4319.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

Reaching the Hard to Reach Youth with Alternative Programs

Diffusion theory shows health professionals that hard to reach youth present special challenges. Presentors will address innovative ways to succeed with the hard to reach youth.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Analyze several innovative efforts to reach the hard to reach children and adolescents for the purpose of educating them about health and promotiong wellness.
Organizer(s):Maria Theresa Wessel, EdD, CHES
Board 1A collaborative initiative to educate youth about health and health careers
Lorine M. Spencer, MBA, RN, Judith L. Wold, PhD, RN
Board 2A comparison of risk factors between incarcerated and non-incarcerated female juvenile offenders
Kay M. Perrin, PhD, MPH, RN, Suzanne M. Perry-Casler, PhD, Jean Marc Romeus, BS
Board 3Creciendo Saludable:An elementary school student assistance program for health and wellness
Cynthia Peck, BA, PPS, Tom Hanson, PhD, Charity Cason, MS, Gabriela Jones, Rebeca Cerna
Board 4Healthy teeth, healthy smiles: A program for daycare children on dental hygiene
Andrea M Neisius, Justin A Odulana, PhD, MPH
Board 5Locus of control and gender as moderators of body image and physical fitness in freshman college women and men
Daniel D. Adame, PhD, MSPH, CHES, Thomas C. Johnson, EdD, Steven P. Cole, PhD
Board 6Rationale and development of a school functioning index for middle schools
Amanda S. Birnbaum, PhD, MPH, Leslie A. Lytle, Cheryl L. Perry, Mary Story, David M. Murray, PhD
Board 7Telling it like it is: A qualitative analysis of student's percetions related to health and their schools
Mark A. Temple, PhD, CHES
Board 8Use of consumer research to understand elementary school health instruction: Implications for healthier children and adolescents
Rosemary Thackeray, PhD, MPH, Susan C. Hill, PhD, CHES, Brad L. Neiger, PhD, CHES, Michael D. Barnes, PhD, CHES
Sponsor:School Health Education and Services
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA