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Session: Environmental, Community and Behavioral Approaches to Reduce Diabetes, Obesity and Asthma
5041.1: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Roundtable
Environmental, Community and Behavioral Approaches to Reduce Diabetes, Obesity and Asthma
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Shari Kinney, MS, MPH, RN
Table 1Pediatric obesity prevention: Children's rights to health and school readiness
Suzanne M. Winter, PhD
Table 2Service integration to reduce the burden of asthma: Is it effective?
Kathleen Coughey, PhD, Michael Rosenthal, MD, Gary Klein, PhD
Table 3Improving outcomes for pediatric patients with asthma by incorporating sub-specialty medical care in the primary care practice
Susan Robinson, MPH, Rhonique Harris, MD, Lynn Seim, MSN, RN, Roy Grant, MA
Table 4A community health worker intervention strategy to raise awareness of and to promote screening for cardiovascular disease and diabetes among African American and Latina women: Evaluation results and Implications for community health planning
Sharon Sand, Amy J. Schulz, PhD, Idethia Shevon Harvey, DrPH, Cindy Gamboa, Carolyn Jennings, Yolanda Hill, MSW
Table 5Implementation of Healthy Heart Jamaica Plain: A cardiovascular disease risk prevention program for Latina women
Dora Araceli Tovar, MPH, Rachael Fulp, MPH, Paula Johnson, MD, MPH
Table 6Stairway campaigns to promote exercise in the workplace
Mary Jane Williams, MS, Amanda Wilson, BA, H. Denise Dodds, MCRP, MEd, PhD
Table 7Relationship between urban sprawl and weight of U.S. youth
Reid Ewing, Ross C. Brownson, David Berrigan
Table 8Linking environmental and policy outcomes to sustainability: The Fit Together Childhood Obesity Initiative
Heidi S. Churchill, MPH, Lynda J. Owen, PhD, Susanne Schmal, MPH, Lauren M. Whetstone, PhD, Susan L. Morrissey, MA, The Duke/ECU Childhood Overweight Collaborative
Table 9Project healthy schools initiative *
Tyffany Shadd-Coleman, Lisa Rajt, MSW
Table 10Community Input into the development of a walking school bus in Milford, CT
Allison Brenner, BA, Katherine C. Grady, BA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Community Health Workers SPIG; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus

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