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APH Latebreaker Round Table

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
Roundtable
The purpose of this session is to provide timely information on eight late-breaking developments in aging research. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in small-group discussions with experts on community-based programs, wearable and social technology, post-acute care, public policy, individual adaptability and community resilience.
Session Objectives: Discuss late-breaking developments in aging research.
Organizer:
Hongdao Meng, MPH, PhD
Moderator:
Sarah Walsh, PhD, MPH, CHES

Table 1
Adaptability in Aging Patients: Demonstrating Proof of Concept and Identifying Opportunities for Pre-Procedural Intervention
Sharon Johnson-Hakim, Ph.D., Chris Kirk, Ph.D., Chloe Bland, Ph.D., Michelle McCoy Barrett, Ph.D., Jamie Lynn Pytko, MA and William Neigher, Ph.D.
Table 2
Home Alone: Discharge Without Post-Acute Care among Medicare Stroke Patients
Jessica D. Bellinger, PhD, MPH, Zhimin Chen, MS, Saundra H. Glover, PhD, MBA, Karen Herman, MPH, Kevin Bennett, PhD and Janice C. Probst, PhD
Table 3
Social Security Benefit Reform: Preempting the Deficit Hawks to Assure Long-Term Financing
William P. Brandon, PhD, MPH, CPH, Zachary Mohr, PhD and Patricia M. Alt, PhD
Table 4
Wearable fitness tracker intervention increases physical activity in Baby Boomers
Laura Pugliese, MPH, Gati Dharani, MPH, Olga Crowley, PhD and Briana Britton
Table 5
CATCH Healthy Habits: An evidence-based intergenerational approach to improving child and older adult physical activity and nutrition
Peter Holtgrave, MA, MPH, James Teufel, MPH, PhD, Sarah Lovegreen, MPH, MCHES and Shelby Schroeder, MSW
Table 6
Social Media Experience of Older Adults: Impact on Mental Well Being
Priya Nambisan, PhD, Tinapa Himathongkam, MPP and Mark Meiners, PhD
Table 8
Differences in educational attainment mediate race differences in inflammation among older adults
Uchechi Mitchell, MSPH, Ph.D
  
Table 9
Increasing Community Resilience in Seniors during Emergencies in the District of Columbia
Peggy Keller, MPH, CPM
Table 10
Community-Based Nutrition Intervention in Affordable Housing for Elders
Jane Kolodinsky, PhD and Naomi Fukagawa, M.D., Ph.D.

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

Organized by: Aging & Public Health

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