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Examining Faith-Based Preventive Measures to Improve Health Outcomes (Round Table)

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Roundtable
This session is intended to bring together public health practioners to discuss the role of faith-based approaches in addressing public health challenges.
Session Objectives: Discuss faith-based approaches to addressing public health challenges
Organizers:
Jacqueline Tiema-Massie, MPH and Dorine J. Brand, PhD, MPH
Moderator:
Barbara Baylor, MPH

Table 1
Abuelas en Acción: A promising faith-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyles among older Latinas
Brynn Adamson, Liliana Aguayo, Yvette Castaneda, Andiara Schwingel, Assistant Prof and Pablo Torres-Aguilar, MS
Table 2
Urban Pastors' views on behavioral health needs, counseling and referral in churches located in resource-poor communities
Jennifer Shepard Payne, PhD, LCSW
Table 3
Bridging faith and health: Engaging churches in a family-based HIV prevention and health promotion program for African American girls
Chisina Kapungu, PhD, Julie Jackson, MA, Debra Williams, MA and Rochelle Jones, JD
Table 4
Opening The Doors For Diverse Populations To Health Disparities Research: Reducing Health Disparities Through Research Training, Practice, And Community Partnerships with the Faith Community
Nicole Vaughn, PhD, Nicole Chisolm, BS, Shannon Marquez, PhD, MEng, Warren Hilton, Ed.D. and Crystal Wyatt
Table 5
I can do all things: Positive religious coping and its effects on risk reduction
LaShun R. Robinson, PhD, Danielle Lambert, MPH, CHES and Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH
  
Table 6
Building A Grassroots Network of NonTraditional Partners to Deliver Public Health Services
Melody Robinson, MPH
Table 7
Identifying priority health disparities and relevant health promotion strategies among an African American church-community population: Findings from a health needs assessment survey in faith-community settings
Jannette Berkley-Patton, PhD, Carole Bowe Thompson, BS, Andrea Bradley-Ewing, MPA, MA, Marcie Berman, M.A. and Alexandria Booker
Table 8
Influence of Religious Affiliation on Birth Control Use at First Intercourse: Examining Possible Pathways
Charis Davidson, MPH, DrPH Candidate
  
Table 9
Viewing the body as a temple: Exploring motivators and barriers to improving obesity related health behaviors in African American faith communities
Leilani Dodgen, MPH, CHES, Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, PhD, Mark J. DeHaven, PhD, Jenny Lee, PhD, MPH, CHES, Jennifer Cole, BA and Olatunde Ola, MPH
  
Table 10
“It's Like Backing up Science with Scripture”: Perceptions of HeartSmarts, a Faith-based Cardiovascular Health Education Program
Naa-Solo Tettey, EdD, MPH, MCHES, CPH

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

Organized by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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