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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Family Strengthening Strategies to Prevent Substance Abuse
3056.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Family Strengthening Strategies to Prevent Substance Abuse
Health risk behaviors such as smoking, physical inactivity, and bad dietary habits are prevalent among youth. This session will explore interventions to prevent children't health risk behaviors. An intervention to improve family functioning will be discussed. Also, the results of a study comparing the prevalence of health risk behaviors among a sample of fifth grade students in two midwestern cities will be examined.
Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the conceptual approaches used to understand the factors that predict children's health risk behaviors. 2. Analyze the health risk behaviors of a sample of fifth grade students. 3. Describe family strengthening strategies pertinent to the delay of youth smoking and other health risk behaviors among fifth grade children.
Moderator(s):Colleen Hughes, PhD, RN
8:30 AMFamily strengthening as a strategy for preventing children's health risk behavior: Theoretical basis  [ Recorded presentation ]
Susan K. Riesch, DNSc, Lori S. Anderson, MS RN, Heather Krueger, MS RN
8:45 AMPrevalence of health risk behaviors among 5th graders in two midwestern cities  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nicole Angresano, MPH, Susan K. Riesch, DNSc RN FAAN, Janie Canty-Mitchell, PhD RN, Deborah L. Johnson, MSN, RN, Lori S. Anderson, MS RN, Kerada Krainuwat, MS
9:00 AMStrengthening families to prevent youth smoking initiation  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kerada Krainuwat, MS
9:15 AMEffects of social support on the relationship between parenting stress and parent adolescent relationships  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lori S. Anderson, MS RN
9:30 AMFamily adaptability, cohesion, and type: Reports of childhood quick weight loss behavior  [ Recorded presentation ]
Heather Krueger, MS RN
9:45 AMOutcomes of the Strengthening Families Program (10-14):Children's Health Risk Behavior  [ Recorded presentation ]
Janie Canty-Mitchell, PhD RN, Deborah L. Johnson, MSN, RN, Susan K. Riesch, DNSc, Nicole Angresano, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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