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July 14, 2010 | Program Result
Evidence-based home visitation refers to voluntary programs that meet federally mandated requirements for family-focused services - prenatally through early childhood - delivered in the home environment.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Interventions to increase physical activity must address neighborhood factors related to traffic safety.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In a small study of the safety perceptions of inner-city Hispanic mothers and their children, mothers consistently rated their neighborhoods as less safe than their children and these maternal perceptions somewhat predicted the physical activity level of their children.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This simulation suggests that increases in walking that occur when people of lower socioeconomic status feel more positive about activity are difficult to maintain unless the environment is safe. Efforts to increase safety most effectively support walking in mixed-use neighborhoods.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Current methods for reporting students' BMI to parents do not seem to have an impact on pediatric obesity in California.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Parks are important to the well-being of children and adolescents they play an important role in increasing physical activity. This study assesses park use and park-based physical activity among children and adolescents, ages 0 to 18 in 2007.
September 25, 2009 | Issue Brief
Kids who are active and fit tend to perform better in the classroom.
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.
May 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This brief summarizes research on active transport to school, physical activity levels and health outcomes.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
While obesity rates have declined for California’s White and Asian youth since 2005, rates have leveled off or increased for other ethnic groups.