4352.0 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Adolescent Health

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 4:30 PM
Oral
Student Assembly represents a truly interdisciplinary swath of APHA. This session utilizes this cross-discipline nature to present student work on adolescent health. Topics include sleep quality, pregnancy and tobacco, despression, and development. In keeping with the theme of the this year's annual meeting, the session also includes a presentation on waterpipe use.
Session Objectives: Discuss various adolescent health issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Formulate interdisciplinary approaches to addressing adolescent health.
Moderator:
Linnaya Graf, PhD(c)

Welcoming Remarks
4:35 PM
Predicting waterpipe use in college students using the theory of reasoned action
Devon Noonan Kahl, PhD, MPH, FNP-C and Pamela A. Kulbok, DNSc, RN
  
4:52 PM
Depression among Early Adolescents and its Association with Risk and Protective Factors
Anne E. Gifford and Scott Frank
  
5:09 PM
Stability of perceived pubertal timing among rural adolescents
Jessica Cance, MPH and Susan T. Ennett, PhD
  
5:26 PM
Unplanned Pregnancy as a Risk Factor for Involuntary Tobacco Exposure in Children from Inner-City Families
Yuanjing Ren and Xinguang Chen
  
5:43 PM
Sleep Quality and Quantity and Associated Factors Among High School Students From South Texas
John J. Byrne, MPH, Eva M. Shipp, PhD and Sharon Cooper, PhD
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: APHA-Student Assembly
Endorsed by: Public Health Nursing, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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