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November 8, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Collaboration between the community development and health sectors is critical and beginning to gain greater traction to improve lives—particularly in low-income neighborhoods—according to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Jo ...
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.
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, 2009 | Journal Article
Implementing the Active Living by Design (ALbD) community action model, a community partnership in Omaha has successfully moved in five years from establishing community awareness of active living to implementing large-scale policy and infrastructure change, according to an article by a team from state and local health and education agencies.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Portland, Oregon's Active Living by Design (ALbD) partnership succeeded in influencing policy and leveraging the assets of community and government partners by taking a collaborative, goal-oriented approach, according to a local assessment.
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.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
As best practices for active living are identified, it is equally important to identify ways to ensure that these practices will be adopted and maintained. This commentary examines factors that promote successful implementation and long-term sustainability of community-based environment and policy change.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The Active Living by Design (ALbD) program envisioned a change model built around the 5Ps—preparation, partnership, programming, promotions and policy. This commentary examines how another "P"—politics—has been essential to attaining the goal of promoting physical activity through changes to the built environment.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This commentary explores how Active Living by Design (ALbD), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has evolved from a five-year individual grant program into a nationally recognized service organization with multiple clients and the capacity and expertise to address active living and healthy eating systems, policies and environmental change initiatives.
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
Community Health Councils, Inc. Los Angeles, developed community health councils composed of consumers, providers, and representatives from community-based organizations.