Session: AAHE RCB Poster Session—Student (2012 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition (March 13-17, 2012))

Wednesday, March 14, 2012: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Convention Center: Poster Area 2 (Foyer Outside Exhibit Hall C)

Presider:

Kandice Porter, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

This poster session includes a variety of studies conducted by students. Topics include health policy and health literacy, universal health care, autism knowledge and attitudes, religiosity and health behaviors, childhood and adolescent obesity, physical activity and alcohol use, alcohol use among college students, tobacco use, prescription drug abuse, international health, environmental health, body image, and photo-elicitation used in health promotion. One Best Student Poster Award will be announced at AAHE Assembly of Members.

NA1

Health Literacy & Health Policy: Solving Problems Within Healthcare

Jennifer C. Harris, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

NA2

Massachusetts Universal Health Insurance: Outcomes for Diabetic African Americans

Winnie A. Eke, Boston Public Schools, West Roxbury, MA

NA3

Autism Knowledge and Attitude Among Birth-Five Early Childhood Education Majors

Ian A. McPherson, Ping Hu Johnson, Kandice Porter and Jimmy Calloway, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

NA4

Influence of Religiosity on Health Behaviors of College Students

Michelle S. Harcrow¹, Lori W. Turner², Stuart Usdan¹, John Jackson¹, Brad E. Lian² and Lea Yerby¹, (1)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, (2)The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

NA5

Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: Interventions Utilizing an Ecological Model

Bethany Tennant and Michael Stellefson, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

NA6

Enhancing Exercise Behavior Change Among Adolescents

Colleen L. Geary, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, M. Renee Umstattd Meyer, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Lori W. Turner, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Sharon B. Hunt, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

NA7

Physical Activity and Binge Drinking in College Students

Rebecca E. Riggs and Lauren Bigham, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

NA8

Establishing Cause for Drunkorexia: Co-Occurring Drinking and Weight Management Behaviors

Anna K. Gardner and Adam E. Barry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

NA9

Drinking Games Among College Students

Emily K. Schumacher and Misty L. Rhoads, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

NA10

Alcohol Consumption by African American College Students on Gameday

Andre Saxon, Robert Lindsey and Indhumathi Gopal, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC

NA11

Negative Outcomes Associated With Alcohol Use Among College Students

Poliala Mahoney-Dickson, Samuel Sowah, Andrew Owusu, Lisa Thomason Schrader, Amanda R. Cole, Brittney D. Oliver and Dana Umscheid, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

NA12

Tobacco Use Prevalence Among University Faculty, Staff and Students

Julia Rae Varnes, Don Chaney, Jill W. Varnes, Jane Emmeree and Shirley Haberman, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

NA13

Demographic and Behavioral Correlates of Prescription Drug Abuse in West Virginia

Elizabeth R. Earley, Keith J. Zullig and Laura Lander, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

NA14

Challenges Faced by International Students in Utilizing Student Health Center

Sabita Shrestha¹, Yuba Gautam¹, Margaret Sullivan¹ and Mark J. Kittleson², (1)Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, (2)New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

NA15

Predicting Physical Activity in South Asian College Students

Taj Lindsay Haider, Manoj Sharma and Amy Bernard, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

NA16

Malaria Infection and Bednet Efficacy Among Ghanaian High Schools Students

Samuel Sowah, Andrew Owusu, Brittney D. Oliver, Amanda R. Cole, Poliala Mahoney Dickson and Peter D. Hart, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

NA17

Recycling Plastic Bottles: Your Call of Duty

Kaitlyn Audette, Bridgewater State University, Somerset, MA, Jessica Panchuk, Bridgewater State University, North Attleboro, MA and HEAL 450 Students, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA

NA18

Rachel L. Avants and L. Jean Henry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

NA19

Photo-elicitation: An Innovative Qualitative Technique in Health Promotion

Kacy L. Michel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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