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November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In this special issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the authors address the science of understanding and mobilizing community action around the health implications of our built spaces and places that are central to our health futures.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This paper is part of a three-year cross-site evaluation started near the end of Year 3 of ALbD funding.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This paper systematically summarizes the scope of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living by Design's physical projects and policy changes, describes resources generated by the partnerships, and highlights supports and barriers to the pro ...
October 21, 2012 | Evaluation
The evaluation found that schools that accessed and participated in more training and technical assistance made the most progress in implementing policies and programs that support healthy eating and regular physical activity among students.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study of the community partnerships funded by Active Living by Design explores which structures and functioning contributed to success and which presented challenges.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Active Living by Design (ALbD) community partnerships that did more preparation did implement more programs, promotions, physical projects, and policy influences. But partnerships working in non-White and poor communities implemented fewer interventions, according to this exploratory analysis to detect configurations of community characteristics.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article suggests that evaluations of community-based programs contribute to the science of evaluation, using lessons from the Active Living by Design (ALbD) evaluation.
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study evaluates interim progress in schools receiving hands-on training from the Healthy Schools Program, the nation's largest school-based program aimed at preventing childhood obesity.
November 11, 2009 | Evaluation
The Fighting Back evaluation collected a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data from various sources about the nature and impact of the interventions in each of the 12 Fighting Back communities.