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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Marijuana use by youth and young adults

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Poster

Board 1
Impacts of medical marijuana legalization on arrest rates for adults and juveniles   
Yuna Kim, MPA
Board 2
Correlates and predictors of marijuana use among US undergraduates   
Barbara Barton, PhD RN CHES, Sandra Bulmer, PhD and Leann Misencik, B.S.
Board 3
Examining the stepping-off hypothesis among young adult marijuana users in Los Angeles   
Ekaterina Fedorova, M.S., Sheree M. Schrager, PhD, MS, Carolyn F. Wong, PhD, Ellen Iverson, MPH and Stephen Lankenau, PhD
Board 4
Examining the relationships between marijuana use, mental health, and grades in rural college students   
Chandra Jennings, PhD, MSE, CHES and Alireza Geshnizjani, PhD, MPH, MS
Board 5
How Do Adult Laws Affect Youth Marijuana Use?   
Heather Fay, MHS and Desirae Vasquez, MHS
Board 6
Young Adult Medical Marijuana Patients: Health Histories and Motives for Marijuana Use   
Stephen Lankenau, PhD, Ekaterina Fedorova, M.S., Salini Mohanty, MPH, Chaka Dodson, MA, Meghan Treese, BS, Miles McNeeley, MSW, Carolyn F. Wong, PhD and Ellen Iverson, MPH
Board 7
YouTube Information Consumption and Relay: Analysis of Legalization of Marijuana   
Annie Yi and Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH
Board 8
Comprehensive Literature Review on Marijuana Use and Health Effects   
Elizabeth Barker, MPH,CCRC, Mike Van Dyke, PhD,CIH, Daniel Vigil, MD, Andrew Monte, MD and Elyse Contreras, BA
Board 9
Familial Influences on Tobacco and Marijuana Use: Perspectives from Young People   
Elizabeth L. Seaman, MHS and Craig S. Fryer, DrPH, MPH
Board 10
Integrating strategies from alcohol prevention and best practice parenting to prevent teen marijuana use   
Liz Blackwell-Moore, MPH

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

Organized by: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, School Health Education and Services, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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