3127.0 Assessing the Role of the Built Environment on Health Behaviors, Obesity, & Chronic Disease

Monday, October 31, 2011: 10:30 AM
Oral
Session Objectives: • Discuss opportunities and challenges of local health jurisdictions interested in evaluating the built environment • Identify physical and social environmental factors that influence eating habits and physical activities of youth • Describe effective methods to evaluate and measure success of programmatic interventions that encourage physical activity in urban settings
Moderator:
Lynne Kotranski, PhD

10:30 AM
Evaluation Challenges of Built Environment PSE Changes
Laurie Ringaert, BSc, BMR-OT, MSc, Kadie Bell, AICP, James Krieger, MD, MPH, Nadine Chan, PhD, MPH and Ryan Kellogg, MA
     
10:48 AM
Systematic assessment of built environment disparities: The Multnomah County Built Environment Atlas project
Betsy Clapp, MPH and Moriah McSharry McGrath, MPH, MSUP
11:06 AM
How Social and Physical Environments Influence Obesity: A Qualitative Study of Youth in South Korea
Sohyun Park, MS, Jae-Heon Kang, MD, MPH, PhD and Joel Gittelsohn, PhD
     
11:24 AM
Urban pathways to healthy neighborhoods: Strategies to encourage physical activity in underserved communities
Kelly Pack, MS, Jeff Ciabotti, Stephen Miller and Lindsay Martin
     
11:42 AM
Regional differences in physical activity and nutrition intake: Implications for obesity prevention policy interventions on improving built environment
Hongmei Wang, PhD, Liyan Xu, MD, MS, Kelly Shaw-Sutherland, MPA, Tao Li, MD and Melissa Tibbits, PhD
     

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Aging & Public Health, Public Health Nursing, Women's Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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