Buffalo Residents Work to Increase Access to Healthy Food, Exercise
September 7, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
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Leveraging Neighborhood-Scale Change for Policy and Program Reform in Buffalo, New York
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article discusses the work of the Healthy Communities Initiative in Buffalo, New York. The Healthy Communities Initiative is a community partnership to promote active living in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and the two neighboring communities, Fruit Belt and Allentown.
Aesthetic Amenities and Safety Hazards Associated with Walking and Bicycling for Transportation in New York City
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.
Communities Creating Healthy Environments: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Safe Places to Play in Communities of Color
National Program
To build state and national momentum to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity through strategic investment in those communities most affected.
Joining Scholarship and Action on Behalf of Black Mothers and Daughters
December 26, 2010 | Story
According to Johnson Dias, the presence of poverty, racism and crime is a daily disaster in these neighborhoods. "Public safety here is a heath issue," she says. "You can't keep your child physically active if you are concerned your child might die."
Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Dissemination of a Model Injury-Prevention Program for Children and Adolescents
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids, a national network of local physician-led, hospital-based programs in Level I pediatric trauma centers, conducts interventions to prevent childhood injuries through education and environmental change.
University of Buffalo Professor Encourages Planners to Create Communities That Facilitate Healthy Food Systems and Healthy Eating
February 22, 2010 | Story
Samina Raja's active living research includes a National Institutes of Health grant to study how well an effort to increase physical activity in youth works among children living in areas with high access and in areas with low access to parks.
Community Partnerships to Mobilize Low-Income Communities Around Active Living
February 22, 2010 | Story
"There's a culture to encourage people not to go outside because it doesn't feel safe, largely due to the built environment," said Miquela Craytor, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx.
New Logo and Trail Signs Identify 2,600-Mile East Coast Greenway Urban Walking and Biking Trail
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
The East Coast Greenway Alliance created a logo and trail signs to promote the use of the East Cost Greenway, a 2,600-mile urban walking and biking trail that will link cities and towns from Maine to Florida.
Low-Income New Yorkers See Barriers to Physical Fitness
June 1, 2007 | Program Result
The University of Texas examined the perceptions of NYC residents of low-income areas about their neighborhoods to determine factors that help or hinder them from increasing their physical activity.