3018.0 African American Males: Obesity, Exercise, and Nutrition

Monday, October 29, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Organizer:
George R. Smith, MPH
Moderator:
Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH

8:30am
Men on the Move: Promoting physical activity and improving health among African American men
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Aisha T. Langford, MPH and Julie Ober Allen, MPH
     
8:50am
Is there fat in the gap? A meta- analysis of the contribution of adiposity to racial disparities in prostate cancer
Iman Martin, MPH, MS, PhDc, Jocelyn R. Wilder, MPH, Adam Murphy, MD and Vincent L. Freeman, MD MPH
9:10am
Men's health: Disparities in confidence to manage health
Keith Elder, PhD, MPH, MPA, Jing Wang, PhD, Jacqueline Wiltshire, PhD, MPH, Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MPA, MA, Enbal Shacham, PhD, Louise Meret-Hanke, PhD, Ellen Barnidge, PhD, MPH, Ariana Mooradian and Elizabeth A. Baker, PhD, MPH
9:30am
Our Brother's Keeper: The Thapelo Institute Experience - 9 years of health screenings targeting African American Men
Joseph Harrington, BA, Paul Crawford, MD, FASN, Rudell Christian, MPH, DrPH, Rupert Evans, DHA,MPA,FACHE, Joseph F. West, MSc, ScD, Shaan Trotter, MS, Vincent L. Freeman, MD MPH and Harvey Potts, MPH
     

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

Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: 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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