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December 11, 2009 | Journal Article
This special issue of the AJPM features research from RWJF's Active Living by Design (ALbD) program and its 15 community partnerships.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Interventions to increase physical activity must address neighborhood factors related to traffic safety.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Public parks and recreational facilities offer Latinos a viable option for physical activity (PA).
February 25, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This poll provides new insights into the epidemic of childhood obesity and the challenges families face between school and sleep.
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
The University of Illinois established a National Blueprint Office to help implement the National Blueprint for Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older, released in 2001 and funded by RWJF.
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.
March 25, 2009 | Book
Programming office building elevators to stop only on every third floor, so that stairs become the only access to certain floors for nondisabled employees, can push employees to use stairs more and thus get more physical activity, as it did in the California building which is the subject of this study.
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
Brigid McHugh Sanner, a health and behavior communications consultant to RWJF, developed a national blueprint to help increase physical activity among adults age 50 and over.
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
A multisite research team, led by a researcher from the Pennsylvania State University's College of Health and Human Development, examined the factors that encourage older adults to use local parks and recreational services and what policy changes might be made to promote park use among older adults to increase their physical activity.
October 1, 1998 | Program Result
In 1993 and 1994, a newly established group called the Austin Project (TAP) continued to develop a comprehensive, citywide integrated service strategy to improve outcomes for families and for children from birth to age 25.