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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Project EXPORT: Building Infrastructure and Capacity to Reduce Health Disparities Through Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
3383.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Project EXPORT: Building Infrastructure and Capacity to Reduce Health Disparities Through Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
To eliminate health disparities, health education and public health entities must work together effectively. The presenters in this session will describe the development of a partnership to eliminate disparities in childhood obesity and diabetes. Presentations will include details on the challenges and opportunities faced in developing such a partnership. Speakers will also describe specific interventions.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
  1. Explain the establishment of an effective partnership between a research institution, a health center and a historically black institution;
  2. Discuss the need for research to delineate the causes of health disparities; and
  3. Describe interventions to reduce childhood obesity and implement evidence-based diabetes self-management education.
Moderator(s):Roberta B. Hollander, MPH, MA, PhD
4:30 PMCollaboration between a research institution, federally qualified health center, and historically black university: A necessary, yet challenging endeavor
Lori Keeling Buhi, MPH, B. Lee Green, PhD, Brian Rivers, PhD, MPH, Sharon McWhinney, PhD, MS, Steve Dorman, Daphne C. Watkins, BA
4:48 PMDevelopment of a research center within an academic setting to coordinate and build infrastructure to conduct health disparities research  [ Recorded presentation ]
B. Lee Green, PhD, Steve Dorman, Brian Rivers, PhD, MPH, Daphne C. Watkins, BA, Desiree Rivers, MSPH, Kyrel L. Rowell, MPH
5:06 PMA transdisciplinary approach to career development and training of health disparities researchers
Brian Rivers, PhD, MPH, B. Lee Green, PhD, Kyrel L. Rowell, MPH, Daphne C. Watkins, BA, Desiree Rivers, MSPH, Maribel Robledo, BA
5:24 PMA school based intervention to reduce childhood obesity: Process, challenges, and impact  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sharon McWhinney, PhD, MS, Barbara Dixon, MS, Ranjita Misra, PhD, CHES, B. Lee Green, PhD, Brian Rivers, PhD, MPH, Reggie Louis, BA
5:42 PMImplementation of an evidence-based diabetes self-management education program within a federally qualified health center
Lori Keeling Buhi, MPH, Kyrel L. Rowell, MPH, Desiree Rivers, MSPH, Gabriela Trevino, Melanie Sarabia, BCH, BA, B. Lee Green, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Chiropractic Health Care; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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