3264.0 Parent and Peer Influence on Youth Health Behavior (HCWG)

Monday, October 31, 2011: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session will describe how health issues and youth health behaviors can be influenced by social factors, such as parent and peer influences on sex, prescription drug abuse, television viewing, and work-related injury.
Session Objectives: 1. Explain how a variety of external influences can effect youth health behaviors 2. Discuss what role a youth’s surroundings can have on their health behaviors and lifestyle choices 3. Identify specific health issues that can be addressed by targeting youth support, such as parents and peers
Moderator:
Georgianne Mitchell

12:30 PM
Youth perceptions of parental attitudes about sex: Implications for promoting intergenerational communication within the African American community
Lucy Annang, PhD, MPH, Brad Lian, PhD and Faith Fletcher, PhD, MA
     
12:45 PM
Demographic differences in the relationship between parents' television reduction behaviors and children's viewing time
Jessica Piotrowski, PhD, Amy Bleakley, PhD, MPH, Michael Hennessy, PhD, MPH, Shonna Kydd, BS and Amy Jordan, PhD
     
1:00 PM
Healthy communication between parents and working teens and its influence on work-related injury
Erin Welsh, BS, Teresa McGeeney, BA and Kristina Zierold, PhD, MS
     
1:15 PM
Factors among the household environment matter most: Exploring determinants of fruit and vegetable intake among a sample of low-income, ethnically diverse middle school students
Rose Jennings, MPH and Alexandra Evans, PhD
     
1:30 PM
BodyWorks: Evaluating both parent and adolescent involvement in a family-based, healthy lifestyle program
R. Ann Abercrombie, MLS, Jodie Fishman, MPH and Amanda Marr Book, MS
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers

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

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