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Food Culture, Desserts and Insecurities: Challenges Minorities face to stay healthy within their own neighborhoods

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Roundtable
Session Objectives: Identify, describe and evaluate the barriers within the African American communities related to unhealthy eating practices.
Moderator:
Jill Dingle, MPH

Group 1
Table 1
Making the Case for the Built Environment to Promote Wellness and Reduce Weight Gain
Tunde M. Akinmoladun, PhD, DAAS, FRSPH
Group 2
Table 1
Motivation in healthy eating in African American men: Preliminary findings and practical implications
Emily Cornish, MPH, Donnatesa Dean, BS, Sydika McKissic, PhD, Brandon Hill, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, MA, MS and Derek M. Griffith, PhD
  
Group 3
Table 1
Targeting Food Deserts in Athens, GA through Youth Agriculture: Young Urban Farmers
Bantu Gross, MA
Group 4
Table 1
Negate the food swamp with healthy cooking and planning a garden
Deboah Madden, MPH
Group 5
Table 1
Communities and Healthy Food: An initial review of availability and access
Deanna Wathington, MD, MPH, FAAFP and Dawood Sultan, Ph.D.
Group 6
Table 1
Photonovella as an educational tool to promote safe chitterling (pork intestine) practices among African Americans of low socioeconomic status
Preethi Pratap, PhD
Group 7
Table 1
How effective are culturally adapted obesity prevention interventions within the African American youth population?
Saria Lofton, RN, MSN
Group 8
Table 1
African American Breast Cancer Survivorship Program to Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality Disparities
Zakiya Moton, MPH, Danielle Weston, Melinda Stolley, PhD, Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen, PhD, Susan Hong, Md, MPH, FACP and Funmi Olopade, MD, FACP

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, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Community Health Workers, 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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