Day 1, June 9 2015

Disparities in Health Promoting Environments: Physical Activity and Nutrition

Haifa University, Rabin Building (9^th floor Mizpor Rabin)

9:00-9:30

Gathering and refreshments

9:30-9:45

Moderator:

Orna Baron-Epel, Head of the School of Public Health, University of Haifa 

Introductions

Shai Linn, Dean of the Faculty  of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa

Orna Baron-Epel, Director of the School of Public Health, University of Haifa 

9:45-11:15

Keynote Address: Environmental factors that may contribute to disparities in health outcomes

9:45-10:30

Karen Glanz, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn),  

Food environments and health and nutrition disparities

10:30-11:15

Jim Sallis, University of California at San Diego (UCSD),

Environmental disparities related to physical activity and related health outcomes 

11:15-11:30

Coffee break      

11:30-12:30

Session 1: Disparities in health promoting environments – Nutrition

Moderator: Mel Hovell, San Diego State University (SDSU)

11:30-12:00

Karen Glanz,  UPenn, 

The impact of changing in-store marketing on sales of healthier foods: A study in low-income minority communities

12:00-12:30

Ronit Endvelt, The Israel Ministry of Health and the University of Haifa,

Nutrition insecurity and the built environment in Israel

12:30-13:30

Panel on disparities in nutrition environments and eating habits

Moderator: Dov Teshernichovsky, the Israeli Food Security Committee

Speakers (alphabetical order):

Dorit Adler, the Israeli Food Security Committee

Yosefa Cachal, Israel Ministry of Health

Karen Glanz, UPenn

Mel Hovell, SDSU 

13:30-14:10

Physical activity break + Lunch

Day 1 – cont.

14:10-15:40

Session 2: Disparities in health promoting environments – Physical Activity

Moderator: Ann Vernez–Moudon, University of Washington

14:10-14:30

Ann Vernez-Moudon, University of Washington,

Disparities in health promoting environment –  Physical Activity

14:30-15:00

Jim Sallis, UCSD 

Disparities in microscale characteristics of streetscapes and park quality

15:00-15:20

Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Ghent University

Does the built environment have the same impact on physical activity across all age groups?

15:20-15:40

Milka Donchin, Israel Healthy Cities Network and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Between and within cities disparities in heath and access to heath promoting environments

15:40-16:00

Coffee break

16:00-17:00

Panel and discussion on environmental and psychosocial disparities in physical activity

Moderator: Anat Geser-Edelsburg, University of Haifa

Speakers (alphabetical order):

Ilse De-Boulrdeaudhuij, Ghent University,

 Erica Hinckson, Auckland university of Technology

Diane Levine, Clalit Health Services and the University of Haifa

Niva Manor, Israel Ministry of Health

17:00-19:00

Free time

19:00

Dinner                                                      

Day 2, June 10 2015

Research on Health Promoting Environments: Challenges and Opportunities

Haifa University Rabin Building (9^th floor)

8:30-9:00

Gathering and refreshments 

9:00-11:00

Session 3: Methodological approaches to studying disparities in health promoting environments

Moderator: Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Ghent University

9:00-10:00

Ann Vernez-Moudon, University of Washington

 Detecting health disparities in built environment research

10:00-10:30

Abby King, Stanford University

Research to Action: Leveraging Information Technologies for Population-Wide Health Promotion

10:30-11:00

Mika Moran, University of Haifa

Exploring activity-friendly environments among different age groups

11:00-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-13:00

Session 4: Spatial analysis of health behaviors and disparities

Moderator: Ester Cerin, Deakin University and the University of Hong-Kong

11:15-12:00

Mel Hovell, SDSU

Measuring behaviors with emerging new real time technologies

12:00-12:30

Amit Birenboin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 Exploring our daily life spaces and momentary wellbeing using smart-phones.

12:30-13:00

Jasper Schipperijn, University of Southern Denmark

Use of GPS and accelerometer to study relationships between health behavior and environment

13:00-14:00

Physical activity break +Lunch

14:00-16:00

Concurrent Workshops

Ester Cerin, Deakin University and the University of Hong-Kong,

Analytical approaches to the study of obesogenic environments

Room 726, main building

Mel Hovell, SDSU,

How can the Behavioral Ecological Model help develop the environment to enhance health?

16:00-19:00

Tour of Haifa for international guests

19:00

Dinner

Day 3, June 11 2015

Strategies for Reducing Inequalities in Health Promoting Environments and Behaviors

Haifa University Library Auditorium (room 146)

8:30-9:00

Gathering and refreshments

9:00-10:00

Session 5: Opening session: Strategies for reducing inequalities in health promoting environments and behaviors – bottom-up approaches

Moderator: Jasper Schipperijn,  University of Southern Denmark

9:00-9:20

Abby King, Stanford University

Creating health promoting environments through PAR (Participatory Action Research)

9:20-9:40

Arza Churcnman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

The health benefits of participation in decision-making regarding the characteristics of the person’s neighborhood

9:40-10:00

Dafna Merom, University of Western Sydney

The performance of home-based interventions to increase walking in unsupportive environmental conditions

10:00-10:30

Coffee break

10:30-12:15

Session 6: Special populations session (low SES & minorities)

Moderator: Erica Hinckson, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

10:30-10:55

Pnina Plaut, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

The contribution of internet use to social disparities in obesity among adults

10:55-11:20

Orna Baron-Epel, University of Haifa

The Socioeconomic and spatial dimensions of adolescents` overweight and obesity: The case of Arab and Jewish towns in Israel

11:20-11:45

Arnon Ben-Israel, Kaye Academic College of Education

The spatiality of pioneering cyclists and brisk-walkers among Arab-Bedouin in the Negev

11:45-12:10

Jasper Schipperijn, University of Southern Denmark

 Effect of neighborhood renewal in a low SES neighborhood in Copenhagen

11:50-12:15

Erica Hinckson, Auckland University of Technology

 Physical activity is not play: perceptions of children and parents from deprived areas: Qualitative data

12:15-13:30

Physical activity break + Lunch

13:30-15:00

Session 7 Strategies for reducing inequalities in health promoting environments and behaviors – Top-down approaches

Moderator: Jim Sallis, UCSD

13:30-13:50

Jim Sallis, UCSD

Using environmental data to target interventions to high-risk areas: The example of bicycling safety

13:50-14:10

Dani Filc, Ben-Gurion University

Strategies for reducing inequalities in health: Structural inequalities and the limitations of health promotion

14:10-14:30

Nadav Davidovich, Ben-Gurion University

Dealing with health inequalities in Israel: Lessons from the Negev

14:30-15:00

Physical activity break + Coffee break

15:00-16:10

Closing Session on Future direction in research and interventions

Panel on strategies to reduce inequalities in HPE

Moderator: Orna Baron-Epel, the University of Haifa

Speakers (alphabetical order):

Ester Cerin, Deakin University and the University of Hong-Kong

Milka Donchin, Israel Healthy Cities Network and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

Ronit Endvelt, Israel Ministry of Health and the University of Haifa

Karen Glanz, UPenn

Erica Hinckson, Auckland university of Technology

Jim Sallis, UCSD

16:00-16:10

Concluding remarks

Orna Baron-Epel, University of Haifa

International Guest Speakers (alphabetical Order):

Abby King, Stanford University

Ann Vernez-Moudon, University of Washington

Dafna Merom, University of Western Sydney

Erica Hinckson, Auckland university of Technology

Ester Cerin, Deakin University and the University of Hong-Kong

Ilse De-Boulrdeaudhuij, Ghent University

Jasper Schipperijn, University of Southern Denmark

James F. Sallis, University of California at San-Diego

Karen Glanz, University of Pennsylvania

Mell Hovell, San Diego State University

Sandra J. Winter, Stanford University