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Session: Characterizing the Food Environment Using Geographic Information Systems
4220.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Characterizing the Food Environment Using Geographic Information Systems
Geographic Information Systems have become important tools for the public health community interested in environmental determinants of health outcomes. In this session, papers that provide some of the first clues to the links between the food environment and health outcomes are presented by experts in the field. Urban and rural areas are featured, as well as populations representing the lifespan.
Learning Objectives: At end of this session, audience members will: 1. Describe innovations in the use of geographic information systems to characterize the food environment. 2. Understand disparities related to food accessibility as characterized through geographic information systems
Moderator(s):Deirdra Chester, PhD, RD, LD/N
2:30 PMWelcoming Remarks
2:32 PMIndividual-level models to link the built environment to nutrition  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jeana H. Frost, PhD, Joan Walker, PhD
2:44 PMPerceptions of the Neighborhood Retail Food Environment: Predictors in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adults
Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, Amy J. Schulz, PhD, Laurie Lachance, PhD, Graciela Mentz, PhD, William Ridella, MPH, Srimathi Kannan, PhD
2:56 PMEast and Central Harlem District Public Health Office food vendor survey: Using GIS to characterize food availability in New York City's wealthy and poor neighborhoods  [ Recorded presentation ]
Marnie Purciel, Cynthia Gordon, PhD, Andrew Goodman, MD, MPH
3:08 PMGIS mapping in the assessment of food resources in low income Boston neighborhoods  [ Recorded presentation ]
Vivien M. Morris, MS, RD, MPH, LDN, John Cook, PhD, Koren P. Melfi, MPH (candidate), Nicole Neault, MPH, T. Scott Troppy, MPH, Tara Agrawal, MPH (candidate), Amy Richmond, MPH, Kelly D. Horton, MS
3:20 PMAssessing the food environment in East and Central Harlem and the Upper East Side of New York City  [ Recorded presentation ]
Cynthia Gordon, PhD, Anjali A. Talwalkar, MD, MPH, Andrew Goodman, MD, MPH, Marnie Purciel, Robyn Philburn
3:32 PMReported availability of healthy foods vs. the location of food stores  [ Recorded presentation ]
Latetia V. Moore, MSPH, Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD
3:44 PMRelationship between the Food Environment and Nutritional Risk among Older Adults in Two Rural Texas Counties: Using GIS and Routinely Collected Data
Joseph R. Sharkey, PhD MPH RD, John D. Prochaska, MPH, Scott Horel, MA, Erin Chambers, RD, Li Zhu
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Gerontological Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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