SBM 31st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

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Thu - Opening Keynote - Keefe

Thu - Panel Discussions 01, 02, 04

Thu - Master Lectures 01-02

Thu - Paper Sessions 01-09

Thu - Paper Sessions 10-18

Thu - Keynote Address - Crounse

Fri - Panel Discussion 07

Fri - Symposia 10-18

Fri - Keynote Address - Dishman

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Fri - Master Lectures 03-04 and Symposium 19

Fri - Presidential Symposium - You cannot choose this if you chose Symposium 19

Fri - Symposia 20-27

Fri - Keynote Address - Leventhal

Sat - Master Lectures 05-06

Sat - Paper Sessions 19-27

Sat - Paper Sessions 28-36

Sat - Closing Keynote - Baker

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Conference Objective 1: Summarize the role of behavioral medicine in today's changing health care environment

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Conference Objective 2: Identify recent advances in behavioral interventions for health improvement

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Identify common pitfalls found in grant applications

Evaluate and score a sample grant application

Identify and use NIH and other resources in research grant writing and submission

Identify key aspects for success in applying for NIH research grants

Discuss the history, conceptual basis, techniques and research concerning mindfulness meditation

Explain how to apply mindfulness meditation to obesity and substance abuse

Provide an overview of the current health IT “space”, specifically consumer and clinical health informatics, eHealth research and practice, national dialogue on health IT

Discuss consumer/patient-facing applications aimed at improving behavioral and health outcomes

Identify opportunities for behavioral science to enhance health IT research and practice, and health IT’s potential for enhancing behavioral science

Explain how to describe evidence-based assessments and interventions effectively in a 30-minute primary care appointment

Identify practical research effectiveness research strategies at a clinic, system or network level

Summarize the basic theory of latent variable mixture modeling as a means to study behavior change over time

Compare different types of longitudinal mixture models and how they can be applied

Explain how to apply the Mplus software for estimating and evaluating longitudinal mixture models

Explain why theories of learning are relevant to designing adult online learning programs

Describe the implications of self-determination theory for adult learning

Define goal-based scenario learning theory

State one example that illustrates how an on-line learning program can apply principles of learning science or motivational theory

Discuss the background and theory underlying Subliminal Therapy

Explain how to establish communication with unconscious process in identifiable ways

Cite ways to utilize communication to uncover problematic influences and to resolve those influences

Compare three approaches to the measurement of patient treatment preferences

Distinguish a health state description from a choice alternative attribute

Describe a strategy for using qualitative data from a focus group or an interview to generate the content of a patient preference measure from qualitative data

Identify two types of studies used to provide evidence for the construct validity of measures of patient preferences

Identify principles for evaluating meta analysis credibility

Discuss issues in search strategy and selection criteria

Review methodologic limitations of various strategies and techniques

Discuss key issues in meta analysis publication

Discuss the conceptual underpinnings of Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression

Outline the 12 session BATD protocol

Describe how to tailor BATD to depression co-morbid with a physical health condition

Discuss applications of BATD to co-morbid depression and physical health conditions in the literature

Discuss the continuum of early and late phase behavioral science translation research

Identify special issues of this research

Explain how to to address challenges and opportunities in translation research

Examine health implications of increasing automation in communications

Discuss social capital emerging as a strong indicator of health

Identify policy suggestions for promotion of social capital to improve public health

Identify key stakeholders in the quitline community of practice

Describe opportunities for applying lessons learned from the quitline community of practice to other areas of behavioral medicine

Identify ways to use the existing quitline infrastructure to test theories and interventions in public health and behavior change

Explain how to engage with quitline funders, service providers, evaluators, and researchers to develop collaborative research projects

Discuss how different cultural groups perceive illness and wellness

Identify the signs, symptoms, and behaviors associated with commonly encountered culture-bound syndromes including Susto and Nervios

Compare how different cultures treat various conditions

Describe the interactions between commonly used alternative remedies and prescribed medication

Explain the essential role of cultural responsiveness training for health professionals towards the elimination of health disparities

Explain how to implement experiential workshops in awareness, knowledge and skills associated with culturally responsive care

Practice self-assessment of awareness of cultural issues

Review materials and resources for creative curricula development

Describe the results of a real-time Practice Inquiry group

Identify small group collaborative tactics for blending ‘inputs to judgment” into patient interventions

Explain how to involve health team members in working with patients to explore/modify interventions and track responses

Identify how PI-like methods could help clinicians develop new skills for managing patient complexity and clinician uncertainty using health care teams in their home settings

Discuss Contemporary Social Conflict Theory’s potential implications for and applications to a variety of health situations

Compare various conflict management styles

Identify sources of further knowledge and training in CSCT

Describe the role of research in informing the policy process

Identify the end points that research can achieve in “informing” policy

List several recommendations for writing papers that attract attention from policy makers and policy stake holders

Cite case studies which exemplify the role of research in federal and state policy

Identify issues regarding the role of social support for long-term weight management

Describe improved psychometric assessment, consideration of multi-level influences and need for rigorous innovative clinical trials

Assess the psychometrics of perceived social support and sabotage scales for healthy eating and activity for family and friends

Distinguish between worksite cohesion, social capital, social support, and policy support related to weight loss

Examine the effects of enrolling dyads of overweight/obese adults on both the primary weight loss participant and the support partner

Discuss associations between forgiveness and health parameters

Describe the effects of forgiveness on self-reported health, cardiovascular reactivity and mortality

Identify sex differences in the mediation of forgiveness and health

Identify mechanisms of action that may convey the effects of forgiveness on mortality

Discuss the effect of apology on cardiovascular recovery

Summarize current research findings about the effects of smart growth community design on physical activity and obesity prevention

Analyze place-based physical activity, travel patterns, and space-time pathways such as 3-dimensional geo-visualization techniques

Describe the design and methods of a new randomized controlled trial to evaluate the health impact of smart growth principles used in community planning

Discuss current methods for analyzing GPS and activity data drawn from the literature of built environment, physical activity, transportation and geography research

Differentiate between the types of settings used for physical activity for children living in smart growth communities as compared to traditionally designed communities

Discuss the clinical implications of health disparities research to pediatric behavioral medicine

Evaluate the influence of parenting styles on chronic health management

Identify potential barriers of optimal control in racial minority groups, which can aid in preventing or slowing the development of health disparities

Explain how the interaction of SES and minority status affects HRH among adolescents with and without cancer

Identify social risk factors that place chronically ill children at an increased risk for negative developmental outcomes

Identify three biomarkers of behavior change

Differentiate between positive attention and negative attention (distraction)

Discuss the impact of self-regulatory effort in chronic pain conditions

Describe the role of cognition in risk for mortality

Discuss the applied clinical and practice implications of disparities in cancer pain and cancer pain management

Discuss ways in which racial disparities can act as barriers to pain management

List reasons for of greater levels of pain in black cancer survivors as opposed to whites

Describe how advocacy and policy activities address racial and ethnic disparities in management of cancer pain

Describe how PROMIS’s objectives facilitate the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL)

Explain how instrument characteristics can affect responses to self-reported measures

Summarize efforts to improve the design of pain and physical functioning measures for individuals with disabilities

Identify predominant conceptualizations of Fear of Recurrence

Describe the impact of physical symptoms on psychological adjustment and fear of recurrence

Define cognitive and affective aspects of fear of recurrence

Examine baseline psychological predictors of change in fear of recurrence

Identify methods for increasing participation rate of Latinas in a multiple-risk-factor intervention

Discuss the process of cultural adaptation of evidence-based interventions

Cite barriers and facilitators to participation and engagement in a culturally adapted, multiple-risk behavior change intervention

Describe the impact that new, emerging areas of scientific knowledge are having on behavioral medicine

Discuss novel technologies that are likely to impact behavioral medicine

Describe how career trajectories in behavioral medicine have changed and how they may change in the future

Outline ethical and moral issues that underpin the need to more broadly disseminate behavioral medicine

Summarize new SBM initiatives designed to prepare SBM members for the future

Describe the relationship between health impairment and suicide attempt status

Identify pain-related factors that predict suicidal ideation among chronic pain patients

Explain how to formulate effective treatment plans and risk management strategies among suicidal chronic pain patients

Identify critical decision points for graduate students in the research process

Describe several approaches to balancing multiple responsibilities as graduate student researchers

Explain how to apply approaches for working productively with a research mentor or thesis/dissertation committee

Explain the importance of behavioral interventions in the dental setting

Identify funding opportunities and research priorities of the NIDCR Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Branch

Discuss types of mistakes to avoid and what information to include to submit successfully-funded grant applications

Explain how immersive virtual reality may reduce pain experienced by severe burn patients during medical procedures by 35 to 50 percent

Describe how improving acute pain control nonpharmacologically could improve patients’ physical and psychological outcome

Describe how new technologies such as virtual reality may augment/amplify the effectiveness of Behavioral Medicine providers and/or reduce number of sessions needed

Discuss clinical, demographic, and psychosocial factors associated with risk for cancer-related fatigue

Describe the course of fatigue and depression that breast cancer survivors experience

Review the relationship between psychological sequelae of cancer-specific diagnoses and the development and progression of sleep disturbances in cancer survivors

Discuss the key role that perceived self-efficacy plays in a person with cancer’s ability to manage symptoms and how it impacts their physical functional status

Compare the underlying factor structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inventory in African American Elders to the underlying factor structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inventory in Non-Hispanic Whites

Explain how the intervention shows significant reductions in sexual risk-taking, decreased crystal methamphetamine use, and reduced depression

Identify the biggest improvements in quality of life for adults and the biggest improvements for adolescents as a result of substance treatment

Identify targetable variables for preventing OTC and prescription drug abuse

Describe how demographic factors may differentially impact individuals' motivations to take methamphetamine and how individuals respond to the drug

Identify novel behavioral interventions that reduce concomitant sexual risk behavior and crystal meth use, particularly in regards to poly-substance use patterns and depression

Discuss the importance of neighborhood foreclosure risk on the health of women who live in these areas

Explain the relationships identified using the mixed methods model discussed in the presentation

Examine associations among built environment neighborhood factors and reports of youth television watching by parents of children and adolescents and adolescents

Examine reliability of a new measure of PSD in the neighborhood

Discuss novel methodologies, such as growth mixture modeling, for exploring the impact of chronic social stressors on health outcomes over time

Cite recommendations for clinical practice designed to address honesty in the treatment relationship

Discuss recommendations that will help improve physician-patient achievement of diabetes treatment goals

Compare and contrast differences in the weight loss expectations of male and female physicians for male and female patients

Explain why providers may be confident in their obesity counseling skills but may not have high expectations for changes to result from their counseling

Describe where client preferences fit in the three circles model of evidence-based practice

Identify key areas for tailoring weight management programs for Latinos

Discuss recommendations for increasing effective communication and improving quality of care for clinicians who must overcome a linguistic barrier to provide care to Latina patients

Critique the appropriateness and relevance of existing evidence-based practice to rural Latinos

Assess the performance of the DASS in Hispanic young adults

Describe coping factors used by Latino immigrant men who experience perceived racism

Describe how characteristics of men's social environments influence their quality of life after being treated for prostate cancer

Evaluate whether improvements in coping skills mediate the effects of a telephone-based Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Intervention on disease-specific QOL

Estimate the size of the treatment effect of a multidisciplinary QOL intervention

Describe difficulties patients' experience in post-treatment health care

Identify three perceived barriers and facilitators to adherence to bladder cancer surveillance

Discuss the translation of behavior change theory into online activities

Explain how adding education, self-monitoring, and automated feedback to proven behavioral strategies can improve weight loss

Identify the practical issues involved in translating and implementing a web-based walking program into routine family medicine clinical care to improve disease management outcomes

Discuss the comparison of physical activity and enjoyment levels of children engaging in interactive dance video games compared to unstructured recess

Evaluate eHealth weight loss interventions in lower income, ethnically diverse populations

Describe the different approaches to calculate participation rate and the implications of each

Differentiate demographic, risk factor and clinical characteristics of those who enrolled in a VA weight management program compared to those who were eligible but did not enroll

Compare rates of weight loss and related health and behavior change between treatment groups at three, six, nine and twelve months

Discuss the effectiveness of an intervention that included group-based classes with parent-child dyads and automated telephone counseling on child body composition, weight, and health related quality of life

Describe the potential role of industry professional associations in the dissemination of evidence-based worksite health programs

Identify predictors of changes in trajectory patterns

Describe the extent to which HS personalized smoking cessation intervention was effective in helping teen smokers to quit smoking

Discuss the application of statistical mediation analyses to behavioral intervention trials

Identify values of detrimental outcomes related to PSE and obesity

Examine the differential impact of physician behaviors among African American and Caucasian teens on several measures of smoking behavior

Evaluate the GPAQ's sensitivity to physical activity intervention changes among Latinas

Explain the foundation for the design and evaluation of tailored interventions targeting exercise

Critique the TTM Processes of Change measure for regular exercise in an African American sample

Compare objective measurement of physical activity to self-report physical activity in obese adults from rural areas

Explain how public opinion is related to active living friendly policies

Explain why depression and anxiety predict faster decline in physical functioning over six months while controlling for sociodemographic background, medical covariates, and baseline physical functioning

Identify biomedical and psychosocial factors contributing to women's perceived health ratings

Discuss the role of maladaptive coping as a mediator of the association between stress and depression among heart failure patients

Describe the effects of a social support intervention for partners on patients’ and partners’ social support levels after a cardiac event

Review the current clinical and financial problems associated with exercise non-adherence among the hypertension population

Describe how theory has been integrated into behavioral cancer screening interventions funded by the National Cancer Institute

Describe possible underlying causes of racial/ethnic differences in breast and colon cancer

Discuss the sociodemographic, health-related, and behavioral correlates of unrealistic optimism and unrealistic pessimism

Describe the capacity of website content to reach cancer survivors and inform them of their health risks and behavior options

Outline the theoretical framework and procedures used to develop and test the provider-recommended screening with follow-up telephone barriers counseling intervention

Describe attitudes toward engaging in sexual behaviors held by African American middle school girls

Identify influences of cultural variables on sexual risk behaviors

Evaluate the effects of each identified latent variables on adolescents’ number of sexual partners by gender and by ethnicity

Identify and describe the outcomes of disclosure of genital high-risk HPV infection by sexually active young men to their female sex partners

Summarize the research suggesting that mindfulness may be beneficial for female sexual functioning

Contrast the effects of massage verses guided imagery on the affective response to experimentally induced electrical stimulation pain

Describe the positive relationship between body awareness (BA) and premenstrual symptom severity reports (PMSR)

Describe calligraphy therapy and treatment

Describe effect of calligraphy therapy in generating theta waves

Explain how people with diabetes who use CAM differ from those who do not on measures of health activities, health perceptions, and perceptions of their medical care

Identify which maternal communication behaviors are related to better outcomes in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Discuss the mechanism through which diabetes-specific family conflict negatively impacts the glycemic control of adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Discuss the relationship between parent and adolescent daily affect adolescent blood glucose in teens with Type 1 diabetes

Identify moderating influences of diabetes control perceptions

Explain the relationship of behavioral and psychosocial functioning with regimen adherence and glycemic control of youth with type 2 diabetes

Describe associations between cancer patient-caregiver smoking concordance and mental and physical quality of life for both parties

Discuss the feasibility of conducting group cognitive behavioral therapy plus transdermal nicotine patches to African American smokers

Explain how a smoking cessation intervention may potentially impact other health risk behaviors

Identify process variables that influence outcomes in a phone and phone/web program

Describe the association between psychiatric history and smoking

Assess trends in HPV knowledge

Describe the association between personal relevance of HPV risk and information seeking about the HPV vaccine

Evaluate findings on HPV vaccinations by primary care physicians in underserved communities

Discuss the effectiveness of persuasive messages, following prospect theory, to promote intentions to vaccinate daughters against the Human Papillovavirus (HPV)

Describe how outcome frames affect men's HPV vaccination willingness

Explain how formative process evaluation in the PATH trial has incorporated both quantitative and qualitative data collected by evaluators to improve intervention implementation and outcome

Evaluate the acceptability of healthy snacks by middle school students participating in an afterschool homework program

List predictors of dietary change and maintenance among very low-income Latinas

Describe the effects of the restaurant intervention on customer ordering behavior

Discuss the reliability of Walk Score

Assess the market forces and population dynamics that are shifting healthcare to a more consumer-oriented industry

Explain how software and the Net will impact the delivery of primary care, access to services, cost, and quality

State why information technology contributes to a more knowledge-driven healthcare system and improves decision making

Describe how remote monitoring and advanced communication and collaboration technologies are making healthcare more accessible and helping to lower costs

Describe the impact of a more global healthcare economy and how it is contributing to the rise of “medical tourism”

Identify graduate student funding mechanisms for behavioral medicine research available through the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation

Outline the grant review process

Evaluate the elements of a successful grant application

Describe how collaboration between multi-site research teams can develop measures and methods that can help inform the public and policy debate on population health policies

Explain how consumers estimate calories purchased from fast food restaurants and how this changes with labeling

Describe the average caloric value of fast-food purchases by food type and customer demographics

Discuss the aspects of the restaurant environment evaluated by the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) - Restaurant tool

Examine longitudinal trajectories in chronic illness outcomes across adolescence

Identify the patterns of change in glycemic control over adolescence among those with type 1 diabetes

Distinguish three aspects of parental involvement in the context of adolescents' chronic illness management

Identify differences in the relationship between motivation and responsibility for adolescents with and without spina bifida

Discuss health behaviors and physiological differences that have been empirically related to impulsivity and delay discounting

Describe the theoretical relations between delay discounting and impulsivity, as well as the conceptual relation between these constructs and poor health behavior

List the relevant risk factors and behavioral patterns among rural persons living with HIV

Discuss the aspects of tanning behavior that are influenced by an impulsive personality pattern

Cite unique and common biopsychosocial factors underlying health disparities between gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities

Identify gaps in the scientific literature and identify areas of future research that will improve the healthcare of gay and bisexual men

Discuss multiple issues that create barriers to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment among lesbian and bisexual women

Describe the role of mental health professionals in facilitating access to care and reducing health disparities among transgender individuals

Outline the potential utility of multiple levels of analysis when examining health-related behaviors, including several different types of methods and statistics conducive to this approach

Disucss structural and individual factors explaining the efficacy on the HIV interventions in Latin American and Caribbean countries

Discuss the utility of daily diary methodology in modeling health behaviors and dynamic psychological processes, such as acculturation

Discuss the importance of considering the simultaneous and multiplicative effects of risk-related personality traits and their modification by gender and ethnicity in models of adolescent substance use

State the limitations of current practices for achieving good control in type 2 diabetes

Evaluate the role of behavioral factors in diabetes control

Discuss the impact of a behavioral intervention on underserved ethnic minority patients

Identify several ecological levels to be considered in an ecological-behavioral approach to program development

Assess the extent to which success with one risk factor increases or decreases the chances of success with other risk factors

Explain how to integrate the Transtheoretical Model with transfer and compensation theory

Explain how to utilize the co-variation approach such that it produces the greatest impact with the least demands on participants

Identify characteristics of tailored print communications and motivational interviewing that may be used to address multiple health behaviors in interventions

Describe the importance of accounting for the effectiveness of partner support attempts when investigating the effects of partner support on HSCT patients

Discuss the impact of patient pain and mood on spousal support and relationship quality

Identify physiological and behavioral correlates of protective buffering among cancer caregivers

Describe a new couples' intimacy enhancing intervention for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners

Describe current research findings regarding quality of life among Hispanic cancer survivors with an emphasis on culturally-relevant constructs

Identify potential targets for psychosocial interventions in cancer survivorship among Hispanic populations

Explain the concordance between Latina breast cancer patients’ and their primary support family members’ perceived barriers to cancer treatment

Discuss findings on the predictors of depression among low-income Latina cervical cancer patients, with special attention to culturally salient constructs

Identify technologies offering home and community based practices

Evaluate ways of improving quality of life and lower health care costs by moving beyond hospital and clinic centric practice

Explain how consumer-controlled personal health records and medical device connectivity are impacting health and healthcare delivery

Identify funding opportunities in behavioral medicine research

Discuss successful strategies for increasing the likelihood of funding

Compare and contrast funding from the perspectives of the funder, the reviewer and the applicant

Explain disparities and barriers to participation in clinical trial research

Identify useful and applicable solutions to eliminating disparities and barriers to inclusion in clinical trial research

Describe common issues faced in early career stages in seeking to achieve a successful work/life balance, across work settings and lifestyles

Discuss the critical role that institutional practices and policies can play in supporting work/life balance issues

Evaluate evidence for depression as a risk factor for heart disease

Identify biobehavioral mechanisms responsible for the association of depression and heart disease

Cite the benefits of treating depression with cognitive behavior therapy, medication, and exercise

Explain how overlap among psychological traits and disorders may have different consequences for cardiac risk and adaptation

Discuss why different manifestations between males and females may influence both treatment seeking for cardiac symptoms and the degree to which they receive aggressive treatments

Describe the range of factors involved in the heterogeneous diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome

Cite the key elements of an integrated chronic disease management program for individuals with chronic pain and concomitant mood and substance use disorders

Describe the VHA’s stepped care model of pain care and its implications for expanding the role of primary care providers in the management of common pain conditions

Discuss of the psychological factors underlying comprehension of genetic risk information

Describe the effect of information interpretation on emotional processes and vice versa

Review alternative ways of presenting probabilistic risk information

Identify specific genetic, physiological, and psychosocial risk factors that predispose a person to the development of chronic pain

Discuss the possible neurophysiological and neuropsychological changes associated with chronic pain

Summarize research that examines links between pain and addiction

Discuss the problems associated with the transition from pediatric to adult care of chronic illnesses

List the limitations of current transition models and assessment tools

Cite problems with disease management during the transition from pediatric to adult care for adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Evaluate both the transfer out of pediatrics and transitioning health care responsibilities from caregivers to patients in liver transplant recipients

Identify potential interventions to address the multiple factors associated with the increased cervical cancer burden among women living in Appalachia

Describe factors associated with the increased burden of cervical cancer among women living in Ohio Appalachia

Describe the factors that contribute to increased smoking rates among women living in Appalachia

Describe the prevalence of the different HPV types among women living in Appalachia

Describe the reactivity hypothesis as applied to religious motivation

Explain the potential for race to moderate the spirituality-depression link

Discuss the role of existential and spiritual issues as well as inflammation in the mental health comorbidity of cardiac patients

Discuss current family-centered interventions across a broad range of health topics

Discuss perceived barriers and benefits to participating in psychosocial clinical trials

Describe the theoretical rationale and challenges of providing a stress management and coping enhancement intervention to the child with cancer, his/her parents and siblings

Assess the findings of an informal discussion with a grandmother support group regarding their needs for knowledge and resources to enable grandmothers to raise their teen granddaughters successfully

Discuss mechanisms for the relationship between diabetes, depression and lifestyle

Discuss the evidence for and against mechanisms that may explain the relationship between depression and worse diabetes outcomes

Describe the bidirectional adverse interactions between depression and diabetes

Describe the co-occurrence of depression, obesity and sedentary life-styles among people with diabetes

Describe innovative ways to reach large groups of older adults to engage in health promotion activities

Define function focused care

Describe effective interventions to increase physical activity among stroke survivors

Describe the use of a theory based osteoporosis prevention and management program for older adults

Summarize major theoretical and research perspectives on stress and coping with chronic illness

Identify the problems with traditional measure of emotion-focused coping

Evaluate whether melanoma genetic testing promotes prevention and screening behaviors in high-risk patients

Critique the evidence for whether congruence among partners’ coping strategies is necessary for better adaptation to illness

Apply cognitive science perspective on the processes involved in how patients manage chronic illness

Describe cognitive and neuroscience theory and findings that underlie the above processes

Discuss the implications of the models for descriptive and intervention studies

Discuss how behavioral health, prevention and wellness are addressed in the pending health reform legislation

Compare new concepts of community prevention and how they relate to improved health outcomes and cost containment

Summarize observation studies on family environmental factors that formed the basis for experimental intervention studies for functional abdominal pain in children

Compare the strategies used and outcomes obtained on family environmental studies for children with functional abdominal pain

Describe key practical issues and considerations which influence the uptake and dissemination of school-based PA models

Describe the roles that different sectors play in the adoption of physical activity programs

Identify the factors that facilitated the implementation of AS! BC HE

Explain how a community organizing strategy can produce sustainable changes in community-based programs and practices that promote older adult physical activity

Explain how to make informed adaptations that do not violate the principles of a group dynamics-based physical activity program

Evaluate the weight change results from a two-year intervention to change diet and exercise in hotel workers

Discuss the methodology of a worksite health promotion study to motivate ethnic minority hotel workers to control their weight

Describe effects of a group-mediated cognitive-behavioral weight loss intervention on self-regulatory eating self-efficacy as compared to exercise only or a successful aging education control group

Name the psychological and motivational factors involved in successful weight loss

Describe the iMom intervention components

Summarize the results of a randomized, controlled trial comparing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a sample of patients with chronic pain

Describe mediators of RA improvement resulting from the intervention

Explain the importance of parent behaviors in predicting fear-avoidance and functional disability

Determine whether affective disturbances (depression, anxiety, hostility) account for the association between Borderline Personality Disorder features and pain complaints

Discuss the differential influence of psychiatric comorbidity on migraine-related disability and severity

Derive symptom profiles through latent class analysis

Discuss the physical and emotional functioning of caregivers in HCT

Evaluate the incremental improvement in child and parent well-being obtained by combining parent and child targeted complementary interventions

Compare both unadjusted study outcomes as well as outcomes adjusted for potential confounding variables

Describe correlates of non-adherence to the multi-component post-HSCT medical regimen

Evaluate whether insurance coverage for diabetes self-management programs is related to the presence of a state law or mandate for self-management coverage

Describe the response to childhood obesity initiatives of parents of overweight and not-overweight children

Describe the influence of parental concern about child weight on health behaviors aimed at improving family health and reducing childhood obesity

Identify park amenities that attract middle school aged youth park use in a rural community

Describe physical education policy on gender issues related to physical activity

Examine the association of CSA with current sexual risk-taking in an adult sample of HIV-infected individuals in treatment for IV drug use

Describe interventions aimed at reducing sexual risk behavior among HIV-positive MSM

Discuss ways that HIV prevention intervention research can be conducted in a manner that considers the differential needs of Latino MSM

Compare relationships between demographic, HIV-illness, self-efficacy, substance use, sex partner variables and disclosure

Evaluate whether the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a useful measure for needs assessments and program evaluation related to HIV prevention efforts

Describe components of a motivationally-enhanced, stage-of-change matched cardiac rehabilitation program for women

Describe the results of a stroke self-management pilot study

Cite ways to improve adherence and compliance to a prescribed dosage regimen

Describe what can be done to more closely match physician and patient health beliefs

Discuss the mediating role of self-efficacy

Investigate parent-child sharing of diabetes care responsibility in early adolescence

List the factors related to illness intrusiveness for different members in families where a child has DM1

Discuss paternal parenting stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety level, marital satisfaction, and sleep as they relate to fathers' perception of their involvement in disease care

Describe the impact of diabetes management on parent sleep duration and quality

List the factors related to a high HRQL in a cohort with prediabetes

Assess potential interaction effects between age and race on QOL

Debate whether area-level (geographic) factors are associated with breast cancer patients' experience of depression before and after diagnosis

Identify associations among relevant biological, behavioral and social variables contributing to increased breast cancer morbidity and mortality among African American women

Summarize the research on decision-making regarding breast reconstruction

Describe the impact that perception of discrimination can have on patient outcomes

Describe different approaches to tailoring health risk communication messages to African Americans

Compare the utility of two different appearance-based interventions for altering UV-related behaviors

Describe the potential impact of genomic and non-genomic risk feedback information on melanoma first degree relatives'(FDRs) personal risk attributions for melanoma

Name psychological factors that may account for changes in adherence

Discuss the feasibility of delivering a video intervention via the Internet

List the mechanisms that explain the relationship between daily self-weighing and weight loss

Debate whether outcome expectations regarding a diet’s effects on perceived shape and appearance are related to subsequent weight regain among women in a randomized weight loss trial

Name the theoretical and conceptual principles informing the development and application of MB-EAT

State which dimensions of parent mealtime action best explain variance in children's weight and diet status

Describe the relation of changes in weight-related behaviors and hedonic hunger to change in body weight

Describe the effects of a physical activity intervention on physical activity behavior, self-efficacy, anxiety and depression among college students receiving mental health counseling

List several motivation and behavior skills for increasing physical activity

Explain how a self-paced exercise program elicits higher physical demands than an interactive gaming condition

Examine the effect of planning on structured and unstructured physical activity among families

Describe the effects of a theoretically-driven evidence-based intervention on changing students' self-determined motives

Evaluate the efficacy of using web-based genetic risk information for reducing alcohol use

Identify psychological factors related to binge drinking over time

Assess the degree to which Veterans may be associated with alcohol-related problems

Describe how gender can moderate the relationship between depression and drinking

Cite methodological problems that may contribute to the inconsistent outcomes across studies

Assess whether distributed learning technologies could be used effectively to teach medical students behavior change counseling skills

Cite specific examples of behaviors that facilitate mentoring for URM students

Explain how to inform the “research imagination” so that users can conceive of progressive but feasible studies

Describe current training needs for graduate students in the area of integrated primary care

Identify aspects of motivational interviewing interventions that are likely to lead to treatment success, including interventionist qualifications and treatment duration

Describe how spiritual/religious capital is associated with physical and emotional functioning

Evaluate the discriminant validity of separate factors measuring Meaning and Peace on the FACIT-Sp

Identify situations that trigger the stress response in veterans with chronic PTSD

Discuss how both social and religious support uniquely contribute to physical and emotional functioning

Evaluate the relationship between changes in spirituality and mood in participants completing MBSR training

Identify demographic characteristics and negative affective responses that may be associated with attrition in a large NIAID-funded behavioral intervention designed to reduce sexual risk-taking among young men who have sex with men

Summarize efficacy outcome data for this intervention program

Discuss the flexibility of intervention authoring software for behavioral medicine

Summarize HIV disparity message findings and tools

Explain how gender, stigma, perceived social norms about testing, and sexual risk might additionally affect past VCT uptake

Discuss the role of exercise and its role in the management of impaired sleep quality in cancer patients

Discuss the relationship of loneliness with the levels of two important proangiogenic cytokines, measured using the immunohistochemical procedures

Explain the relationship between pre-surgical cortisol output and elevated post-surgical leukocyte count

Debate whether prenatal social enrichment can attenuate effects of PNS

Identify associations between activation and coping, psychosocial functioning, and objective measures of executive function

List the persistence of side effects of cigarette smoking following cancer treatment

Describe how genetic variation in CYP2A6 affects smoking initiation, duration and cessation

Examine changes in the prevalence and correlates of smokers' internet use from 2003 to 2007

Discuss the similarities of pregnant smokers to other women who smoke and the potential implications for treatment development and dissemination

Evaluate differences in sleep problems between women who do and do not maintain smoking cessation

List the challenges that smokers face when trying to quit smoking

Outline reasons for adopting a phase-based framework for analyzing interventions

Describe the treatments that have been shown to be effective at the various cessation phases

Identify the challenges that face the field as it tries to develop even more effective smoking cessation interventions

By meeting the above objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective, my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Conference Objective 4: Examine strategies for the application of evidence-based research in clinical practice and health programs

By meeting the above objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective, my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Conference Objective 5: Evaluate new interdisciplinary approaches to education and training in behavioral medicine

By meeting the above objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective, my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Conference Objective 6: Discuss scientific ideas on a cross-disciplinary level with colleagues

By meeting the above objective, my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective, my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective, my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Please evaluate the following:

Online abstract submissions

Pre-registration brochure

Conference information - online

Meeting registration - online

Meeting registration - onsite

Poster sessions - overall quality

Poster sessions - length

Paper sessions - overall quality

Paper sessions - length

Individual papers - length

Symposia - overall quality

Symposia - length

Exhibits

Hotel quality/Comfort of rooms

Networking opportunities

Service by the SBM staff

Overall meeting experience

Please answer the following:

Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

Was the educational content free of commercial bias?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?

If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.

Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room (other places do not matter) while you attended this educational activity?

If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please explain.

How much did you learn as a result of this educational program?

What did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient outcomes?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient problems or patient challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?

What problems are your patients communicating to you that need attention or follow-up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

Would you be willing to pay a seminar attendance fee?

If so, what is the maximum amount that you would be willing to pay?

What additional features would you recommend adding to the poster sessions, if any?

A main goal of the annual meeting is to provide opportunities for networking. Do you have suggestions for how we could improve this aspect of the meeting?

Please suggest companies or organizations we may want to invite to exhibit at future annual meetings. (Please separate each with a comma ",")

Please suggest organizations that you would like to see SBM join with for future annual meetings. (Please separate each with a comma ",")

What cities would you most like to see as future SBM sites? (Please separate each with a comma ",")

Do you plan to attend next year's annual meeting in Washington, DC?

Please provide any and all suggestions for improving the annual meeting. We welcome your input!

How many SBM annual meetings have you attended?

How did you find out about this year's meeting? Check all that apply.

If you answered "Other" to the above question, please elaborate:

If you answered "Other" to the above question, please tell us what other association(s) you belong to:

What professional conferences or conventions will you attend in calendar year 2010 other than SBM? (Please separate each with a comma ",")

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