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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
3142.0: Monday, December 12, 2005 - Board 1

Abstract #102207

Nutrition, physical activity and diabetes: Designing a community intervention model, a technology-based pilot study

Deirdra Chester, PhD, RD, LD/N1, Ellen Harris, DrPH1, Kristen Campbell2, Tiffanie Yates, RD1, Cecillia Patterson3, Tiffany Williams4, and Chellani Hathorn5. (1) Community Nutrition Research Group, USDA, ARS, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 005, Room 117, Beltsville, MD 20705, 301-504-0617, chesterd@ba.ars.usda.gov, (2) Alabama A & M University, 4110 Trianna Blvd. Apt. #114, Huntsville, AL 35805, (3) North Carolina Central University, 3200D Myra Street, Durham, NC 27707, (4) Southern University, 500 Goldman St., Lafayette, LA 70501, (5) Tuskegee University, 1213-B Logan St., Tuskegee, AL 36088

This community intervention model serves as Phase 2 of a research education program for students from five Historically Black Colleges and Universities who participate in the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Summer Institute. During the 2004-05 academic year, the students will help plan the intervention and conduct a pilot study in partnership with USDA. The purpose of the research is to develop appropriate community based intervention strategies aimed at diabetes control and prevention. The intervention will utilize the USDA Eat Smart, Play Hard TM campaign and will determine if there is a change in eating and physical activity lifestyle practices. Data collected during Phase 1 of the project on opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity to increase healthy lifestyle practices in the community will be used. For the pilot phase of the intervention study, data will be collected from children age 4-6, 7-10, and 11-13, and their caregivers. The data collection phase will utilize computerized questionnaires from the USDA Diet and Health Knowledge Questionnaire, socio-demographic data, physical activity data, anthropometric data, Block Brief 2000, and the Block Kids Food Frequency Questionnaires. Findings from the pilot phase will be used to develop an appropriate computerized multi-site community based intervention to begin in the Spring of 2006.

Learning Objectives:

  • At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

    Presenting author's disclosure statement:

    I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

    New Findings in Nutrition and Physical Activity for a Healthy Population

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