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Public Health Education and Health Promotion

NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Public Health Education and Health Promotion.


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Sunday, October 26, 2008

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Sun
   2036.1Prevention Issues in Aging (Poster)
   2039.1Innovative Topics in Maternal Child Health (Poster)
   2039.2Interesting topics in Maternal Child Health (Poster)
   2042.0Acknowledging Men's Health Issues (Poster)
   2045.0Schools and College Posters: Issues in Wellness and Health Promotion (Poster)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2052.0New and Emerging Roles for Community Health Workers (Poster)
   2054.1Planning and Policy in Public Health and Aging (Poster)

Monday, October 27, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3016.0Preventing Chronic Disease: Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Care in African-Americans (Oral)
   3017.0Design and evaluation of interventions for homeless youth (Oral)
   3020.0Advances in CBPH: The Application of Innovative Methods, Strategies & Tools (Oral)
   3022.0Reducing Health Disparities Through Culturally Relevant Health Education Materials & Services (Oral)
   3034.0Education, Environment, and Genes: Genomics in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Oral)
   3044.0Health Communication/ Behavior Change Communication (Oral)
   3047.0Risk and Resilience in Adolescence: High risk and health promoting behaviors (Oral)
   3050.0Innovative strategies for infant mortality prevention among high-risk populations (Oral)
   3057.0The Best of Public Health Communication:  Ten Years of Accomplishments and Opportunities and Challenges for the Next Ten Years (Oral)
   3058.0Advocating for Health Education Issues (Oral)
   3059.0How We Eat: Factors Influencing Nutrition and Eating Behaviors (Oral)
   3060.0New Initiatives in Skin Cancer Prevention: Strategies for Protecting Youth (Oral)
   3061.0Preparing the Next Generation of Public Health Professionals (Oral)
   3065.0Policies and Resources: The School-Based Outreach Initiative, Parts I - V (Oral)
   3069.0Preventing Eye Disease, Eye Injuries, and Future Vision Loss (Oral)
10:30 AM-11:30 AM Mon
   3083.0Innovative Community Health Worker Curricula & Effective Evaluation Studies (Poster)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3094.0Increased Alcohol Sales and Consumption: Data and Policy Implications (Oral)
   3095.1Empowering advocates: Addressing disparities through policy change (Oral)
   3111.0Lessons Learned: CBPH Interventions and Education: Roundtable Session (Roundtable)
   3121.0School Food Policies: Innovations and Enforcement Outcomes (Jointly organized by the Food and Nutrition and the Environment Sections) (Oral)
   3122.0Promoting Nutrition Among Vulnerable Populations (Oral)
   3128.0Collaborative Leadership Strategies and Tools That Assist Communities to Achieve Public Health Outcomes (Oral)
   3130.0Innovative Programs in HIV Care and Prevention (Roundtable)
   3147.0Innovative Strategies for Reaching Youth (Oral)
   3148.0Evidence-based Health Communication (Oral)
   3149.0Competencies, Credentialing, and Accreditation; Professional Strategies for Quality Assurance in Health Promotion and Education (Oral)
   3150.0Award Winning Health Education and Promotion Materials (Oral)
   3151.0Public Health Education Beyond Borders (Oral)
   3152.0Discussion: Community Based Participatory Research (Roundtable)
   3153.0Obesity Prevention in Latino Communities (Oral)
   3156.0Innovations in School Asthma Programs (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Mon
   3165.0Lessons Learned from Applications and Outcomes of CBPH Research and Education: Poster Session (Poster)
   3166.0Physical Activity Promotion Across The Social-Ecological Model (Poster)
   3167.0Identifying Solutions in Managing Adult and Child Overweight and Obesity (Poster)
   3168.0Diverse Public Health Challenges in Food and Nutrition: What is Being Done? (Poster)
   3169.0Addressing the Food and Nutrition Challenges of Women, Infants, and Children (Poster)
   3178.0Risk behaviors and health promotion in context: school, family and physician's office (Poster)
   3183.0PHEHP Student Award Winners (Poster)
   3185.0Expanding the Borders of Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3187.0Reducing Alcohol Harm: Legal and Policy Approaches (Oral)
   3188.0International Tobacco Control: Opportunities and Challenges in Building Capacity and Conducting Research (Oral)
   3206.0Taking Charge: Community Health Workers Take the Lead in the Development of Networks/Associations (Oral)
   3215.0Ethics, Accreditation and Quality Improvement (Panel Discussion)
   3220.0Promoting Pleasure: Incorporating Positive Approaches to Sexuality Into Sexual Health Research and Programming (Oral)
   3226.0The Health of Latino Children: Assessing Risks, Taking Action (Oral)
   3228.0Utilizing Family Traditions and Oral History for Health Promotion (Oral)
   3231.0State and local programs to address disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) (Oral)
   3242.0Innovation in Health Communication Programs (Roundtable)
   3243.0Health Communication for Priority Populations (Oral)
   3244.0Marketing the Health Education Profession to Employers (Oral)
   3245.0Responding to Diversity in Health Education and Health Promotion (Oral)
   3246.0Immigration Health: Spanning Boundaries (Oral)
   3248.0Public Health Nursing Education Opportunities (Oral)
   3249.0Public Health Advocacy to Provide Integrated Healthcare Without Walls (Oral)
   3250.0Policy Issues in School Health (Oral)
   3251.0Student Best : Outstanding Research in Health Education (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Mon
   3271.0Women and HIV: Emerging Issues (Poster)
   3273.0HIV and Men Who Have Sex With Men (Poster)
   3274.0Adolescents and HIV (Poster)
   3278.0International Reproductive Health and Family Planning (Poster)
   3279.0US Adolescent Health (Poster)
   3280.0Global Reproductive Health and Family Planning (Poster)
   3281.0Contraceptive Use Worldwide (Poster)
   3282.0Health Education in Rural Communities (Poster)
   3283.0Novel Approaches to Tobacco Prevention (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3313.0Tightening Belts or Getting Fit? How Energy and Transportation Policy Choices Affect Public Health (Oral)
   3318.0Promoting Physical Activity Through Environmental and Policy Change (Oral)
   3320.0Translating Aging Research into Practice (Oral)
   3327.0Innovative Responses to HIV in Africa (Roundtable)
   3330.0Youth Violence Prevention Programs (Oral)
   3331.0International Health Education (Oral)
   3351.0Promoting Physical Activity Through Health Education (Roundtable)
   3352.0Beyond Non-Traditional Borders to Health Education (Oral)
   3353.0Health Education Policy Initiatives (Oral)
   3354.0Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (Oral)
   3356.0Innovative Technology-Based Approaches to Nursing Education, and Practice (Oral)
   3361.0Health and Trade Policy for Specific Industries (Oral)
   3364.0HPV: Not Just a Women's Health Issue (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3365.0Health Care Providers Working to Prevent & Treat Tobacco Use (Poster)
   3369.0Promoting Smoke Free Air from Beginning to End (Poster)
   3380.0Language and Culture as Boundaries to Communication About Health (Poster)
   3381.0Latino Immigrant Youth and Their Families: Nutrition, Violence and Mental Health Issues (Poster)
   3386.0Health Promotion in College Populations (Poster)
   3387.0Using Communication to Reduce Health Disparities (Poster)
   3390.0Health Education Posters: Additional Topics (Poster)
   3391.0School Health Education Posters: Programs and Policies (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3399.0CBPH Research and Education for Cancer Prevention Across Borders (Oral)
   3414.0African American Women and HIV (Oral)
   3415.0Innovative Approaches to Reducing HIV among Men Who Have Sex With Men (Oral)
   3428.0Health Education in Primary Care Settings (Oral)
   3429.0Reaching Diverse Populations Through Health Education (Oral)
   3430.0Communication Channels for Parents and their Children (Oral)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4009.1Changing Health Behavior: Utilizing Health Technology (Oral)
   4011.0Addressing the challenge of faith-based health promotion (Oral)
   4012.0Crossing Borders: CBPH Research and Education with Underserved Populations (Roundtable)
   4016.0Where's the Money: Inequities of Financing Community Health Workers (Oral)
   4027.0Strategies for Promoting Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity in Childcare Centers (Oral)
   4028.0State and Local Approaches to Child Obesity Prevention (Oral)
   4029.0Genomics for Everyday People: Engaging Communities (Oral)
   4030.0Promoting Cognitive Health: A Formative Research Collaboration of the Healthy Aging Research Network (Oral)
   4037.0Application and Evaluation of Promotores de Salud Models to Reduce Barriers to HIV Testing, Prevention and Care among Latinos Living with or At-Risk for HIV in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region (Oral)
   4045.0Adolescent pregnancy prevention in the real world: The evidence base for programs and their adaptation for special populations (Oral)
   4048.0Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Through Education, Intervention, and Policy (Panel Discussion)
   4054.0International Models for Strategic Health Communications (Oral)
   4055.0Addressing Health Disparities in Health Education (Oral)
   4056.0Discussion: Novel Approaches to Obesity Prevention (Roundtable)
   4057.0Innovative Approaches to Health Education (Oral)
   4059.0Inactivity and Obesity -a National Epidemic in Adults and Children (Organized Jointly by PHN & SHES) (Panel Discussion)
   4065.0Public Health Strategies To Address Trade Policy (Oral)
   4067.0Reproductive Health: The Realities of Borders (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Tue
   4071.0Systems & Policy Issues: Where We Are, Where We're Going (Oral)
   4071.1Tobacco Cessation: Strategies Addressing Who, How, and Where (Oral)
   4090.0Combating The Public Health Challenge of Physical Inactivity: What's In Our Arsenal and What Is Not (Oral)
   4091.0Addressing Child Overweight in Early Childhood Settings (Oral)
   4092.0Food Security: Stategies to Improve Its Impact on Diverse Populations (Oral)
   4093.0Improving The Health Of Communities Through Public Health Systems Research (Oral)
   4096.0Innovative Research on Condoms and Sexual Health (Oral)
   4104.0Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health (Oral)
   4116.0Lessons in Maternal and Child Health (Oral)
   4117.0Health Education Across the Globe (Oral)
   4118.0Targeting Youth in Health Eduation Initiatives (Oral)
   4118.1Public Health in Hospitals Work Group (Oral)
   4119.0Educational Tools for Teaching Community Environmental Health (Oral)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM Tue
   4133.0College Alcohol Issues: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (Poster)
   4148.0Assessing and Preventing Risks for Chronic Disease (Poster)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4154.0Addressing Native Hawaiian Health Through Community-Based Research, Data Mapping, And Health Activism (Oral)
   4164.0Faith communities exploring answers to critical health topics (Roundtable)
   4166.0Success Stories: Community-Based Public Health Efforts to Inform Politics, Policy, and Public Health (e.g., Social and Environmental Justice) (Oral)
   4172.0Community Health Workers: Agents of Change (Roundtable)
   4173.0Communicating the Public Health Aspect of Climate Change (Oral)
   4184.0Child Nutrition: Strategies for Addressing the Challenges (Oral)
   4188.0Collaborations Impacting Population Health (Oral)
   4194.0HIV Prevention in Africa (Oral)
   4212.0Abstinence in Teen Sexuality Education (Oral)
   4213.0PHEHP Awards Luncheon (Social)
   4218.0Vision Care in Community Based Programs (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
   4233.1Innovative Methods, Models, Strategies in Public Health Technology (Poster)
   4239.0Use of Media in Health Communication (Poster)
   4240.0Focusing on Sexual Health Education (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4254.0Evidence-based health promotion programs in faith communities (Oral)
   4257.0Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Lifestyles (Oral)
   4258.0Research, Policy and Politics, Important to Community Health Workers (Oral)
   4270.0Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Nutrition Among Immigrants (Oral)
   4300.0Reproductive Health along the US-Mexico Border (Oral)
   4301.0Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Men (Oral)
   4302.0Risk Communication and Effective Messaging (Oral)
   4303.0Immigrant as a Client/Customer of Health/Social Marketing (Oral)
   4304.0Cancer Prevention and Control (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Tue
   4320.0IH Poster Session 5: Health Communication (Poster)
   4324.0MCH Innovations in Maternity Health Services Poster Session (Poster)
   4325.0Breastfeeding Support for Low-Income Mothers: Successful Programs (Poster)
   4326.0Ensuring relevance: Health promotion with special populations (Poster)
   4328.0Reproductive Health and Family Planning in Diverse Populations (Poster)
   4329.0Evaluating Health Communication Practices and Methodology (Poster)
   4330.0Advances in Worksite Health (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
   4353.0Healthy Food Choices by Adolescents: Motivating and Monitoring Positive Change (Oral)
   4359.0Reviewing and Extending and Effective Model for Capacity Building in CBOs Serving Minority Communities (Oral)
   4362.0Immigration, Nutrition and Exercise: Implications for Chronic Disease Control (Oral)
   4376.0Approaches to Environmental Health Education (Oral)
   4377.0Engaging Communities to Address Health Behaviors (Oral)
   4378.0Using the Web to Enhance Health Education Programs (Oral)
   4379.0Strategies Dealing with Sexual Health (Oral)
   4380.0Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention Strategies Among Women (Oral)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5013.0HIV in International Settings (Poster)
   5016.0IH Poster Session 6: Community Health (Poster)
   5024.0MCH Children with Special Health Care Needs and Issues in family and community violence prevention (Poster)
   5027.0Influence of Trade Policy on Health (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5034.0Lessons Learned from Applications and Outcomes of CBPH Partnerships in Research (Oral)
   5037.0Promoting Healthy Behaviors and Risk Reduction Strategies: An Agenda for Change (Oral)
   5040.0Embracing the Leadership Role: A Leadership Workshop for Community Health Workers, Part 1 (3 hours session) (Oral)
   5046.0Interventions to Better Promote Healthy Eating to Help Reduce Chronic Disease (Oral)
   5050.0Health Promotion and Physical Activity in Older Adults (Oral)
   5060.0LGBT Youth Research (Oral)
   5062.0Family and community violence: prevention and intervention (Oral)
   5063.0Policy and Financing of Women's and Children's Health (Oral)
   5076.0Effective Communication in Cancer Prevention Programs (Oral)
   5077.0Improving Cancer Screening Practices (Oral)
   5078.0Health Education Strategies in Diabetes Prevention (Oral)
   5079.0Challenges in Obesity Prevention (Oral)
   5080.0Violence Prevention (Oral)
   5084.0Promoting School Nutrition Environments for Obesity Prevention (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Wed
   5088.0A Continuum of Care: Across Systems, Setting, & Population (Oral)
   5098.0Embracing the Leadership Role: A Leadership Workshop for Community Health Workers, Part 2 (3 hour session) (Oral)
   5099.0Obesity and Links to the Built Environment (Oral)
   5103.0Environmental and Policy Approaches to Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living in California: Research and Action (Oral)
   5104.0Penetrating the Complexities of Individual Food Behavior Change: Promising Strategies (Oral)
   5105.0Nutrition and Chronic Disease: Identifying the Challenges and Developing Solutions (Oral)
   5106.0Menu Labeling and Other Strategies that Address Overweight Adult Prevention (Oral)
   5107.0Physical Activity Interventions Designed to Reduce Health Disparities (Oral)
   5114.0Injection Drug Use and HIV: Innovative Approaches (Oral)
   5125.0Issues in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Oral)
   5130.0Parent-adolescent Communication about Sexuality (Oral)
   5131.0Health Promotion Targeting Teens (Oral)
   5132.0HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States (Oral)
   5133.0Worksite Health Promotion Efforts to Combat Obesity (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5140.0Substance Abuse Prevention Strategies for Adolescents (Oral)
   5141.0Mixed Messages: Tobacco-Focused Marketing and Press Coverage (Oral)
   5144.0Lessons Learned: Perspectives from Community, Agency, and Academic Partners on Community-Based Public Health Research and Education (Oral)
   5158.0Empowering Families with Tools to Eat Healthy (Oral)
   5162.0Successful strategies for Public Health Policy Development: Multilevel Policy Approaches to Improving Nutrition Environments in California (Panel Discussion)
   5163.0Collaboration for Statewide Public Health Policy Change - Wisconsin's Experience (Panel Discussion)
   5164.1GAMES and Simulations in Information Technology (Oral)
   5166.0Comprehensive Approaches to Reducing HIV Among Adolescents (Oral)
   5168.0Violence is a Public Health Issue: Implications for Cities and the Field (Oral)
   5170.0Health and the Border (Roundtable)
   5171.0Substance Use and Substance Use Treatment Issues Among LGBT Individuals (Oral)
   5177.0Mental Health Policy and Practice (Oral)
   5185.0Issues Relating to Pregnancy and Pregnant Women (Oral)
   5186.0The Role of Technology in Health Communication (Oral)
   5187.0Parental Involvement in Childhood Obesity Prevention (Oral)
   5188.0Primary Prevention Strategies for Breast and Cervical Cancer (Oral)
   5192.0Policies and Programs for Promoting Tobacco Free Schools (Oral)

The 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (October 25-29, 2008) of APHA