Session: Affecting Public Policy to Improve Lifestyle Choices
5143.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Affecting Public Policy to Improve Lifestyle Choices
Papers will discuss different methods of evaluating leadership, social capital and policy change, the health status of Latinos in the southeastern U.S. and how community receptivity contributes to the social participation of people with a physical mobility.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1)understand different methods of evaluating leadership, social capital and policy change; 2)articulate the health status of Latinos in the southeastern U.S.; and 3)recognize how community receptivity contributes to the social participation of people with a physical mobility.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Devra Nanes, MPH
2:30 PMAssessing the community receptivity to enhance social participation supports for people with physical mobility limitations
Susan Stark, PhD, John C. Bricout, PhD, David B. Gray, PhD
2:42 PMLearning outcomes from a participatory evaluation of community organizing for public health policy reform; case studies from Oakland, California
Rebecca Aced-Molina, MA, Sandra M Witt, DrPH
2:54 PMUtilizing a community-based needs and resources assessment to set Latino health program and policy priorities in Alabama
Patty L. Alleman-Velez, MPH, Joseph Telfair, DrPH, MSW/MPH
3:06 PMA regional community-academic network partnership to improve rural behavior, lifestyles, and determinants of health
Patricia Lawless, MHA, Peter C. Olden, PhD, Steven J. Szydlowski, MBA, MHA, Catherine Immanuel, MA
3:18 PMPrevention Research Initiative: Supporting nutrition and physical activity policy through public opinion polling *
Shailushi Baxi, MPH, Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, RD
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Chiropractic Health Care
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA