4275.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Exercise and Health for Older Adults

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: To understand issues related to excercise among the elderly.
Presider(s):Susan L. Hughes, PhD
4:30 PMApplication of evidence based medicine to questions about exercise in older adults
Gail M. Huber, MHPE, PT, Caryn D. Etkin, MPH, Thomas Prohaska, PhD
4:45 PMExercise adherence and outcomes among persons with osteoarthritis
Susan L. Hughes, DSW, Rachel B. Seymour, MS, Gail M. Huber, MHPE, PT, Naomi Pollak, MS, PT, Leena Sharma, MD
5:00 PMHydration status in the exercising elderly: The effects of knowledge on attitudes and practice
Frances Carolyn Yahia-Levy, MS, MPH, CHES, Michele W. Ciccazzo, PhD, RD LD
5:15 PMLeisure-time physical activity among older adults: National prevalences and risk profiles
Eugene C. Fitzhugh, PhD, CHES, Debra C. Wallace, PhD, RN
5:30 PMSenior physical activity: Stages of change over two years
James H. Swan, PhD, Judy Finnell, MA, Paul Estabrooks, PhD, Srinivas Bapoje, MBBS, Ruth B. Pickard, PhD
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA