212941 Small Group Discussions -- Role of young people in changing food polices in low-income NYC communities

Saturday, November 7, 2009: 2:46 PM

Milyoung Cho, MPH , Hunter College-Brookdale Campus, New York City Health Equity Project, New York, NY
This presentation describes the roles that young people played in learning about their local food environments, assessing food and nutritional needs, considering food environments as a social determinant of health and planning action campaigns to change unhealthy food environments. The session will identify the strategies used to engage young people, the obstacles encountered and the observed youth outcomes for the NYC Health Equity Project. Lessons for youth organizations that want to engage young people in changing local food environments will be presented.

Learning Objectives:
Identify one strategy used to engage young people in changing local food environments. Describe the strengths of using CBPR to encourage young people to participate in health action. Discuss the limitations of using CBPR to engage young people in health action.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have presented my research on CBPR and youth engagements to students and faculty as part of my MPH program requirements.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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