5037.1 Obesity Among African American Children Creating Healthy Schools, Homes and Communities

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Moderator:
Selena Smith, MPA

8:30am
Household social position, socio-cultural orientation and diabetes risk in obese African-American youth
Rebecca Hasson, PhD, Rian Hasson, MD, Tanja Adam, PhD, Jay Pearson, PhD, MPH, Jaimie Davis, PhD, Donna Spruijt-Metz and Michael Goran, PhD
     
8:50am
Teaching Adolescents Health Literacy while Combating Obesity
Dorice Vieira, MLS, MA, MPH
9:10am
Healthy Change in Your Community Challenge with African American Youth Aged 7-13
Shauntic Allen, MA, Lisle Hites, PhD and Lawrence Cooper, MS
9:30am
Sleep Ecology and Behavior of Minority Children Living on the South Side of Chicago
Thomas Britt, MD, MPH
     

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

Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, Public Health Nursing, Men's Health Caucus, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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

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