5029.0 Healthcare Opportunities & Challenges & The Obesity Epidemic

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM
Roundtable
APHA and the Student Assembly are dedicated to fostering the next generation of public health scholars and practitioners. In line with this philosophy, the Student Assembly is pleased to present this roundtable session dedicated to giving students a chance to present and discuss their work with others in their field. Healthcare and obesity have received increasing public attention both in politics and in the media. The session highlights challenges and opportunities in research and practice for the healthcare industry and the obesity epidemic. Topics in healthcare include disparities, MRSA contamination, health plan usage, public health preparedness, and emergency care. Topics on obesity include adolescents, reproductive health, African American populations, nutrition, and body size perceptions.
Session Objectives: Identify and explain innovative student work in healthcare and obesity. Discuss student work with professionals with similar interests.
Moderator:
Sonya Satinsky, PhD, MPH

Table 1
Violence-related Injuries in Emergency Departments in Brazil, 2006
Vilma Gawryszewski, MD PhD, Marta Maria Alves Da Silva, Dr, Deborah Malta, Prof Dr, Scott Kegler, PhD, James A. Mercy, PhD, Marcio Denis Medeiros Mascarenhas, Prof and Otaliba Libanio Morais Neto, Dr
  
Table 2
Health Disparity in Healthcare System and Life Expectancy in the World: Challenge and Opportunity
Zuolu Liu, BS candidate
Table 3
Health service usage patterns among Michigan Adult Benefit Waiver health plan enrollees: Use of office visits vs. emergency room admissions
Theresa M. Green, AA-C, MBA and Kieran Fogarty, PhD
Table 4
Perceived and network organizational connectivity and public health preparedness in Alberta
Justin Nicholas Hall, MSc, BPHE and Spencer Moore, PhD, MPH
Table 5
Prenatal, delivery and post-partum care experiences of obese and overweight women
Caroline K. Logan, MPH and Eugene Declercq, PhD
Table 6
Leisure-time physical activity dose-response effects on obesity among African American adults in Indianapolis
Kaigang Li, PhD, Dong-Chul Seo, PhD, Noy Kay, HSD, Lloyd Kolbe, PhD, Chao-Ying Joanne Peng, PhD and Mohammad R. Torabi, PhD
  
Table 7
Depression, physical activity, and BMI: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006
Wendy S. Bibeau, MEd and Deborah R. Young, PhD
Table 8
Counterweight: A multilevel, multi-cohort analysis of school policy on adolescent obesity in Utah
Edward Coffield, MA, PhD Student, Norman J. Waitzman, PhD and Rebecca L. Utz, PhD
Table 9
Patterns of body size perception lead to innovative approach to obesity and heart diesease prevention
Lorraine Nicole Mull, MS
  

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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