Appendix A
Workshop Agendas
Workshop on Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children and Youth
June 1, 2008
The California Convergence Conference Sheraton Grand Sacramento
10:30 am |
Focus Group with Program Evaluators |
Key Questions:
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3:30 pm |
Focus Group with Program Site Leaders |
Key Questions:
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
Workshop on Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children and Youth
May 6, 2009
Lecture Room
The National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20418
8:30 am |
Registration |
9:00 am |
Welcoming Remarks |
Patricia Crawford, PhD, University of California, Berkeley Marion Standish, Director of Healthy Environments, The California Endowment Loel Solomon, National Director of Community Health Initiatives, Kaiser Permanente |
9:45–11:40 am |
Panel I: What information do community base programs need to meet their goals? |
Moderator: Patricia Crawford, PhD |
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Key Questions:
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Gerardo Mouet, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency, City of Santa Ana, California Leslie Bernard, Associated Black Charities, Baltimore, Maryland Genoveva Islas-Hooker, Central California Center for Health and Human Services, Fresno, California Canary Girardeau, Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc., Washington, DC |
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11:40 am–12:40 pm |
Lunch |
12:40–2:10 pm |
Panel II: What is the level of evidence needed to inform policy? |
Moderator: Sarah Samuels, DrPH, Samuels and Associates |
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Key Questions:
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Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health, Washington, DC Joseph Curtatone, Mayor, City of Somerville, Massachusetts Allison Karpyn, The Food Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Shireen Malekafzali, PolicyLink, Oakland, California Derek Birnie, Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, Seattle, Washington |
2:10–2:30 pm |
Break |
2:30–4:00 pm |
Panel III: How do community perspectives influence decision makers? |
Moderator: Mary Story, PhD, RD, University of Minnesota |
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Key Questions:
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Dan Drummond, Fairfax City Council Member, Fairfax, Virginia Ben Thomases, City Food Policy Coordinator, New York, New York J. Walter Tejada, Arlington County Board Member, Arlington, Virginia George Leventhal, Montgomery County Council Member, Rockville, Maryland Gretchen Musicant, Commissioner, Department of Health and Family Support, Minneapolis, Minnesota Pierre Vigilance, Director, Department of Health, Washington, DC |
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4:00–4:30 pm |
Closing Remarks |
Marion Standish Loel Solomon |