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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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3382.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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Worksites provide tempting venues for health promotion activities, and the speakers in this session will describe various health promotion programs that have been implemented in worksites. In addition, speakers will describe the impact of obesity on work productivity and discuss healthy eating initiatives focused on workplaces. The presentations will include discussions of the health education implications of worksite health promotion activities. | |||
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
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Blakely Pomietto, MPH | |||
Relationship between obesity and work productivity Myde Boles, PhD, Barbara Pelletier, MS | |||
Development of an environmental obesity intervention in a large organization Mark G. Wilson, HSD, David M. DeJoy, PhD, Ron Goetzel, PhD, David C. Stapleton, PhD, Ronald Ozminkowski, PhD, Karen Tully | |||
Promoting increased activity among worksite employees using a pedometer-based program Kathy Schlepp, MPH, Staci Hennings, MPH, Karen Spink, MPA, CHES, Kendra Bigsby, MPH | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
Endorsed by: | Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing |
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA