2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Health Disparities in the Food Environment: Health Education and Promotion

Monday, November 2, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Sparkle Springfield, BS

12:30pm
Food is Medicine: Literacy across Race, Income, and Neighborhood   
Terry Mason, M.D., FACS, Lena Hatchett, PhD, Kenneth Campbell, DBE, MPH, MA, MBA,, Arthur Pope, PhD and Asra Khalid
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:50pm
Pricing and Promotion of Healthy Food: Consumer and Food Retailer Perspectives   
T. Elaine Prewitt, DrPH, Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Kenya Eddings, MPH, Emily Whittington, MPH, Vikki Lassiter, MS and Michael Drake, MUP
1:10pm
"Food as Medicine": The importance of plant-based dietary recommendations for improving health outcomes in African American Communities   
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, Terry Mason, M.D., FACS and Akua Woolbright, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:30pm
Complexity of Food Environments and Food Access in African American Communities in Chicago: Implications for Promoting Health Equity   
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, Nefertiti Ojinjideka, MS, Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, FAAN, Orrin Williams and Iona Davis
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, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Black Caucus of Health Workers