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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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Oral: Education for the health of Latino communities

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Noe C. Crespo, PhD, MPH, MS

4:30pm
Empowering Latino Children and Parents in Chicago's Lower West Side to adopt healthy lifestyles for the prevention of childhood obesity: A Community/Academic Partnership measures their progress   
Amanda Nguyen, MA, PhD Candidate, Edith Bosque Barnes, MS, Esther Sciammarella, MS and Fannie Fonseca-Becker, DrPH, Director, J&J Community Health Scholars Program
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
4:50pm
Monitoring and evaluation of a healthy life-style promotion program for the prevention of childhood obesity among 8 – 12 year olds enrolled in an after-school program in Chicago, Illinois   
Leslie Redmond, MS, RD, Michael Guarrine, Anna Hershey, Beatriz Delgado and Fannie Fonseca-Becker, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:10pm
Ethnic Identity, Education, and Diabetes in Adult Latinos: Evidence of Ethnic Identity as an Underlying Mechanism of the Latino Health Advantage   
Jeannie Concha, PhD, Briana Mezuk, PhD and Kristin Kelly
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:30pm
Utilization of radiodramas and radio-based outreach to educate hard-to-reach Latino immigrant communities in South Carolina   
Julie Smithwick, LMSW and Paola Gutierrez, MHA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: Latino Caucus
Endorsed by: Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

See more of: Latino Caucus