142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Community Mental Health Promotion Programs (organized jointly with Mental Health section)

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This session features public health education and health promotion interventions to improve mental health.
Session Objectives: Identify how a community-based media project can be used for suicide prevention. Describe the effectiveness of community-based media projects for suicide prevention. Identify how community-based media interventions can be used in other settings.

2:30pm
Preventing suicide in Montana: The implementation and analysis of an advertising campaign
Sarah Keller, M.S., Ph.D., Tim Wilkinson, Ph.D., Joy Crissey Honea, Ph.D. and Marie Schaaf Gallagher, Ph.D.
3:10pm
Improving Mental and Physical Health through an Integrative Health and Health Literacy Program: The Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program
Chuck Palm, MPH, Andrew Pleasant, PhD, Jennifer Cabe, MA, Sean Jennings, MS, Don Scherling, PsyD, Gladys Torres-Ortiz, PhD, L'Don Sawyer, MA and Bill Bemis, MSW, LCSW

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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