3416.0 Health education and promotion in schools

Monday, November 8, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Schools are the major institution for providing the instruction and experiences that prepare young people for their roles as healthy, productive adults. This session focuses on school-based health education programs across a variety of topics and targets.
Session Objectives: 1. Discuss best practices of school-based health education and promotion programs. 2. Explain the role of schools in health education, promotion, and communication.
Moderator:
April Wang, BA

4:30pm
Comparison of different parental survey methods in a school-based stroke literacy study
Alexandra DeSorbo, MPH and Olajide Williams, MD MS
4:45pm
Economic evaluation of a school-based unintended pregnancy intervention for underserved preadolescents
Chia-Ching Chen, EdD, CHES, Tetsuji Yamada, PhD, Elaine Walker, PhD and Martin Finkelstein, PhD
5:00pm
Love Your Liver: Awakening the silent organ in students' minds
Indhira Blackwood, MPA, Susan C. Robinson, MPA and Pamela Gleason
5:15pm
Sun Safe Schools: An effective program to motivate and support school districts to adopt sun protection policies for students
David B. Buller, PhD, Kim D. Reynolds, PhD, Jeff Ashley, MD, Mary Klein Buller, MA, Ilima Kane, BS, Cheri Stabell, MPH, Kim Massie and Xia Liu, MS
     
5:30pm
Preventing substance use, violent behaviors and sexual activity among elementary-school students through enhancing students' positive development: A mediation analysis of a school-based randomized trial
Frank Snyder, MPH, Brian Flay, DPhil, Alan Acock, PhD, Samuel Vuchinich, PhD and Isaac Washburn, MS
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, School Health Education and Services, Social Work

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

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