3140.1 Increasing Physical Activity in Diverse Settings

Monday, November 8, 2010: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This interesting and eclectic session will highlight the challenges and opportunities related to physical activity promotion in diverse settings and populations. Speakers will describe innovative best practices to increase physical activity in work sites, college residential units, and urban housing projects. In addition, speakers will identify barriers and enablers for physical activity in urban Aboriginal youth gathered through ethnographic methodologies. Finally, best practices for implementing complete street policies at the state and local level will be introduced.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify and evaluate characteristics of neighborhoods and work sites that promote physical activity for diverse populations. 2. Describe barriers to physical activity in urban youth. 3. Identify specific best practices for physical activity promotion in university residential and work site settings.
Moderator:
Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS

10:30am
Assessing the Impact of Repeat Participation in a Workplace Wellness Challenge
Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH, Kurt Konda, MA, Kelly Konda and Becky Pattison Tuttle, MA, BS
        
10:48am
Complete streets increase physical activity: Best practices for adopting effective state and local policies
Barbara McCann
     
11:06am
Barriers and enablers to physical activity for urban Aboriginal youth: A focused ethnographic study
Serene Smyth, MSc
11:24am
Fitness Wellness Living Learning Center Interventions: A Systems Approach to Increasing Physical Activity and Wellness among College Students
Fernando Ona, PhD, MPH, Carol Kennedy-Armbruster, MS, PhD (c), Whitney E. Hornsby, MS, PhD (c), David K. Lohrmann, PhD, Meagan Shipley, MS(c), BS, Marge Schrag, MS and Diana Jacobs, MS
11:42am
Hip-Hop (youth development) will save you: A public-private multi-sector collaboration to bring intense regular physical activity and skill building to East Harlem housing project teens to combat high rates of obesity and school drop out
Wilson Wang, MD, MPH, MPA, Veronica N. Uzoebo, EdD, Ingrid Gonzolez, MSW, Roger T. Hayes, MA, Yvonne Chow, Ethel Valez and Lew Zuckman, CSW

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Organized by: Physical Activity

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

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