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Session: Nutrition Education and Promoting Healthy Behaviors to Prevent Chronic Conditions
3396.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Nutrition Education and Promoting Healthy Behaviors to Prevent Chronic Conditions
This session will present papers that will identify the procedure for a participatory analysis of school policies regarding healthy eating habits and physical activity, components of heart disease and stoke prevention programs implemented in local health departments and the policy implications of nutrition standards.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to identify the: 1) procedure for a participatory analysis of school policies regarding healthy eating habits and physical activity; 2)components of heart disease and stoke prevention programs implemented in local health departments and 3)policy implications of nutrition standards.
Moderator(s):Mario Browne, MPH
4:30 PMCreating successful partnerships in community policy development focused on eliminating health disparities for chronic disease prevention  [ Recorded presentation ]
Rebecca Garza, PhD, Deborah Jean McClelland, MLS, Joel S. Meister, PhD, Professor, Noemi Garcia, Kenneth Schachter, MD, Jill De Zapien
4:45 PMCollaboration development of nutrition standards as a model for impacting policy
Venice Brigham, Joyce Jones Guinyard, DC, Gwendolyn Flynn
5:00 PMProgramming for heart disease and stroke prevention in local health departments: A Statewide Assessment Survey  [ Recorded presentation ]
Karen E. Peters, DrPH, William Baldyga, DrPH, Sunanda Gupta, MD MPH, Julie Harvill, MPA, MPH
5:15 PMSouth Bronx obesity reduction initiative (SoBORI): Advocating for a weight loss intervention in an underserved urban community  [ Recorded presentation ]
Galit M. Sacajiu, MD MPH, Menford A. Wright, MD, Judith Arnoux, BA, Crystal Query, BA
5:30 PMA participatory model for physical activity and healthy eating policy development in rural Appalachian schools  [ Recorded presentation ]
Richard Crespo, PhD, Sally Hurst, BS, Molly Shrewsberry, MPH, MS, CHES
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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