Conference Program

Diversity in Physical Activity and Health:
Measurement and Research Issues and Challenges

October 18-20, 2007
The Cooper Institute
Dallas, Texas

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Pre-Conference Workshop: Critical Measurement Issues in Childhood Obesity

8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration
8:30 am - 8:45 am	Welcome and Introduction Timothy Lohman, University of Arizona
8:45 am – 9:15 am	Obesity and Health Childhood Obesity: Relationships with Child, Adolescent, and Adult Health—The Bogalusa Perspective - David Freedman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:15 am – 10:15 am	Setting Obesity Standards for Children Norm-Referenced versus Health-Related Criterion Standards for Obesity in Children - Timothy Lohman, Unversity of Arizona BMI Cutpoints for Health-Related Fitness: Controversies in Setting Standards for Children - Scott Going, University of Arizona
10:15 am - 10:45 am	BREAK
10:45 am – 11:45 am	Perspectives on the utility of BMI standards for children Universal BMI Standards for Children - John Morrison, Cincinnati Children's Hospital One BMI Standard Does Not Fit All - Daniel Williams, University of Utah
11:45 am – 12:00 pm	Panel Discussion
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch (Provided)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Body Composition Assessments in the Field - Practitioners' Views
	The Arkansas Experience - Margaret Harris, University of Arkansas The New York City Schools Experience - Karen Lee, New York City The Baltimore County School Experience - Sarajane Quinn, Baltimore County Public Schools (retired)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Breakout Sessions - Assessment of Body Composition in Children: Criterion Methods and Comparison with Field Methods
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Panel Discussion

Conference Program

4:00 pm – 5:45 pm	Registration
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm	Welcome Melba Morrow, The Cooper Institute; Kathy Tritschler, Measurement and Evaluation Council
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm	CDC's Strategic Planning for Disparities Related to Physical Activity - David Brown and Refilwe Moeti, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm	The Safrit Keynote Lecture Just Research and Physical Activity: Diversity as More Than a Independent Variable - Karla A Henderson, North Carolina State University
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm	Reception - Courtyard

Friday, October 19, 2007

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Posters Displayed - Location: The Loft

Session 1: Diversity, Physical Activity, and Health Disparities

8:00 am – 8:30 am	Diversity in Public Health Antronette Yancey, University of California, Los Angeles
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Determinants / Correlates of Health Disparities Robert Newton, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
9:00 am – 9:30 am	Physical Activity Disparities Sandra Ham, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:30 am – 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am	BREAK

Session 2: Physical Activity and Subpopulations

10:00 am - 10:30 am	Women and Physical Activity Barbara Ainsworth, Arizona State University
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Older Adults and Physical Activity Waneen Spirduso, University of Texas
11:00 am – 11:30 pm	Individuals with Disability and Physical Activity Jim Rimmer, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:30 am – 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch (Provided)

Session 3: Measurement Issues in Diversity Research

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Reliability Issues in Physical Activity and Fitness Measurement Allan Jackson, University of North Texas
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Perspectives on Differential Item Functioning Allan Cohen, University of Georgia
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Technology, Physical Activity, and Hard-to-Reach Populations Robert Newton, Jr., Pennington Biomedical Research Center
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	BREAK
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm	Cross-Cultural Instrument Translation and Validation Ronald Hambleton, Unversity of Massachusetts - Amherst
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Discussion

Session 4: Town Meeting - Building Research Collaboration with Diverse Communities

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm	Content, Culture, and Communication: Going to the Next Level - Georita Frierson and Merly Mathew, The Cooper Institute; Andrew Sprinter, University of Texas School of Public Health - Austin Regional Campus; Kymm Ballard, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm	Discussion

Saturday, October 20, 2007

8:00 am - 2:30 pm: Posters Displayed - Location: The Loft

Session 5: Dose-Response Issues in Diversity

8:00 am – 8:30 am	Overview William Haskell, Stanford University
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Walking for Health - Steps, Time, and Intensity Robert Pangrazi, Arizona State University
9:00 am – 9:30 am	Critical Measurement Issues in Dose-Response Research Weimo Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:30 am – 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am	BREAK

Session 6: Childhood Obesity Standards: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention versus FITNESSGRAM

10:00 am - 10:20 am	CDC Standards David Freedman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:20 am – 10:40 am	FITNESSGRAM Standards Timothy Lohman and Scott Going, University of Arizona
10:40 am – 11:30 pm	Debate and Discussion Matt Mahar, East Carolina University, (Facilitator)
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Lunch (Provided)

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm: Poster Session II (authors present) - Location: The Loft

Session 7: Culture, Environment, and Physical Activity

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Environment and Physical Activity Chanam Lee, Texas A&M University
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Energy Expenditure of Culturally-Specific Activities Karen Moy, Unversity of California at San Diego

Session 8: Closing - Discussion of the Issues Raised at the Symposium

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

James R. Morrow, Jr., University of North Texas (Moderator)