4166.0 Poster Session - Diverse & Interdisciplinary Partnerships to Promote Public Health

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster
This poster session will feature diverse and interdisciplinary partnerships to promote public health by targeting obesity and alcohol abuse prevention, meeting health reform requirements, and implementing environmental change in a difficult economy.
Session Objectives: Evaluate at least three interdisciplinary approaches used to promote public health.

Board 1
Creating Sustainable Change in the City of La Mirada through Policy Adoption, Systems, and Environmental Change
Lindsey Lastra, MPH, CHES
Board 2
Promoting healthy lifestyles for the prevention of overweight and obesity among African American 6th grade students in Memphis, TN: A community-academic partnership
Michelle Taylor, MD, MS, Nichole Saulsberry-Scarboro, PhD, Cameron Cooley, MS and Fannie Fonseca-Becker, DrPH
Board 3
Increasing rural and minority physicians by understanding factors influencing medical students
Whitney Boland, BS, MPH
Board 4
Using a community engagement hierarchy model in improving relationships for disaster preparedness
Deborah Glik, ScD, David Eisenman, MD, MSHS, Michael Prelip, MPH, DPA, Andrea Martel, MEd, Michael C. Stajura, MPH, MPP, Jitka Sammartinova, MPH and Ian Donatello, MPHc
Board 5
Understanding the role of community and expert knowledge in assessing local impacts of transportation infrastructure
Natalie Sampson, MPH, Edith A. Parker, DrPH, Amy J. Schulz, PhD, Larissa Larsen, PhD and Barbara A. Israel, DrPH
Board 6
Beyond the brochure: Collaborating with adult education for diabetes prevention
Karin Omark, MPH, EdM and Maricel Santos, EdD
Board 7
Community Health Workers Role in the Affordable Care Act: An Experience in a Rural Area of California
Helda L. Pinzon-Perez, PhD, MCHES, RN, Miguel A. Perez, PhD and Suzanne Kotkin-Jaszi, DrPH
Board 8
Fighting Childhood Hunger and Obesity When School's Out: A Collaborative Approach to Increase Participation in USDA Summer Feeding Programs
Patrice Chamberlain, MPH
Board 9
Public-Private Partnerships working for Public Health in Germany- The “Metropolitan Health Region Rhine-Neckar”
Christian Jacke, Hans-Joachim Salize, Oliver Heinze, Dominik Ose, Hans-Joachim Szecsenyi and Björn Bergh

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Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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