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5125.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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Learning Objectives: At the end of this session participants will be able to: 1) Describe historical trends and current levels of risk for chronic disease among adolescents. 2) Identify predictors of adolescent risk for chronic disease. 3) Identify two opportunities ti intervene with adolescents to prevent/manage chronic disease. | |||
Lynn Roberts, PhD Lacy M. Fehrenbach, MPH | |||
Changes in the Socioeconomic Inequality of Overweight among U.S. Adolescents between 1971 and 2002 Qi (Harry) Zhang, PhD, Youfa Wang, MD PhD | |||
At risk and overweight adolescents in the Philadelphia Health Care Centers: Prevalence, risk factors, and comorbidities Laurence T. Crossan, MD, Jennifer H. Lofland, PharmD, MPH, PhD, Jessica M. Robbins, PhD, James Plumb, MD, MPH | |||
Cost-effectiveness analysis of the school based “Power Breathing” asthma intervention program Adam Atherly, PhD, Tursynbek Nurmagambetov, PhD, Seymour Williams, MD, Marcia Griffith, MPH, Steven Redd, MD | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Socialist Caucus |
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA