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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: College as a Laboratory for Health Education
5074.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
College as a Laboratory for Health Education
Health promotion and education programs targeting college students face particular challenges and opportunities. The speakers in this session will describe projects that measure college students' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about various health-related behaviors. In addition, speakers will discuss the need for training in advocacy and the extent to which health education and health promotion faculty feel prepared to offer this crucial training.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Describe college students' knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus and tobacco use;
  2. Explain the use of different measures of college students' self-reports on HIV-related behaviors; and
  3. Discuss the need for advocacy training for faculty members.
Moderator(s):Susan M. Radius, PhD, CHES
8:30 AMHigh-risk health behavior and credit card debt among 18-25 year old college students
Troy Adams, PhD
8:48 AMAlternative modes of measuring self-reports on HIV-related behaviors among college students: Web-delivered mode versus paper-pencil mode
Su-I. Hou, DrPH, RN, CHES
9:06 AMHuman papillomavirus knowledge among college students  [ Recorded presentation ]
Tina Simpson, MD, MPH, Crystal B. Spivey, DrPH, M. Kim Oh, MD, Tina G. Vazin, PhD, Bernadette Chapple, PhD, Karyn Gunn, PhD
9:24 AMEducating advocates for health education: Do we need to teach the teachers?
Susan Radius, PhD, CHES, Regina A. Galer-Unti, PhD, CHES, Marlene Tappe, PhD, CHES
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA