141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

5165.0
Global Perspectives on Linkages between Dietary Patterns and Health

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will cover Global and domestic issues around food access, sovereignty and the right to safe and healthy foods; Access to cultural foods; Preserving culinary/dietary traditions; Impact of immigration patterns on diet; Interventions; etc.
Moderator:
Lisa Troy

12:30pm
Could economic household surveys provide valid information to estimate nutrient adequacy of the diet? lessons from the Dominican Republic   
Omar Dary, Ph.D., Maria Teresa Menchu and Humberto Mendez
     
12:50pm
Can value chain analysis support public heath nutrition? a case study of the fruit and vegetable sector in Fiji   
Emily H Morgan, MS, MPH, Alan Dangour, PhD, Wendy Snowdon, PhD, Penina Vatucawaqa and Karen Lock, PhD
1:10pm
Diversifying the media mix to support social and behavior change communication for improved maternal and child nutrition in Tanzania   
Tuzie Edwin, MPH, Lydia Clemmons, PHD, MPH, Herbert Gowell, Onesmo Mella, MPH, MA, Elizabeth Lyimo, Vumilia Lyatuu and Rehema Mzimbiri
1:30pm
An assessment of acculturation and dietary pattern among jamaican immigrants in Florida   
Carol Oladele, Ph.D., Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Ph.D., Sangita Sharma, Ph.D., David Himmelgreen, Ph.D., Wendy N. Nembhard, Ph.D., Getachew Dagne, Ph.D., Jimin Yang, Ph.D. and Thomas J. Mason, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Black Caucus of Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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