4257.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session focuses on the specific topic of physical activity as a means of health promotion, with presentations on obesity, physical activity's relation to health outcomes, models to measure promote accessibility in fitness centers, methods to motivate physical activty methods to assess health and wellness. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| James Rimmer, PhD | |||
| Persons with disabilities and prevalence of obesity in the District of Columbia LaVerne Hawkins Jones, MPH, Gebreyesus Kidane, PhD, Kimberley A. Turner, MEd | |||
| Physical activity as a behavioral determinant of health Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD, Charles E. Drum, JD, PhD, Gloria L. Krahn, PhD, MPH | |||
| How "disability friendly" are community recreation and fitness programs: Results of an ongoing national survey William J. Schiller, PhD | |||
| A Community Model to Promote Accessible Fitness Facilities Karen J Luken, MSRA, CTRS, Chris S. Mackey, BS | |||
| Ready or not here I come: Recruiting Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities into an exercise program using Motivational Interviewing techniques Craig Ravesloot, PhD, Melody Huskey, MA | |||
| A Health and Well-being Inventory for People with Developmental Disabilities Peter Vietze, PhD, Sherry Rose, MA, MPH, Steve Holburn, PhD | |||
| Organized by: | Disability Forum | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||