5040.0 Evidence-based and Community Transformation Initiatives to Implement Sustainable Healthy Lifestyle Changes

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will provide strategies, challenges and lessons learned from initiatives aimed at addressing health disparities and promoting health equity in schools, public housing and underserved communities.
Session Objectives: Describe examples of public health policies that can be implemented in a community to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity
Moderator:

8:30am
ChildObesity180: An innovative, multi-sector, evidence-based approach to reversing the trend in childhood obesity
Julia Bloom Herzog, MPH, Peter R. Dolan, MBA, Molly B. Newman, MS, RD, Miriam E. Nelson, PhD, Shanti Sharma, PhD, Sarah A. Smith, MBA, Nathaniel Whitman, MA and Christina D. Economos, PhD

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Mental Health, Chiropractic Health Care

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