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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Teens Taking Charge: Health Promotion Initiatives Led by Trained Adolescents

Monday, November 2, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Youth-led programming is an innovative approach to behavior change strategies. Adolescents seek to find their own voice in health policy and community changes to improve health outcomes. Youth serve as necessary resources when examining local schools and communities. These approaches provide an unique experience and opportunity to serve as leaders and role models which can impact their own health behaviors. This session will present different approaches using a youth-led focus. Special attention will be given to best practices and implications of youth-led programming.
Session Objectives: Describe how adolescents can be empowered to make healthy decisions through particpation in peer led strategies. Identify the effectiveness of youth-led policy and educational strategies and their impact on their own attitudes toward health. Examine best practices when implementing youth-led program strategies.
Moderator:
Bethany Rainisch, Ph.D., M.P.H

12:30pm
Engaging African American Teens in Designing and Co-creating HIV Prevention Videos Using YouTube   
Yulin Hswen, MPH and David Bickham, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:50pm
Let's Talk: Empowering teenagers through an innovative suicide prevention campaign   
Sarah Keller, M.S., Ph.D., Lani Paulson Miller, M.S., Ph.D. Student and Danielle Arnoux, MPA Student
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:10pm
Generation With Promise: Youth Wellness Ambassadors lead policy, system and environmental changes in physical activity and healthy eating in Detroit neighborhoods and schools   
Ali Lakhani, Bridget Christian, MSW, Barbara Blum-Alexander, MPH, MSW, Jamila Stevens, MSW, Chinyere Uju-Eke, MS, Dameon Wilburn, BA, Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS and Travis Wardell
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:30pm
Development of an innovative physical activity-based positive youth development program for low-income youth   
Frank Snyder, PhD, MPH, Meghan McDonough, PhD, Bonnie Blankenship, Ph.D., Ryan Wynkoop, MS, Victoria Clark, B.S., Shaina Riciputi, B.A., Lindley McDavid, Ph.D., Renee McKee, Ph.D and Paige Boyer, B.S.P.H.

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health, School Health Education and Services, Black Caucus of Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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