4035.0 Interventions 2: School-based, Child-focused, and Youth-driven Interventions

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral
Schools play a critical role in providing an environment that promotes healthy eating and physical activity for children and youth. Some interventions intending to influence the health behaviors and outcomes of youth have also looked beyond the school day, considering, for example, after school settings, involvement of youth in initiatives that shape the environment in their communities, etc. In this session, speakers will discuss research and interventions relating to dietary behaviors of children and youth, both in and outside of the school and school day.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe elements of the environment, both in and out of school, that can shape dietary behaviors among youth; 2. Identify various programs and methodologies that have been employed to improve food purchasing behavior among youth and help youth enhance their community food environment; 3. Describe methodologies used for linking data on school environments and health behaviors to students' health and academic outcomes.
Moderator:
Rajni Banthia, PhD

8:30 AM
Can rural middle schools moderate the relationship between income trajectories and adolescent body mass index?
Margaret Demment and Christine Olson, PhD
     
8:48 AM
A Novel Intervention to Improve Food-Purchasing Behavior in Low-Income School Children
Olajide Williams, MD MS, Alexandra DeSorbo, MPH and Donald Apakama, MS
9:06 AM
Youth-led change initiatives to improve community access to healthy foods: A corner store conversion
Maureen Sedonaen, MBA and MaryJane Skjellerup
     
9:24 AM
: A Local Health Department, Afterschool Providers and Community Stakeholders Collaborate to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity in Afterschool Programs
Wale A. Adeniji, MSPH
9:42 AM
Health impacts student achievement: The influence of diet, exercise, and other health promoting factors on standardized mastery tests among middle school students in New Haven, CT
Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Jeannette R. Ickovics, PhD, Krysta Titel, MPH and Susan Peters, MSN, PNP, MPH
     

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Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, School Health Education and Services

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

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