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Session: Caught in the Middle -- Programs to Reach Middle School Youth
4234.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Caught in the Middle -- Programs to Reach Middle School Youth
Middle school students increasingly are recognized as an important target group for health education and promotion activities. The panelists in this session will describe various health issues of importance in this population and some innovative strategies for reaching children in these transitional years.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to explain media literacy and describe the effects of media literacy education for middle school students. Participants will also be able to describe interventions related to hepatitis, asthma, and physical activity and nutrition for middle school students, in accordance with the learning objectives of the individual presentations.
Moderator(s):Dabney P. Evans, MPH, CHES
2:30 PMDecoding the environment: Middle school media literacy success  [ Recorded presentation ]
Olaunda Williams, BS, Stephania Sidberry, MPH, Rebecca H. Reeve, PhD, CHES
2:48 PMMedia-Smart Youth: Addressing Nutrition and Physical Activity in After-School Programs  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jill Center, MPH
3:06 PMCorrelates of physical activity and television viewing in children and adolescents  [ Recorded presentation ]
Danielle T. Thompson, BS, Heidi Michels Blanck, PhD, Janet E. Fulton, PhD, Marian Huhman, PhC
3:24 PMEvaluating a School-based Asthma Education Curriculum for Middle and High School Students  [ Recorded presentation ]
Joan Edelstein, MSN, DrPH, RN, Adam Davis, MPH, MA, Joyce Ycasas, MPH, Beryl Shaw, RN, Ira Tager, MD MPH
3:42 PMHepatitis prevention among teens: An online intervention and evaluation  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lisa K. Gilbert, PhD, Kelli E Scanlon, Brigette Ulin, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Food and Nutrition; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA