Sponsored by:

UAB Center for Aging, AARP, UAB Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, & UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center

Organized by:
Julie L. Locher, PhD, MSPH Director, Public Policy and Aging Program (UAB) Bill Hawkins Associate State Director, Advocacy Outreach (AARP) Janet L. McCoy, MPA Program Administrator (UAB)

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
There is no cost for registration. However, please make sure that you register by May 10 because seating will be limited to 100 people. For your convenience, online registration begins April 2 at: http://forms.aging.uab.edu/hwc Or fax registration form to: Fax: (205) 975-5870

Hosted by:
P.E.E.R., Inc. (www.peerinc.org) P.E.E.R., Inc., founded in 2005, aims to empower a thriving, diverse community in the eastern area of Birmingham through resources for healthy living, learning, and working. All food for the conference will be prepared and served by the East Lake Community Kitchen, a new program of P.E.E.R., Inc. Eight chef-apprentices are enrolled in a four-month training program to learn commercial food preparation with fresh produce and other nutritious foods. Upon completion of the program, chef-graduates will be linked with permanent food service positions. The menu will include fresh produce from local farmers. The East Lake Community Kitchen is located in the East Lake United Methodist Church at the corner of 2nd Ave. S. and 78th St. There is ample parking and a professional security guard will be on duty for the event. Facilities are handicap accessible.

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Contact Information:
Janet L. McCoy, MPA 1530 3rd Avenue South CH19, Room 218A Birmingham, AL 35294-2041 Telephone: (205) 975-9622 Email: jlmccoy@uab.edu
May 18, 2012 8 : 0 0 AM - 1 : 3 0 P M East Lake Community Kitchen 7753 1st Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35206

Healthy Communities and Healthy People

What is the relationship between the environment and conditions and diseases ranging from obesity and diabetes to Alzheimers disease? How do where we live and what we breathe, eat, and do influence our health? How do transportation, walkability, safety and security, shopping, housing, health services, recreation and cultural activities, and a caring community contribute to healthy aging? How does Alabama compare with the rest of the nation in terms of being a Livable Community? How might The Birmingham Plan contribute to healthy aging? What are communities throughout the country and within the state of Alabama doing to better integrate older adults into the community? What can we learn from others that we might implement into our own communities to support healthy aging?

CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:00 - 8:25 am 8:25 - 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast Welcome and Introduction Julie L. Locher, PhD, MSPH Director, Public Policy and Aging Program, UAB Healthy Aging & The Environment Ted Schettler MD, MPH Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network AARP Livable Communities Initiatives Rodney Harrell, PhD Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

8:30 - 9:15 am

9:15 - 9:45 am

SPEAKERS
Reverend Sally Allocca is Founder and Executive Director of P.E.E.R., Inc. She also serves as Pastor of the East Lake United Methodist Church. Rev. Allocca has been a leader in Promoting Empowerment and Enrichment Resources in Birminghams communities. Ms. Sally Dover is the Program Coordinator for P.E.E.R., Inc. She played a key role in securing a grant from the USDAs Farmers Market Promotion Program. This grant has allowed P.E.E.R., Inc. to expand its community kitchen and farmers market and create a mobile farmers market that supports seniors. Dr. David R. Buys is a Post-doctoral Fellow with the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education. His work focuses on neighborhood disorder and disadvantage and health outcomes. He is also active locally in food security efforts.

Mr. Darrell Howard is the Deputy Director of Planning for the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham. He is responsible for administering the Birmingham metropolitan planning process and supporting the regions community planning efforts. Dr. Rodney Harrell is the Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for Housing and Livable Communities with the Public Policy Institute at AARP. He is responsible for developing AARPs policies on housing and livable communities issues and managing the housing research agenda. Dr. Ted Schettler is a physician and Science Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. He has worked extensively with nongovernmental organizations and community groups. He is co-author of Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging: With a Closer Look at Alzheimers and Parkinsons Disease. Dr. Joseph R. Sharkey is Professor and Director of the Program for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities at the Texas A & M Health Science Center School. His work focuses on issues related to inequities in food security across the lifespan and in diverse communities

9:45 - 10:15 am Nutrition, Aging, & Health Outcomes in Diverse Communities Joseph R. Sharkey, PhD MPH Professor, Texas A & M University 10:15 - 10:30 am Break 10:30 - 11:00 am Aging Matters in The Birmingham Plan Darrell Howard, AICP PTP Deputy Director of Planning, Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham 11:00 - 11:30 am P.E.E.R., Inc., A Model for Integrating Older Adults Into the Community David R. Buys, PhD Post-doctoral Fellow, UAB COERE Sally Dover, MPH Program Coordinator, P.E.E.R., Inc. Reverend Sally Allocca Founder and Executive Director, P.E.E.R., Inc. 11:30 - 12:00 pm Group Discussion 12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch & Awards Ceremony 1:30 pm Adjournment