Session: AAHE/RCB Professional Poster Session (2009 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition (March 31

Wednesday, April 1, 2009: 1:45 PM-3:15 PM

Tampa Convention Center: Exhibit Hall NA Poster Sessions

Presider:

Caile E. Spear, Boise State University, Boise, ID

Poster presentations as listed below

NA1

Name Calling and Peer Perceptions among Urban Elementary School Children

Ms. Kalli N. Doran, Springfield College, Manchester, CT and Dr. Patricia L. McDiarmid, Springfield College, Springfield, MA

NA2

Developing a Research Proposal: Key to a Successful Research Project

Ping Hu Johnson, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, Gayle L. Bush, Troy University, Troy, AL and Lei-Shih Chen, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

NA3

Sports and Club Programs Influence on Alcohol Use in Adolescents

Deidre D. Leaver-Dunn¹, Lori W. Turner¹, Brian Newman¹ and Sharon B. Hunt², (1)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, (2)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

NA4

Perceived Emotional Intelligence and Eating Attitudes among College Students

Michele L. Pettit, Sue C. Jacobs, Kyle Page and Claudia Porras, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

NA5

Students' Knowledge of Etiologies and Implications of Early Female Puberty

Eileen Daniel, SUNY-Brockport, Brockport, NY

NA6

Obesity and Rural America: High Schoolers' Practices

Helen M. Graf and Amy Jo Riggs, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

NA7

Determinants of Unhealthy Weight Loss Practices among High School Youth

Chung-Bang Weng, Jiunn-Jye (JJ) Sheu and Robert Weiler, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

NA8

Dispelling Colon Cancer Myths: The Role of Health Communication Channels

Lei-Shih Chen, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, Beth Ford, Harvard University, Boston, MA and Kimberly Kaphingst, NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD

NA9

Elevated Soda Consumption in Overweight and At-Risk Elementary Children

Bruce Thomas¹, Yvette M. Bolen¹, James A. Reid² and Benjamin Heatherly¹, (1)Athens State University, Athens, AL, (2)Tampa University, Tampa, FL

NA10

David Sallee¹, Kerry J. Redican², Laura Welfare², Gerard Lawson² and Nancy Bodenhorn², (1)Radford University, Radford, VA, (2)Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

NA11

Sources of Stress for African American College Students

Robert Lindsey, Saeedah Reed, Robert Lyons, Denisha Hendricks, Antonia Mead and Karen Butler, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC

NA12

Osteoporosis Knowledge and Beliefs in Young Men

Mark J. Kasper¹, Julie Schlegel- Maina², Green T. Waggener¹, Cynthia E. Edmunds² and Randall V. Bass¹, (1)Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, (2)Roanoke College, Salem, VA

NA13

Pre-Service Educators' Attitudes towards Obesity

Peggy J. Pedersen, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR

NA14

Low AIDS Anxiety among African American College Students

Brian Hickey, Melissa Noland and Steve B. Chandler, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

NA15

Sexual Health Self-Protective Behaviors in African American College Students

Melissa Noland, Maria Okeke, Ashana Hopson, Brian M. Hickey and Steve B. Chandler, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

NA16

Tattoo Practices of College Students

Steven R. Furney and Jeff Housman, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX