Combining Photovoice and Focus Groups
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Engaging Latina teens in a photography project empowered them to address barriers to physical activity in their Connecticut community.
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Individual- Versus Group-Based Financial Incentives for Weight Loss
April 2, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examined two incentive designs—an individual—and a group-based design—promoting weight loss among 105 obese employees at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Summer and Follow-Up Interventions to Affect Adiposity with Mothers and Daughters
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A summer intervention reduced body fat in Latina girls but results were not long-lasting.
Active Living Research
December 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
Active Living Research is an ongoing national program to identify environmental factors and policies that can substantially increase levels of physical activity and to provide policy-makers with evidence about how to create more activity-friendly communities.
Yavapai-Apache Youth Council - "Dreams Do Come True"
March 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Yavapai-Apache Youth Council built a walking trail near tribal headquarters in Camp Verde, Ariz.
Celebrate Fitness!
March 15, 2011 | Program Result Report
The United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) and members of nine Indian youth councils designed and implemented Celebrate Fitness!, a youth-led program of activities aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles among Native Americans.
Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
April 15, 2010 | Program Result Report
Active for Life studied how to deliver and sustain research-based physical activity programs in real-world settings so that large numbers of older Americans could benefit from them.
Adapting Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent Obesity in Culturally Diverse Populations
July 1, 2009 | Commentary
To address obesity in culturally diverse populations, interventions should include "real-world" practices that are adapted to cultural needs, values and resources, according to Terry L. Bazzarre, Ph.D., a former senior program director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Systematic Review of Physical Activity Interventions Implemented with American Indian and Alaska Native Populations in the United States and Canada
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
According to this literature review, the most effective, sustainable interventions to reduce obesity within the American Indian and Alaska Native populations are programs that combine the strengths of (1) tribal-run, culturally-adapted efforts that provide services to a wide range of the population with (2) an evaluative component that reflects the needs of a public health researcher to measure
A National Blueprint to Get Adults 50 and Over Up and Moving
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
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.