3266.0 Health promotion across the life span

Monday, October 29, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session focuses on health promotion across the life span. Papers presented in this session range from the use of photovoice as a management technique for minority adolescents with asthma, to a wellness program for older adults, to the evaluation of a tobacco free school policy to improve the health of children, and finally to the use of health screenings to teach preventive services to commmunity health nursing students.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe health promotion programs for different age groups. 2. Evaluate the success of the different types of programs presented.
Moderator:
Carolyn L. Blue, RN, PhD, CHES

12:30pm
Critical discourse analysis and photovoice: The discourses of asthma management disparities in African American Adolescents
Robin Evans-Agnew, RN, MN, PhD
     
12:50pm
Wellness for Mature Populations
Sharon Starr, MSN, RN, Denise Bailey, EdD, MEd, MSN, RN, CSN and Anita Gill, MSN
     
1:10pm
Partnership for Children's Health: Evaluation of School Tobacco-free Policies
Nancy L. Fahrenwald, PhD, RN, APHN-BC, Jennifer Kerkvliet, MA, NCC, Cristina R. Lammers, MD, MPH, Paula Carson, PhD, RN and Sandra Melstad, MPH
     
1:30pm
Teaching clinical preventive services to community health nursing students through health screening of vulnerable populations
Larry Vitale, RN, PHN, MPA, Gil Asido, RN, MSN, Cynthia Huynh, RN, MSNc, Eka Herlambang, RN, PHN, BSN, Camille Hiquiana, RN, BSN and Karen Delacruz, RN, BSN
     

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

Organized by: Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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