Blue Zone Living and the Adventist Health Study: How Do We Translate What We Know?

Helen Hopp Marshak, Loma Linda University

Andrews University, Buller Hall

10:15 AM

Connecting the Dots after 30 Years: Lessons for Change in the Church from a School’s Transformation to Meet the Mandates of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

Ella Simmons, SDA General Conference

Andrews University, Buller Hall

10:15 AM

The Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect on Health Risk Behaviors and the Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health of Survivors

Katia Reinert, General Conference Health Ministries

Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

10:15 AM

The More Abundant Life: Seventh-day Adventist Views on Health, Healing, Wellness, and Prevention

Peter Landless, SDA GC Health Ministries

Andrews University, Buller Hall

10:15 AM

Twenty-five Years of Public Health Policy and Interventions in Berrien County

Nikki Britten, Berrien County Health Department

Andrews University, Buller Hall

1:00 PM

When It’s Not Good News, Does Our Data Make a Difference?: SDA Intimate Partner Violence Research

René Drumm, University of Southern Mississippi

Andrews University, Buller Hall

1:00 PM

Communities on the Move: Pedestrian-Oriented Zoning as a Facilitator of Adult Active Travel to Work in the United States

Jamie Chriqui, University of Illinois at Chicago

Andrews University, Buller Hall

2:00 PM

Marijuana Liberalization Policies: The Importance of Evaluating the Impact of State Laws in the United States

Rosalie Pacula, RAND Corporation

Andrews University, Buller Hall

2:00 PM

Stability and Change in Perceived Risk Associations with Binge Drinking and Marijuana Use among US Young Adults: A National Study, 1990-2016

Yvonne Terry-McElrath, University of Michigan

Andrews University, Buller Hall

2:00 PM

Parental and Religiosity Factors and Adolescent Sexual Risk-Taking among Older Adolescents in the Anglophone/Latin Caribbean

Karen Flowers, SDA General Conference

Andrews University, Buller Hall

3:30 PM

Role of Religiosity in Alcohol Consumption Among Christian College Students: A Mixed Method Approach

Alina Baltazar

Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

3:30 PM

Seventh-day Adventist Opinions on Same-Sex Attraction and Same-Sex Unions

Curtis VanderWaal, Andrews University

Andrews University, Buller Hall

3:30 PM

“Adventist Millennials: Measuring Emerging Adults Connection to Church”

Douglas Jacobs, Southern Adventist University
Chelsy Tyler, General Conference--Adventist Missions

9:00 AM

Data for Decisions: A Survey on Biblical Language Training and the Future of Pastoral Education

Angelika Kaiser, Andrews University
J. Amanda McGuire-Moushon, Andrews University

9:00 AM

Student Perception of Biblical Worldview and Personal/Professional Impact of the SAU Higher Education Biblical Foundation Course Design Model

Lilly Tryon, Southern Adventist University
Ronda Christman

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

9:00 AM

An Assessment of Maternal Mortality in Papua New Guinea: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Approach

Jennifer Litau, Pacific Adventist University

10:30 AM

Student’s Understand Their Care Role and Have the Ability to Provide Care Following a Multi Patient Collaborative Practice Simulation

Barbara James, Southern Adventist University
Ronda M. Christman, Southern Adventist University
Christina Shrode, Southern Adventist University
Laura Racovita-Szilagyi, Southern Adventist University
Caroline T. McArthur, Southern Adventist University
Sonia Wrate, Southern Adventist University
Christy Showalter, Southern Adventist University
Leslie Ann Schwarazer, Southern Adventist University
Michael Liedke, Southern Adventist University
Christine A. Moniyung, Southern Adventist University
Jill Buchholz, Southern Adventist University

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

10:30 AM

The Association of the Cumulative/Lifetime Duration of Breast Feeding and the Development of Post Menopausal Breast Cancer. Results from Adventist Health Study - 2.

Sozina Katuli, Andrews University
Synove Knutsen Dr, Loma Linda University
raymond Knutsen Dr., Loma Linda University
Ronald Mataya Dr., Loma Linda University
Oda Keiji, Loma Linda University
Gary Frasier Dr., Loma Linda University

Andrews University, Buller Hall

10:30 AM

Church Membership Survey 2017: Inter-European Division

Zenobia Niculita, Adventus University
Roxana Parschiv, Adventus University
Brindusa Covaci, Adventus University
Petr Cincala, Institute for Church Ministry, Andrews University

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

1:00 PM

Discovering the Needs of People at the 10/40 Window with Data Science

Germán H. Alférez, Montemorelos University
Ceila M. González, Montemorelos University

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

1:00 PM

“Just about Right”: Contrasting Views of Local Church Efforts in South Korea, China, and the Ukraine

Petr Cincala, Andrews University
Rene Drumm, University of Southern Mississippi

Berrien Springs, Andrews University

1:00 PM

Participatory Assessment and Planning: An Alternative Capacity Building Technology for Church Micro-Level Socio-Economic Transformation

James Kaggya, Central Uganda Conference of SDA Church Uganda Union

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

2:15 PM

Student’s Perceptions of Spiritual Preparedness and Contribution to their Community Following An Emergency Preparedness Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Simulation

Elizabeth J. Scott, Southern Adventist University
Ronda M. Christman, Southern Adventist University
Sonia K. Wrate, Southern Adventist University
Rebecca Retzer, Southern Adventist University
Laura Racovita, Southern Adventist University
Faith A. Laughlin, Southern Adventist University
Leslie Ann Schwarazer, Southern Adventist University
Cynthia F. M. Gettys, Southern Adventist University
Maureen Baksh-Griffin, Cleveland State Community College

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

2:15 PM

Validating Organizational Effectiveness: Exploring Criteria for Exemplary and Outstanding Local Conferences in the North American Division

Theodore Brown, Oakwood University

2:15 PM

Data Make a Difference! (Sometimes)

David Sedlacek, Andrews University
Rene Drumm
Alina Baltazar
Duane McBride

Andrews University, Buller Hall, Newbold Auditorium

3:45 PM

Domestic Violence, Cognition and the Church

Melissa Ponce-Rodas, Andrews University
Karl Bailey, Andrews University

3:45 PM

Social Bonding/Integration and Alcohol Use in the Chinese Union of Seventh-day Adventists

Duane C. McBride, Andrews University

Andrews University

3:45 PM