This webinar, sponsored by National Institute of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American College of Sports Medicine, and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research, will give an overview of physical activity as a multidimensional health behavior, an in-depth review of methods to measure active and sedentary behaviors by self-report, and explore the important issues when assessing physical activity in diverse populations. Register at www.nccor.org beginning July 6, 2010.
SUPPORTED BY
U.S. National Cancer Institute
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention
American College of Sports Medicine
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research

AGENDA
(All times are Eastern Daylight Time)

12:30pm-12:40pm
Introduction
Heather Bowles, National Cancer Institute

12:40pm-1:20pm
A framework for physical activity as a complex & multidimensional behavior
Kelley Pettee Gabriel, University of Texas Health Science Center
James Morrow, University of North Texas

1:20pm-2:00pm
A typology for linking self-report methods to study design & data modeling strategies
Barbara Sternfeld, Kaiser Permanente

2:00pm-2:40pm
A checklist for evaluating the validity and suitability of existing physical activity and sedentary behavior self-report instruments
Maria Hagströmer, Karolinska Institutet

2:40pm-3:00pm
Break

3:00pm-3:40pm
Language translation & cultural adaptation of self-report instruments for cross-cultural comparisons
Elva Arredondo, San Diego State University

3:40pm-4:20pm
Approaches to physical activity & sedentary behavior self-report instrument development
Louise Mâsse, University of British Columbia

4:20pm-5:00pm
Approaches to modeling the measurement error structure of self-report data
Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University

5:00pm-5:15pm
Closing comments
Heather Bowles, National Cancer Institute