Speech Given by Dwayne Proctor, Ph.D., M.A. at the Healthy Congregations Conference 2010
October 9, 2010 | Commentary
Childhood Obesity team director Dwayne C. Proctor addresses the Healthy Congregations Conference 2010.
Community Planning and Development
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Active Living - Past, Present, and Future
December 1, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary argues that a multidisciplinary approach is an essential ingredient for achieving community change and vitality. Because active living is not a central issue of any one discipline, public health must influence other disciplines to integrate active living within the context of their respective missions.
Challenging Our Comfort Levels
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
In 1999, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided to invest heavily in prevention and population health, the seeds of the Active Living Research (ALR) program were sowed. The ALR has served as a model of public health research, through engagement on multiple policy and research levels, and in its commitment to producing research findings that will shape policies.
Communities' Readiness to Commit to High-Quality Health Care
June 1, 2010 | Commentary
Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has become law, the question is whether the country is ready to implement its provisions, especially regarding quality. Commentary from Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.
Creating a Culture of Movement
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
Congressional action is needed to pass legislation that will help create a culture of movement in schools and workplaces. Congressman Wamp of Tennessee is sponsoring several bills aimed at creating policies to increase physical activity in these crucial sites.
Translating Research into Public Policy
January 1, 2009 | Commentary
Researchers can team with advocates to be influential at four crucial steps in the policy development process, according to long-time public health advocate Harold Goldstein. This commentary was prepared for the 2008 Active Living Research Conference.
26th Annual Emerging Issues Forum
February 7, 2011 | Commentary
Country's leading thinkers, practitioners and decision-makers came together for a summit on health care innovations in North Carolina.
Investing for Good
January 1, 2010 | Commentary
Research and evaluation are critical to decision-making. The authors provide examples from RWJF's work to illustrate the saliency of measuring nonfinancial returns to better understand a program's impact or spread a program model.
Commentary on Active Living
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary highlights the need for a shift in health promotion research, from identifying priorities to implementing them. Pekka Puska, M.D., Ph.D., argues that health researchers must drive social change by implementing theory-based policies to diffuse health innovations.
Active Living Research and the Movement for Healthy 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.