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This session explores strategies for facilitating disease prevention from adolescents to elders. The presenters will examine how to integrate inner-city adolescents into community-based participatory research projects and how community and societal factors influencing older adults' health. Presentations will discuss the findings of a study assessing perceived and actual cardio-metabolic risk of Atlanta-area previous gestational diabetes mellitus within three years of diagnosis and determining the unique contribution of cognitive vulnerabilities to depressive symptoms when adolescents experience stressful life events.

Session Objectives: After the session, the participants will be able to describe a community-based participatory process for developing evidence-based practice questions, identify the fundamental principles of a socio-ecological model, describe the disparities in perceived and actual cardio-metabolic risk in women with previous gestational diabetes, and discuss the contributions of stressful life events and cognitive vulnerabilities to depressive symptoms in adolescents.

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