12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the AAHB

Applications of Technology in Health Behavior Research

March 18-21, 2012
Four Seasons Hotel, Austin, Texas



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2012 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Sunday, March 18th

  1:30-4:30 p.m.  

"Enhancing Your Interventions and

Research Using Social Media"

 

Dr. Sheana Bull

Speaker Bio

 

Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences

University of Colorado Denver

Workshop will introduce attendees to the uses of Social Media in health research, including the use of social media to enhance recruitment for research; to deliver content, and to facilitate data collection.  In addition, strategies for engagement of online audiences using social media, and consider current limitations to the use of social media for research, including ethical issues related to privacy and control of information will be presented. The workshop will include opportunities for attendees to develop and share their own ideas for integration of social media into their health related research.

$50 members and students

$75 non-members

Monday, March 19

2:00-5:00 p.m. (Part I)

Tuesday, March 20

2:00-5:00 pm (Part II)

(2 day, 6 hour workshop)

"The Roles of Internet and Desktop GIS for Place-based Analysis and Data Visualization"

Dr. Christopher Fulcher

Speaker Bio

 

Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES)

University of Missouri

This workshop will cover three main topic areas:

  • Overview of GIS, data integration and data visualization;
  • An introduction to the publicly available CARES GIS Engine and associated databases for downloading data for offline analyses;
  • An introduction to integrating local and regional data with CARES-provided data for conducting spatial analyses using a free mapping desktop GIS.

The workshop will be interactive and include facilitated discussion for each of the three topic areas.

Participants must provide their own laptops.

$150 members and students

$200 non-members

LIMITED ENROLLMENT

 

NEW DAY AND TIME!!

Monday, March 19th

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.  

"Upgrade your data collection methods - integrating electronic data tools (PDA, Ipads, tablets) for improving data quality, integrity and usage"

         

     Dr. Erika Trapl       Mr. Ryan Kofron

  Speaker Bio                 Speaker Bio

Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods

CTSA Behavioral Science Measurement Core

Case Western Reserve University

 

Workshop will provide interactive discussion and hands on demonstration of various electronic technologies and how they can impact data collection, quality and integrity, with particular focus on handheld computers (e.g. PDAs) and tablet computers (e.g. iPads, Acer), as well as discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using electronic tools in research protocols. 

$50 members and students

$75 non-members

2012 Research Laureate

Dr. Andrea Gielen

Professor and Director
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy

2012 PROGRAM AGENDA AT A GLANCE

      

** SPEAKER BIOS **

Program Overview: The 12th Annual Academy meeting will provide a forum for researchers to learn about cutting edge research, evidence based practice, and innovative applications and solutions to advance the benefits that Internet, mobile and other technologies can bring to the health and well being of populations. The program will include health behavior interventions that employ technology, utilization of technologies for assessments and evaluation, and provide a diverse array of ongoing applications of technology in the service of health promotion. A key feature of this conference will be demonstrations and presentations on the use of technology in carrying out research.

Click HERE for PDF of Program at a Glance

Sunday, March 18, 2012

12:00pm - 5:00pm          Meeting Registration

  1:30pm - 4:30pm          Pre-Meeting Workshops:

                                             Enhancing Your Interventions and Research Using Social Media", with

                                             Dr. Sheana Bull, University of Colorado.  Registration required

  5:00pm - 5:30pm           Welcome Address, Presentation of New AAHB Fellows

                                             Elaine Borawski, Ph.D., AAHB President

  5:30pm - 5:45pm           Introduction of Research Laureate Winner, 2012

                                             John Lowe, DrPH

  5:45pm - 6:15pm           2012 AAHB Research Laureate Presentation

                                             Andrea Gielen, ScM, ScD

  6:15pm - 7:15pm           Opening Reception and Poster Session

                                             Heavy hors d'oeuvres, 1 free drink per person and cash bar

Monday, March 19, 2012

Session Chair:  Herb Severson, PhD

7:30am - 8:30 am            Breakfast and Roundtables (breakfast included in registration)

                                            New members, conference attendees, and students are encouraged to join a

                                            roundtable and meet senior Academy members.

8:30am - 9:15am             Session Keynote: Challenges of Harnessing the Informatics Landscape to

                                         Promote Health Behavior Change

                                            David Abrams, PhD, American Legacy Foundation

9:15am - 9:45am             Behavior, Outcomes and Opportunistic Interventions in Online Health     

                                         Programs and Communities

                                            Kevin Hwang, MD, MPH, University of Texas Medical School at Houston

9:45am - 10:15am           Using Mobile and Social Media for Health Promotion Research: Lessons in

                                         Recruitment, Retention and Engagement, and Opportunities for

                                         Intervention

                                            Sheana Bull, PhD, Colorado School of Public Health

10:15am - 10:30am         Break

10:30am - 11:00am         Leveraging Mobile Technologies to Measure and Improve Health 

                                         Behaviors

                                            Kevin Patrick, MD,MS, University of California San Diego

11:00am - 11:30am         Messages, Monitoring, Applications, and Graphic Displays: Moving

                                        Towards a Model of Smartphone Use to Promote Healthy Weights

                                           Paul Estabrooks, PhD, Virgnia Tech

11:30am - 12:00pm         The Mobile Health Revolution: Applications and Implications for Health

                                         Behavior Research

                                           Audie Atienza, PhD, US DHHS and the National Cancer Institute

12:00pm - 1:30pm           AAHB Professional Development Luncheon (registration required)

  2:00pm - 5:00pm           Optional Professional Development Workshop (2-day workshop; Day 1)

                                        The Roles of Internet and Desktop GIS for Place-Based Analysis and Data

                                         Visualization.   

                                            Facilitator:  Christopher Fulcher, PhD.  Registration required.

  2:00pm - 5:00 pm       Upgrade your data collection methods - integrating electronic data

                                             tools (PDA, iPads, tablets) for improving data quality, integrity and

                                             usage", with Dr. Erika Trapl and Mr. Ryan Kofron.  Registration required.

  5:30pm - 7:00pm        Technology Demonstrations, Technology Poster Session and Social

                                            Session Chair:  Eric Buhi, PhD

                                            Unique session involving 12 peer-reviewed tabletop demonstrations and 15

                                            technology-focused posters.  Demonstratiors will provide brief 15 minute

                                            demos in roundtable format.  Attendees move to new demos every 20 minutes;

                                            will have have opportunity to view four different demos during session. Poster

                                            presenters will be at their posters from 6:15-7:00 pm 

                                            Light hors d'oeuvres, 1 free drink per person and cash bar.

    

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Session Chair:  Rita DeBate, PhD

7:30am - 8:30 am            Breakfast and Roundtables(breakfast included in registration)

8:45am - 9:30 am            Session Keynote: Role of Patient-Facing Technologies in the Era of

                                         Healthcare Reform

                                            David Ahern, PhD, Brigham & Women's Hospital

9:30am - 10:15am           Designing for Health Behavior Change: Hot Triggers for New Habits

                                             BJ Fogg, PhD, Stanford University

10:15am - 10:30am         BREAK

10:30am - 11:00 am        Presentation of the Judy Black Award

11:00am - 11:30am         Meshing Geographic Information Technologies with Collaborative

                                         Management Systems to Better Align Interventions with People and Place

                                           Christopher Fulcher, PhD, University of Missouri - Columbia

11:30am - 12:00pm         Innovative, Evidence-Based Approaches to Utilizing Technology to

                                         Improve Health Behaviors in Young People

                                           Ellen LaPointe, JD, HopeLab

12:00pm - 1:30pm         AAHB Professional Development Luncheon (registration required)

  2:00pm - 5:00pm           Optional Professional Development Workshop (2-day workshop; Day 2)

                                        The Roles of Internet and Desktop GIS for Place-Based Analysis and

                                        Data Visualization.   

                                            Facilitator:  Christopher Fulcher, PhD.  Registration required.

 6:00pm - 7:00pm            Social and Poster Session

                                           Light hors d'oeuvres, 1 free drink per person and cash bar.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

 Session Chair:  Diane Abatemarco, PhD.

7:30am - 8:30 am            Breakfast and Late Breaker Poster Session (breakfast included in registration)

8:45am - 9:15am            Let Patients Contribute: A Journey Toward Individual and Organizational

                                        Behavior Change

                                          Susan Woods, MD, Portland VA Medical Center & Oregon Health and Science                                             University

9:15am - 9:45 am           Empowered and Clear or Dazed and Confused?  Creating Health Together

                                        in an Age of Ubiquitous Connectivity

                                           Brad Hesse, PhD, National Cancer Institute

9:45am - 10:00am          BREAK

10:00am - 10:45am         PANEL DISCUSSION: How We Truly Integrate Technology into our

                                         Interventions, Research, and Grant Proposals.

                                             Panel:  David Ahern, PhD., Audie Atienza, PhD and Herb Severson, PhD

10:45am - 11:15am         Awards and Inauguration of the Incoming AAHB President

                                            Elaine Borawski, PhD

11:15am - 12:00pm         AAHB Presidential Address

                                            R. Scott Olds, PhD

12:00pm                           Meeting Adjournment

 

 

See you all in Santa Fe in 2013!!