| Preliminary Program subject to change | ||
| Multidisciplinary Approach to Weight Management for Survivors of Sexual Abuse | ||
| Structure | Professional Preparation | |
| Description | The increasing obesity rate is an area of concern for school/community health educators, classroom teachers, fitness professionals, and health practitioners. This presentation provides an overview of the association between obesity and child sexual abuse (CSA). A model of intervention using a multidisciplinary approach to weight management addresses the need to identify psychosocial issues faced by this population. Participants will benefit by: 1) increasing awareness of the obesity-CSA association and 2) becoming more equipped to systematically address the link between CSA and food/weight-related issues within target populations. Recommendations will assist professionals in discussing eating/weight issues that may have roots in CSA. | |
| Presider: | Jane Roy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL | |
| Speakers: | Retta R. Evans, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Donna O. Burnett, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Barry C. Stephens, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Jane Roy, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL | |