting Schools Intervention with School District Tshwane North, South Africa Silas R. Holland, MA, MPH, Kirstie Rendall-Mkosi, MPH | ||
| 8:50 AM | | Role of coordinated school health programs in reducing health and educational disparities Diane Edith Allensworth, PhD | ||
| 9:10 AM | | Process of psychometric validation of an instrument across language and culture Huey-Shys Chen, RN, PhD, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH | ||
| 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