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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Innovations in Community Nutrition Assessment
5160.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Innovations in Community Nutrition Assessment
This session presents innovative approaches to nutrition assessment in child care, grade school and community settings. Using innovative approaches such as geographic information systems and qualitative research, researchers present methodologies to understand the context in which children and families live. Papers presented will outline specifics of community assessment methods and tools developed to deliver nutrition education and obesity prevention programs.
Learning Objectives: 1. At the end of the session, participants will be able to describe assessment and monitoring approaches to community nutrition. 2. At the end of the session, participants will be able to describe tools for assessment of nutrition in child care settings.
Moderator(s):Sonya J. Jones
2:30 PMA nutrition and physical activity self-assessment instrument for child care settings: Development and rationale  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sara Benjamin, MPH, Alice S. Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Janice Sommers, MPH, Dianne Ward, EdD
2:47 PMGIS to monitor the Millennium Development Goals: Situation of severe growth retardation in first-grade schoolchildren in Central American countries
Patricia Najera-Aguilar, MA Geography, Enrique Loyola, MD, MSc, Ramón Martinez-Piedra, Inf System Eng, Manuel Vidaurre-Arenas, MSc, Carlos Castillo-Salgado, MD, DrPH
3:04 PMA methodology for understanding community and youth perspectives on obesity prevention  [ Recorded presentation ]
Janel M. Heinrich, MPH, MA, Susan C. Scrimshaw, PhD, Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, Myrtis Sullivan, MD, MPH
3:21 PMQualitative criteria for assessment of a comprehensive nutrition education program in an urban setting  [ Recorded presentation ]
Eric S. Griffin, Danny Gerber
3:38 PMRole of community food assessment in public health nutrition
Hugh M. Joseph, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA