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Session: Measuring Nutrition Environments in Communities
1011.0: Saturday, November 04, 2006: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
CE Hours: 6 contact hours
Measuring Nutrition Environments in Communities
Partnership:Food and Nutrition Section and the PHEHP section
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview:
The purpose of this institute is to train researchers and community advocates on how to measure community nutrition environments for research and community action, using the measurement tools developed from the Nutrition Environment Measures Study (NEMS). The eating, or nutrition environment, is widely believed to contribute to the increasing epidemic of childhood and adult obesity in the United States. In order to identify and describe community nutrition environments, there is a need for well defined and reliable tools to measure these environments, and for trained observers who can use the measures in their communities. In the Nutrition Environment Measures Study (NEMS), observational measures of community nutrition environments in stores and restaurants were developed, and data was collected to establish the reliability and validity of the measurement tools. To learn more about the measures, please go to http://www.sph.emory.edu/NEMS/Measures.htm Dr. Karen Glanz of Emory University will be facilitating this hands-on workshop in which you will leave understanding more about measuring community nutrition environments and also knowing how to complete the measurement tools for your own research or in your communities.
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMOverview: Karen Glanz
9:15 AM - 9:45 AMNEMS Overview
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
9:45 AM - 10:35 AMNEMS Store Measures
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
10:35 AM - 10:50 AMBreak
10:50 AM - 1:00 PMStore measures fieldwork
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
1:00 PM - 2:45 PMLunch: On Your Own
2:45 PM - 3:15 PMReview completed NEMS store surveys with team leaders in small groups *
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
3:15 PM - 3:45 PMDebrief on activity and answer any questions
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
3:45 PM - 4:00 PMHow to analyze the data
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
4:00 PM - 4:30 PMIntroduction to NEMS restaurant measures
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMQuestion and Answer
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMEvaluation
Organized by:APHA-Continuing Education Institutes
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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