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courses of action (Kozel, Kane, Rogers, & Hammes, 1995). This
approach fosters a shared vision, alternative solutions and strategies
for influencing pre-decision systems, and increasing media salience
for “sustained” action. The bi-national interdisciplinary research team
examined agenda-setting processes and how the health agenda in the
Paso del Norte Region is determined. Using quantitative and qualitative
data collection, the research focused on identifying deficiencies in
the border area’s public health systems, infrastructure and channels for
working toward the bi-national objectives in the Healthy Border 2010
initiative (U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, 2003). Studying
HPA-S in applied locations enhances the evidence basis for health
promotion researchers and practitioners for ways forward to improve
health promotion leadership, advocacy, and policy development within
regions where cultures, systems and economies are complex and
interrelated. Key words: Agenda-setting processes and systems, health
education practice, leadership, advocacy, policy development, health
disparities Acknowledgements The project described was supported
by a grant from the Paso del Norte Health Foundation, the Center
for Border Health Research. Its contents are solely the responsibility
of the authors and do not necessary represent the official views of the
funding agency. In memoriam we recognize Drs. William M. Kane
and Everett M. Rogers as grant collaborators, and mentors.
31. Relationships between behavioral and motivational systems
and physical activity, body composition and blood pressure
Janeth Sanchez, MPH, Department of Public Health, New Mexico
State University; Rebecca Palacios, New Mexico State University
Background: The Behavioral Approach System (BAS) and the
Behavioral Inhibition Systems (BIS) are two learning motivational
systems (Grey, 1981; Carver & White, 1994) that have been used to
study and predict behavior and affect. Past studies have shown that
individual differences in these two systems are related to certain
health risk behaviors. This study examined the relationship between
trait motivational tendencies, Carver & White BIS and BAS survey
(CWBB) and the behavior-specific motivational tendencies, Physical
Activity-Specific BIS and BAS survey (PABB), to physical activity,
body composition, and blood pressure among college students.
Methodology: A total of 552 students enrolled at New Mexico State
University were recruited to participate in an online survey. The survey
consisted of the CWBB scales which contained four subscales (Drive,
Reward, Punishment, and Impulsivity), the PABB scales with seven
subscales (BAS: Reward, Impulsivity, Drive, Positive Emotion, and
BIS: Punishment, Frustrative Non-Reward, and Negative Emotion),
and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). A
subsample of the participants also completed a body composition to
obtain % body fat, BMI, waist and hip circumference measurements,
as well as assess blood pressure by obtaining systolic and diastolic
measurements. Results: Bivariate correlational analysis showed that
PABB scales were significantly related to actual physical activity, body
composition, and blood pressure, while the CWBB survey questions
were not. Body composition measures for body fat, BMI, and waist to
hip ration were inversely related to physical activity BAS subscales(all
r values < -.269, all p values < .05) and positively related to physical
activity BIS subscales(all r values > .275, all p values < .05). Blood
pressure was also inversely related to physical activity BAS subscales
(all r values < -.293, all p values < .05) and positively related to physical
activity BIS subscales (all r values < .354, all p values < .05). However,
physical activity was positively related to physical activity BAS subscales
(all r values > .157, all p values < .001) and inversely related to
physical activity BIS subscales (all r values < -.115, all p values < .01).
Discussion: When compared with Carver & White BIS and BAS
subscales, the Physical Activity-Specific subscales correlated stronger
with motivational tendencies towards physical activity and physical
health. Understanding the individual differences in behavior-specific
motivational tendencies among college students may assist in developing
effective behavioral interventions for groups at risk for obesity and
hypertension and therefore should be analyzed further.
32. *Strengthening our Evidence Based and our Approaches to
Publish Health Policy: Taking Advantage of Health Policy
Theory and Practice
Beth Stevenson, MPH, CDC, Diane Allensworth, PhD, CDC
Background: With the increasing interest among public health
educators in using policy, systems, and environmental approaches to
impact health, respectable strides have been made in learning how to
creatively identify potential policy interventions and in developing
a research base to measure the effectiveness of these interventions.
Theoretical Basis: As our field moves to embrace policy interventions,
many public health educators are finding the need for developing new
skills and identifying new tools to not just develop policy, but to have
a realistic understanding of what it will take to 1) make an evidencebased
decision on policy options, 2) successfully implement a new
health policy and 3) define how we can determine an expanded set of
criteria for measuring our success. Methods: This presentation explores
the challenges and the opportunities for health educators as we move
from programmatic to policy interventions. Using current literature
reviews on health policy approaches, key informant interviews with
health policy experts, and interviews with practitioners in both health
education and health policy this presentation will share the results of
the latest policy theorists and the latest practitioner tools for determining
best approaches for determining and implementing evidence
based health policy. By the end of this presentation, attendees will be
able to: 1. Describe the basis of policy analysis and policy evaluation
with an understanding of the needs for increasing our public health
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