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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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3057.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The purpose of this session is to provide participants with information on the development and components of wellness policies in schools to reduce childhood obesity and improve the health of school children. The reauthorized Child Nutrition Act of 2004 requires local schools districts to develop school wellness policies by school year 2006-2007. This session will provide important information about specific federal requirements. Also a unique collaboration between Arkansas Departments of Health and Education will be explained. Partially funded by the Master Tobacco Settlement and Act 1220 for childhood obesity, public health nurses and community promotion specialists are providing a network of support to schools to address physical inactivity, obesity and tobacco use in addition to other identified health issues. To provide a parallel international perspective, explanation of the Every Child Matters initiative in London will be explained. Through an act of Parliament, changes planned under this initiative are aimed at improving the health, safety and achievement on young people. The main policy objectives will be explained. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Identify key policy components or requirements for school wellness policies 2. Describe sources of and uses of technical assistance and personnel training for wellness policies and services 3. Identify importance of evidenced-based procedures for policy development and change | |||
| Maria Theresa Wessel, EdD, CHES | |||
| Deitra E. Wengert, PhD, CHES | |||
| Collaborating on the Design and Implementation of School Wellness Policies Dana S. Carr, MPH, Julie S. Fort, MPH, RD, Sarah M. Lee, PhD, Alicia Moag-Stahlberg, RD, LD | |||
| Getting to Wellness: Effective and Practical Approaches for Establishing Local Wellness Policies Brenda Z. Greene, MFA, William Potts-Datema, MS, Nora Howley, MA, James F. Bogden, MPH | |||
| Connecting health and education Andrea D. Ridgway, MS, RD, LD, CDE, Susanne Tullos, RN, MNSc, MSBA | |||
Change for children ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} John Harvey, FFPHM (UK) | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | School Health Education and Services | ||
| Endorsed by: | Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Food and Nutrition; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA