Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
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Sandy Slater

Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Biography

Dr. Slater is a research assistant professor in the School of Public Health. She has been working on research in the Health Policy Center, especially the Bridging the Gap project, since 1997. Her research interests focus on community-level studies designed to examine and reduce modifiable risk factors such as physical inactivity, obesity, tobacco use and substance abuse in minority and underserved populations.

Publications

How Well Do Adolescents Know Their Local Parks? Test-Retest Reliability and Validity of an Adolescent Self-Report Park Survey for Diverse Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods

Background: The study aimed to develop a self-report park survey tailored to underserved populations at risk of obesity (low income urban youth), and to determine the feasibility and reliability of collecting park measures from memory. Methods: Sixth through 8th grade students were recruited from two purposively selected urban schools (one predomin... Read More»

Sandy Slater, Kelsie Full, Marian Fitzgibbon and Myron F Floyd

Research Article: J Child Adolesc Behav 2013, 1: 108

DOI: 10.4172/2375-4494.1000108

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