141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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People, parks, and places: environmental influences on physical activity

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
April Oh, PhD, MPH

10:30am
Relationship between neighborhood social fragmentation and physical inactivity among adolescents living in Boston, Massachusetts   
Roman Pabayo, PhD, Beth E. Molnar, ScD, Angie Cradock, ScD and Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD
           
10:50am
Association of perceived and objective park access with physical activity and obesity among adolescents   
Susan Babey, PhD, Joelle Wolstein, MPP, Breece Robertson, MA, Brenda Faber, MS, Sam Krumholz and Allison Diamant, MD, MSHS
     
11:10am
Get moving: Making physical activity the easy choice for adults with arthritis   
Mary B. Waterman, MPH and Patience White, MD
           
  
11:30am
Perceptions of the built environment influence support for local physical activity policies   
Jeanette Gustat, PhD, Tian Hu, MD, MS, Karin Valentine Goins, MPH, Rachel Tabak, PhD, Cheryl A. Carnoske, MPH, RD, Keelia O'Malley, MPH, Jill Litt, PhD and Amy A. Eyler, PhD

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

Organized by: Physical Activity
Endorsed by: Environment, Food and Nutrition, Public Health Education and Health Promotion, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Cancer Forum, 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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