141st APHA Annual Meeting

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Physical Activity Behavior Change Programs

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to discuss successful behavior change strategies to increase phyical activity and improve health.
Session Objectives: Discuss successful behavior change strategies to increase physical activity and improve health.

4:30pm
Walk your heart to health: Predictors of participation in a community-based walking group intervention in low to moderate income urban communities
Amy J. Schulz, PhD, Graciela Mentz, PhD, Sharon L. Sand, MPP, Cristina Bernal, MPH, Gregoria Diaz, Causandra Gaines, MSW, Cindy Gamboa, Bernadine Hoston, Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, Alisha Opperman, MSW, Angela Reyes, MPH, Zachary Rowe, BBA and Sachiko Woods, BA
4:50pm
Increasing physical activity, community cohesion, and self-efficacy among medically underserved patients at an urban public hospital
Blue Walcer, MPH, Manjot Multani, MSPH, Nasrin Aboudamous, BS and Shermineh Jafarieh, MS
5:10pm
Health from head to toe: Effective strategies from a multi-disciplinary adolescent weight maintenance program
Catherine Rains, MPH, Nicole F. Kozma, MPH, Anyah Land, MPH and Greta Todd, MA
5:30pm
Peer-led motivational interviewing to maximize physical activity and healthy eating outcomes in low-income communities
Devina Kuo, MPH

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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