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 Plenary Sessions

• Defining a Vision of Prevention for Older Americans
  • David P. Hoffman, Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Service, New York Department of Health and Human Services
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,520 KB)
  • Reed Tuckson, Senior Vice President, Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement, UnitedHealth Group
    (MS PowerPoint, 5,255 KB)
     
• Advancing Consumer Health Through Information Technology
  • Use of Personal Health Records in the Workplace
    Michael Cochran, First Vice President, Employee Benefit Programs, Washington Mutual Bank
    (MS PowerPoint, 6,517 KB)
  • Electronic Health Records for Personal Health Management
    Paul J. Wallace, Executive Director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,775 KB)

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Current Workshop Sessions I — Healthier Practices

• (A1) Preventive Screening  (View Abstracts)
  • "Mammoday"—A Breast Cancer Screening Program for Older Women: Intervention Opportunities for the Cancer Registrar
    Rosemary Williams, Director, Tumor Registry, Howard University Cancer Center
    (MS PowerPoint, 47 KB)
  • Improving Cancer Screening Among Low-Income Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    Andrea Nicola Cassells, Director of Clinical Affairs, Clinical Directors Network, Inc.
    (MS PowerPoint, 771 KB)
  • A Controlled Trial of Three Interventions To Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in African Americans
    Selina Smith, Principal Investigator, Morehouse School of Medicine
    (MS PowerPoint, 301 KB)
  • The Great Game Plan: Telehealth in Action
    Carol Rice, Telehealth Lead Care Coordinator, Orlando Veterans Healthcare Center
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,347 KB)
     
• (A2) Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Clinical Practice: Lessons Learned From Practice-Based Research and Education  (View Abstracts)
  • Helen Burstin, Director, Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,807 KB)
  • Prescription for Health: Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care Practice
    Kurt Stange, Chair, National Advisory Committee, Prescription for Health; Professor of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
    (MS PowerPoint, 327 KB)
  • A Multi-Component Systems Approach for Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care
    Steven H. Woolf, Professor, Departments of Family Practice, Preventive Medicine, and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,364 KB)
  • Educating for Practicing Prevention: The Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework
    Richard Riegelman, Professor and Founding Dean, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
    (MS PowerPoint, 448 KB)
     
• (A3) Healthier Eating and Physical Activity (Energy Balance)  (View Abstracts)
  • A Healthier You: Communicating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to Specific Populations
    Christine Dobday, Communication Specialist, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,326 KB)
  • Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors Among Limited Resource Preschoolers in Pennsylvania
    Kevin A. Alvarnaz, Chief Cardiovascular Health Section, Pennsylvania Department of Health
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,296 KB)
  • Cookin' Up Health: An Interactive Nutrition Program
    Irene A. Tessaro, Research Professor, School of Nursing, West Virginia University
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,644 KB)
  • Developing Community-Based Interventions To Impact Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors of Low-Income Populations in Alameda County, California
    Darlene Fujii Pratt, Program Administrator, Alameda County Public Health Department
    (MS PowerPoint, 9,680 KB)
     
• (A4) Tobacco Cessation  (View Abstracts)
  • Appealing to Concern About Appearance To Encourage Tobacco-Free Lifestyles
    Patricia E. Hysert, Director, Task Force for Tobacco-Free Women and Girls, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    (MS PowerPoint, 10,894 KB)
  • Put It Out Rockland—A Successful Cessation Program
    Una Diffley, Assistant Director, Division of Health Education, Rockland County Health Department
    (MS PowerPoint, 760 KB)
  • Tobacco Provider Systems Change
    Laurie Adams, Community Program Facilitator, Chautauqua County's Steps to a HealthierNY
    (MS PowerPoint, 375 KB)
  • Computer-Based Smoking Cessation Interventions
    Lynne Swartz, Principal Investigator, Oregon Center for Applied Science
    (MS PowerPoint, 994 KB)
     
• (A5) Promoting Health Literacy  (View Abstracts)
  • Improving Health Literacy To Improve the Health of Rural Elders
    Marilyn Gardner, Professor, Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University
    (MS PowerPoint, 239 KB)
  • Raising Health Literacy Sensitivity Throughout the Healthcare System and the Community: A Way To Maximize the Effectiveness of Current Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Practices
    Katherine C. Vergara, Research Associate, American Medical Association
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,358 KB)
  • USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: A Description and Evaluation of Results
    Christine Kissmer, Program Analyst, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
    (MS PowerPoint, 210 KB)

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Current Workshop Sessions II — Healthier People

• (B1) Seniors  (View Abstracts)
  • Medicare Health Support: An Innovation in Prevention for Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries
    Sandra M. Foote, Senior Advisor, Chronic Care Improvement, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    (MS PowerPoint, 869 KB)
  • Implementing Diverse National Strategies To Address Health Promotion in Older Adults
    Jason E. Lang, Public Health Advisor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    (MS PowerPoint, 5,867 KB)
  • You Can! Steps to Healthier Aging
    Kathleen A. Loughrey, Aging Program Specialist, Administration on Aging
    (MS PowerPoint, 781 KB)
     
• (B2) In Faith Communities  (View Abstracts)
  • Healthy Living Program
    Nancy M. Bennett, Director, Center for Rochester's Health, University of Rochester
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,085 KB)
  • Provena St. Mary's Wellness Center for Special Needs Fitness Program
    Mike Grimsley, Director of Fitness Services, Provena St. Mary's Hospital
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,325 KB)
  • G.O.S.P.E.L.: A Faith-Based Initiative To Reduce Health Disparities Among African Americans
    Debbie Gold, Program Manager, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,548 KB)
     
• (B3) In Rural Areas  (View Abstracts)
  • Differences in Four-Year Health Perceptions and Preventive Practices in Border Residents of Hidalgo County, Texas
    Miguel A. Zuniga, Associate Professor, Medical College of Georgia
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,442 KB)
  • Sowing Seeds of Hope
    Maryanna Brooke, Pharmacist, Perry County Health Department
    (MS PowerPoint, 104 KB)
  • Delta Rural Health Initiative and Fit for Life Network
    Hope Patterson, Grants Manager, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,491 KB)
  • "Eat and Play the Native Way": Building Strength Through Healthy Choices
    Denise Burley, Program Manager, Arizona Nutrition Network, Coconino County, Flagstaff
    (MS PowerPoint, 7,683 KB)
     
• (B4) Children  (View Abstracts)
  • Healthy Eating and Activity Together (HEAT) Initiative: Prevention of Childhood Overweight
    Mary Margaret Gottesman, HEAT Initiative Director, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,043 KB)
  • Wellness Adventures: Diabetes Prevention and Wellness Camp for Children
    Nancy Ann O'Banion, Director, Health Promotion and Wellness Department, Indian Health Care Resource Center
    (MS PowerPoint, 8,968 KB)
  • Keystone Healthy Zone School Recognition Program
    Allison Topper, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity
    (MS PowerPoint, 19,083 KB)
     
• (B5) In Diverse Communities  (View Abstracts)
  • The Administration on Aging's Evidence-Based Prevention Initiative: Early Results From 13 Demonstrations
    Nancy Whitelaw, Director, Center for Health Aging, The National Council on the Aging, Center for Healthy Aging
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,193 KB)
  • The Delta HOPE Tri-State Initiative
    Michelle Lombardo, President, Wellness Incorporated
    (MS PowerPoint, 10,748 KB)
  • Activate Chester County Health Initiative
    Susan A. Herr, Community Health Initiatives Director, YMCA of the Brandywine Valley
    (MS PowerPoint, 11,885 KB)

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Current Workshop Sessions III — Healthier Places

• (C1) Workplaces  (View Abstracts)
  • Mfit Employee Wellness Program: Taking Care of Our Own
    LaVaughn Palma-Davis, Senior Director, University Health and Well-Being Initiatives; Administrator, University of Michigan Health System's Occupational Health and Health Promotion Services
    (MS PowerPoint, 14,973 KB)
  • Reach and Use of a Health Promotion Program of Sequential E-mails at Work
    Patricia D. Franklin, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
    (MS PowerPoint, 121 KB)
  • SHAPE Program at Schupan & Sons, Inc.
    Karen Frank, Human Resources Coordinator, Schupan & Sons, Inc.
    (MS PowerPoint, 519 KB)
  • Leading by Example: Creating a High-Performance, Less Costly Workforce: CEOs on the Business Case for Worksite Health Promotion
    Garry Lindsay, Director of Business Partnerships, Partnership for Prevention
    (MS PowerPoint, 10,595 KB)
     
• (C2) Senior Centers  (View Abstracts)
  • Increasing Physical Activity and Movement for Older Adults Living With Health Limitations
    Rose Marie (Jackman) Savage, Clinical Instructor, Division of Sports Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
    (MS PowerPoint, 8,988 KB)
  • EnhanceFitness Program
    Susan J. Snyder, Director, Project Enhance, Senior Services of Seattle/King County
    (MS PowerPoint, 717 KB)
  • Community Prevention in Practice: A Public Health Tool Targeting Older Adults
    Kathy A. Williams, Clinic Nurse Coordinator, Center for Healthy Aging, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
    (MS PowerPoint, 12,720 KB)
  • Community Gardening in a Senior Center: A Public Health Initiative
    Elizabeth N. Austin, Doctoral Student, State University of New York at Binghamton
    (MS PowerPoint, 3,244 KB)
     
• (C3) Schools (View Abstracts)
  • Fun 5
    Claudio R. Nigg, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    (MS PowerPoint, 3,976 KB)
  • The Arkansas School BMI Assessment Project
    Joseph Thompson, Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
    (MS PowerPoint, 3,633 KB)
  • Free Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program: An Exciting and Effective Environmental Policy for Schools
    Barbara Berry, Vice President, Programs for Better Health Foundation
    (MS PowerPoint, 39,171 KB)
  • Evaluating School Nutrition Policies: Tools To Measure Policy Implementation and Environmental Change To Support Healthy Eating
    Sarah Stone-Francisco, Research Associate, Samuels and Associates
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,291 KB)
     
• (C4) Healthcare Settings (View Abstracts)
  • PBRNs: Making Prevention Possible Through HIT
    David Meyers, Medical Officer, Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    (MS PowerPoint, 2,008 KB)
  • Preventing Chronic Diseases With Lifestyle Change: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    Steve Aldana, Professor, Brigham Young University
    (MS PowerPoint, 4,258 KB)
  • Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Online Programs To Improve Diet and Weight Management Among Hispanics
    Dirk G. Schroeder, Executive Vice President, HispaniCare/DrTango, Inc.
    (MS PowerPoint, 3,918 KB)
  • The Impact of the Know Your Health (KYH) Program on Underserved Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients in a Community Setting
    Timothy Lawther, Director, Chronic Disease Prevention, Duval County Health Department
    (MS PowerPoint, 4,798 KB)
     
• (C5) Community Coalitions (View Abstracts)
  • Wake County Human Services "Wake Up, Shape Up!" Community Forum
    Sonya Reid, Lead Health Educator, Wake County Human Services
    (MS PowerPoint, 1,097 KB)
  • Step Up
    Jill Graziano, Director, Health Promotion, Excellus BCBS
    (MS PowerPoint, 6,526 KB)
  • Don't Let Cancer Silence You: A Case Study in Community-Based Efforts To Reduce Health Disparities
    Velonda Thompson, President, Be-Fit, Inc.
    (MS PowerPoint, 291 KB)
  • Keck Diabetes Prevention Initiative
    Valerie Fehr Ruelas, Director, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
    (MS PowerPoint, 6,669 KB)

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