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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle in Health
5075.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Nutrition, Exercise and Lifestyle in Health
Physical inactivity and tobacco use can lead to poor health and poor quality of life. This session will examine these health risk behaviors among vulnerable populations. Protective factors and risk factors for these behaviors will be examined. Strategies to decrease the prevalence of physical inactivity and tobacco use will be discussed.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify public health interventions to increase physical activity. 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of public health nursing interventions to increase physical activity. 3. Describe protective factors and risk factors for youth to participate in health risk behaviors.
Moderator(s):Betty B. Daniels, MN
8:30 AMToo cute to smoke: Protective factors and youth nonsmoking behavior  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pamela A. Kulbok, RN, DNSc, Hyekyun Rhee, PhD, RN, Ivy Hinton, PhD, Nisha D. Botchwey, PhD, Viktor Bovbjerg, PhD, Nancy Anderson, PhD, RN
8:48 AMWithdrawn -- Children and families in motion: A middle school program to increase physical activity
Sara Groves, DrPH, APRN, BC, Maureen Maguire, MS, RN, PNP
9:06 AMGender Differences in Risk-taking Behaviors and Physical Activity among Middle School Students
Tsu-Yin Wu, PhD, Joanna Bancroft, BSN
9:24 AMPatterns of exercise adherence in African American women participating in a home-based walking program  [ Recorded presentation ]
Judith McDevitt, PhD, APN, JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, RN, FAAN, Edward Wang, PhD, Diana L. M. Ingram, MPH, Joi L. Green, BS, Hyeonkyeong Lee, MS
9:42 AMIntervention to increase physical activity in low-income women  [ Recorded presentation ]
Barbara J. Speck, PhD, RN, Vicki Hines-Martin, PhD, RN, Barbara A. Stetson, PhD, Stephen W. Looney, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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