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Environment, Healthy Communities, and Aging

Monday, November 2, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
The papers in this session will address a variety of topics related to the importance of environmental and community-level factors to the health of older adults.
Session Objectives: Compare how seniors’ recovery differs from that of younger adults post-Hurricane Sandy. Explain the STEPS model for community-driven transportation and land-use policy advocacy. Describe lessons learned for simultaneously advancing a multi-level (local and citywide) community-based policy advocacy approach. Describe environmental, social, and health correlates of activity patterns among older adults. Describe the process of developing an evaluation that meets the evolving needs of a local Aging in Place initiative.
Moderator:
Mary C. White, ScD

12:30pm
Housing and Health Among Seniors Exposed to Hurricane Sandy   
Alexis Merdjanoff, PhD, David Abramson, PhD MPH and Rachael Piltch-Loeb, MSPH
12:50pm
Cultivating Senior Advocacy for Healthy & Walkable Neighborhoods   
Jaime Fearer, AICP, Tony Dang, BA and Wendy Alfsen, JD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
1:10pm
Environmental predictors of walking among older adults   
Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH, Samuel Towne, PhD, MPH, CPH, Jaewoong Won, MS, Chanam Lee, PhD, MLA and Samuel N. Forjuoh, DrPH, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:30pm
Meeting the evolving needs of a local Aging in Place initiative through a collaborative evaluation process   
Lina Acosta, MPH and Erin Bunger, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Veterinary Public Health, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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

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