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Presentations on Local Progams and Initiatives

These presentations were given at Quarterly Meetings to highlight Chicago-area work in promoting health and wellness for children and families.

• Breastfeeding: Critical Strategy for Health
  by Rachel Abramson, RN, MS, IBCLC, HeatlhConnect One
  Presented December 9, 2009
  
  
• Obesity Prevention at Well Child Visits
  by Patty Mack, RN, MS, LMFT, Advocate Health
  Presented December 9, 2009
  
  
• Food Access and Community Health Activism
  by Daniel Block, PhD, Chicago State University
  Presented March 11, 2009
  
  
• The Impact of School Policies on Childhood Obesity
  by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, University of Chicago
  Presented September 12, 2006
  
  
• Safety and Built Environments Relationship to Children's Physical Activity:
  A Pilot Study
  by Maryann Mason, PhD; Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH; and Xingyou Zhang, PhD, Children's Memorial Hospital
  Presented September 12, 2006
  
  
• Childhood Obesity Research in Chicago: Looking Ahead
  by Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH, CLOCC
  Presented March 1, 2006
  
  
• Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Creating Healthy Lifestyles for Latino Families
  by Patricia Garza and Peter Mulhall, Kraft
  Presented March 1, 2006
  
  
• Healthy Smiles, Healthy Growth
  by Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH, Illinois Department of Public Health
  Presented December 7, 2005
  
  
• Clinic-Based Strategies & Tools to Address Childhood Overweight
  by Adolfo Ariza, MD and Inyang Isong, MD, MPH
  Presented December 7, 2005
  
  
• CLOCC Seed Grant Presentation - Physical Education Survey in Chicago
  Public Schools
  by David Q. Thomas, PhD, FACSM, Illinois State University
  Presented September 14, 2005
  
  
• Food & Fitness for Children & Families: A Rapid Assessment Tool
  by Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, LD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Presented September 14, 2005
  
  
• Overweight in Chicago Preschool Children
  by Lindsey Turner, PhD
  Presented June 7, 2005
  
  
• Prevention of Overweight in Preschool Minority Children: A Pilot Study
  by Marian L. Fitzgibbon, PhD, Northwestern University
  Presented March 3, 2005
  
  
• The Physical Education Waiver Process
  by David Q. Thomas, PhD, FASCM, Illinois State University
  Presented December 2, 2004
  
  
• Measuring Community Walkability for Children
  by Jan Metzger, Center for Neighborhood Technology
  Presented September 14, 2004
  
  
• Rapid Anthropological Assessment Procedures
  by Susan Scrimshaw, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Presented September 14, 2004
  
  
• Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Weight, Body Image and Health
  by Elena Navas-Nacher, MS, CLOCC
  Presented June 2, 2004
  
  
• Qualitative Evaluation of Pediatricians' Perspectives in Management of Overweight Children: A Pilot Study
  by Adolfo J. Ariza, MD and Helen Binns, MD, MPH, Pediatric Practice Research Group
  Presented June 2, 2004
  
  
• The Healthy Kids Project
  by David Anyadike, MD and Maureen McCarthy, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
  Presented December 3, 2003
  
  
• How to Address Obesity in the Population in Illinois
  by Robin Orr, PhD
  Presented December 3, 2003
  
  
• Girls in the Game
  by Amy Skeen, MSW, LCSW, Girls in the Game
  Presented December 3, 2003
  
  
• The Sinai Health System's Community Health Survey
  by Steven Whitman, PhD, Sinai Urban Health Institute
  Presented September 3, 2003
  
  
• The HEALTH-KIDS Project
  by Youfa Wang, MD, PhD
  Presented December 3, 2003