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December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A community partnership in Nashville, TN, has succeeded in making physical activity part of daily life in large part because the group is led by the metro area's planning department and has enjoyed sustained political support through two mayoral administrations.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to identify perceived environmental factors that support or impede rural children's physical activity found a wide range of both barriers to and opportunities for physical activity, with a focus on rural-specific hindering factors.
December 20, 2012 | Program Result
Active Living Research is an ongoing national program to identify environmental factors and policies that can substantially increase levels of physical activity and to provide policy-makers with evidence about how to create more activity-friendly communities.
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
The Active Living Research program has made an important start in engaging underserved communities in efforts to increase physical activity on a population level. However, much remains to be done future efforts must focus on a bottom-up approach that will engage community members from the outset.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Although the successes of Active Seattle, a partnership of a pedestrian advocacy group and the City of Seattle's transportation and public health units, reflect citywide change that could increase walking over time, a local assessment reports there are still barriers that require the initiative to modify its methods and broaden its programmatic approach.
November 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
The impact of the built environment on patient outcomes and the role of nurses in designing health care facilities.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This supplement of the Journal of Adolescent Health presents research documenting trends towards healthier foods and more physical activity in schools. The authors acknowledge that a wide range of factors influence obesity's development, but policy and environment solutions may be the key to reversing the childhood obesity trend.
January 4, 2010 | Report
Knowledge Asset: This project sought to broaden the platform of public health work based on the recognition that land-use, transportation, economic development and redevelopment, and housing and education policies are all health policies.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Neighborhood street amenities such as sidewalk cafés, as well as fewer safety hazards may be associated with walking or active transportation.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines six selected graduate courses focused on the intersection of public health and the built environment. Based on the input from these successful courses, the authors present a model curriculum for a course combining issues of built environment and public health.