ArticleHealth services research2013
Obesity prevention: the impact of local health departments.
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- Effectively communicating with local policymakers: a randomized trial of policy brief dissemination to address obesity.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Enhancing evidence-based diabetes and chronic disease control among local health departments: a multi-phase dissemination study with a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial component.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
- The family-school-healthcare collaborative plan for childhood obesity: protocol for a cluster-sampled interventional study (the DREAM framework).Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- The impact of change in neighborhood poverty on BMI trajectory of 37,544 New York City youth: a longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- SIPsmartER delivered through rural, local health districts: adoption and implementation outcomes.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Adults with diabetes residing in "food swamps" have higher hospitalization rates.Health services research · 2019Article
- Anthropometric predictive equations for estimating body composition.Advanced biomedical research · 2015Article
- State practitioner insights into local public health challenges and opportunities in obesity prevention: a qualitative study.Preventing chronic disease · 2014Article
- Factors Facilitating or Hindering Use of Evidence-Based Diabetes Interventions Among Local Health Departments.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the association between bodyweight status and provision of population-based prevention services. DATA SOURCES: The National Association of City and County Health Officials 2005 Profile survey data, linked with two cross-sections of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey in 2004 and 2005. STUDY
designMultilevel logistic regressions were used to examine the association between provision of obesity-prevention services and the change in risk of being obese or morbidly obese among BRFSS respondents. The estimation sample was stratified by sex. Low-income samples were also examined. Falsification tests were used to determine whether there is counterevidence. PRINCIPAL
findingsProvision of population-based obesity-prevention services within the jurisdiction of local health departments and specifically those provided by the local health departments are associated with reduced risks of obesity and morbid obesity from 2004 to 2005. The magnitude of the association appears to be stronger among low-income populations and among women. Results of the falsification tests provide additional support of the main findings.
conclusionsPopulation-based obesity-prevention services may be useful in containing the obesity epidemic.
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