4031.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session describes the influences of several different types of social factors on health. Presenters will describe social factors such as Social Capital, Social ties, income, unemployment, and health care expenditures and their relation to health outcomes. Environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, access to parks and neighborhood sidewalks, and air quality will also be related to health outcomes. Some of the outcomes of interest are Mental health, Physical fitness, diabetes and death. | |||
| Learning Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe examples of community members improving their local environments in ways that have made it easier for residents to be physically active 2. Discuss the value of social capital in improving mental 3. Describe the associations between health behaviors, health outcomes, and environmental features and the implications of these associations for public health policy. 4. Identify the social, economic and/or environmental factors which contribute to different mortality patterns across the three cities over time. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Russ Lopez, MCRP, DSc | |||
| Rebecca A Head, PhD, DABT | |||
| Social capital, social ties, and mental health in the United States Timothy T. Brown, PhD, Richard Scheffler, PhD | |||
| How local environments influence physical activity levels and health disparities Rebecca Flournoy, MPH, Victor Rubin, PhD, Mildred Thompson, MSW | |||
| Mapping healthy and unhealthy neighborhoods using cluster analysis and GIS: Analysis of the Nashville REACH 2010 community survey David G. Schlundt, PhD, Celia Larson, PhD, Nasar U. Ahmed, PhD, Heather Keith, BS, Linda McClellan, MPH, Michelle Marrs, EdM | |||
| Mortality differences across three cities over time: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, 1977-1998 Anita H. Yuan, MPH, Anne R Pebley, PhD | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Gerontological Health; Medical Care; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Social Work | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||