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

2053.0
Environment, Healthy and Resilient Communities, and Aging

Sunday, November 1, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Poster

Board 1
Tougaloo College Active Life Program: Aging in Place   
Sandra Hayes, DrPH and Patrice Jacobs
Board 2
Variations in community prevalence and determinants of recreational vs. utilitarian walking in older age   
Elizabeth Procter-Gray, PhD, Suzanne Leveille, PhD, Marian Hannan, DSc, MPH, Jie Cheng, MS, Kevin Kane, MS and Wenjun Li, PhD
Board 3
A Health Care Network for Seniors in the Aging Community   
Jiawen Zhou, MD, Barbara Smith, MPH, Lily Hsu, RN,MSN, Qian Geng, Ph.D, Sandra Dalebout and Katie Kowalski, MPH
Board 4
Developing core indicators of age-friendly cities: A global pilot project   
Megumi Kano, DrPH, Paul Rosenberg, MIA and Amit Prasad, MA, MPA/ID
Board 5
Living Alone and Fear of Crime: Examining the Perception of Isolation of Older Adults   
Haena Lee, MA and Louise Hawkley, PhD
Board 6
Short-term Effect of Hurricane Sandy on Diabetes Related Hospitalizations in New Jersey   
Mangala Rajan, MBA, Amy Davidow, Phd, Soyeon Kim, ScD, Pauline Thomas, MD and Marian Passannante, PhD
Board 7
Assessment and analysis of housing accessibility: An instrument for individual or population-level housing interventions to support health   
Laura Lien, PhD, Carmen Steggell, PhD, Björn Slaug, PhD and Susanne Iwarsson, PhD
Board 8
Healthy makeovers in rural tribal convenience stores as part of the Tribal Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) study   
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH
Board 9
Geographic variation in rural-urban obesity rates in older adults: Evidence from a national survey   
Steven A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Lauren Kelley, MPH, CHES, Sarah Cook, MPH, Julia Foutz, MPH and Trisha Sando, DPT, CWS, MSc
Board 10
How does building design, cross sector partnerships, co-location of services and social engagement create a health community for aging low income residents?   
Mary Wheeler
     

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

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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