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The role of food culture and health for the African American Family

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Marline Vignier, MPH, CHES

2:30pm
Black women's life course experiences with type II diabetes in their social networks: Implications for diabetes beliefs and practices
Johanna D. Eldridge, ABD and Carol M. Devine, PhD,RD
3:00pm
Dietary Practices to Improve Health: Decision-making in Food Choice among African Americans in Rural Southern Illinois
Shanell McGoy, PhD and Martinique Free, MPH
3:30pm
Using Formative Research to Adapt an Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention for Low-Income African American Women
Sparkle Springfield, BS, Matthew Lim, BS, Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD and Melinda Stolley, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: Black Caucus of Health Workers
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Socialist Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

See more of: Black Caucus of Health Workers
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