5174.0 Epidemiology of Injury and Violence

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
This session will cover the topics of injury and violence and inform the particpant on the types of victimization that are associated with poverty for several key demographics, predictors of early adolescent violence and healthy and unhealthy teen dating relationships and identification of sexting behavior that can lead to victimization.
Session Objectives: Identify types of victimization that are associated with poverty for White children, but not for Black children. Explain the relationship between time perspective and standard predictors of early adolescent violence. Describe the 5 risky health behaviors that contribute substantially to disease and cost burden in the U.S. Discuss sexting within the context of healthy and unhealthy teen dating relationships
Moderator:
Victor A. Ilegbodu, MPH, PhD, MD

12:30pm
Child Victimization and Poverty: Race, Sex and Age-Specific Associations
Amy Butler, PhD
     
12:45pm
Importance of present time orientation in predicting early adolescent violence
Daniel J. Kruger, PhD, Thomas Reischl, PhD, Susan Franzen, MS, Alison Miller, PhD, Sarah Stoddard, PhD and Marc Zimmerman, PhD
     
1:00pm
Trends in unintentional injury mortality among American Indians/Alaska Natives in Washington, 1999-2009
Megan Hoopes, MPH, Jenine Dankovchik, BS, Elizabeth Knaster, MPH and David Nordstrom, PhD
     
1:15pm
Multiple risky health behaviors in men and women reporting child abuse
E. Anne Lown, DrPH, Nina Mulia, DrPH, Tammy Tam, PhD, Yu Ye, MA and Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD
     
1:30pm
Association of sexting and physical dating violence in a regional census of high school students
Shari Kessel Schneider, MSPH, Robert Coulter, BS, Daniel Finkelstein, PhD, Lydia O'Donnell, EdD and Erin Smith, MPH
     

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

Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian 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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