Observational studyAmerican journal of preventive medicine2015
The Healthy Communities Study: Its Rationale, Aims, and Approach.
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- Characteristics of Community Programs and Policies: Associations With Physical Activity in Youth.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Community and School Programs, Policies and Environments Related to Child Dietary Intake:The Healthy Communities Study.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Understanding the impact of community-based sun safety interventions on a college campus in Texas.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- Looking to the past: Investigating 10-year place histories as a determinant of home food environments in the Healthy Communities Study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Insight into the Economic Profile of People Receiving Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Use in France.Obesity surgery · 2024Observational
- Neighborhood environments underpin screen time intervention success in children: Evidence from a study of greenspace and community programming across 130 US communities.Health & place · 2024Article
- Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-level, Place-Based Tobacco Prevention and Control Program at a Minority-Serving Institution in Texas.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
- Body Mass Index Trajectories among the Healthy Communities Study Children: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Childhood Obesity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Reducing risk for chronic disease: evaluation of a collective community approach to sustainable evidence-based health programming.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Food Environments Within and Outside of Schools Play a Critical Role in Curtailing the Rise in Obesity among School-Aged Children over Time.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Park Area and Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents: Findings From the Healthy Communities Study.Journal of physical activity & health · 2023Article
- A Summary of One Research Team's Contributions to Understanding Physical Activity Behavior in Children and Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Perceived Produce Availability and Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: The Healthy Communities Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
- The role of parental support for youth physical activity transportation and community-level poverty in the healthy communities study.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Be Well Communities™: mobilizing communities to promote wellness and stop cancer before it starts.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Article
- Association between multi-component initiatives and physical activity-related behaviors: interim findings from the Healthy Schools Healthy Communities initiative.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The Role of the Neighborhood Social Environment in Physical Activity among Hispanic Children: Moderation by Cultural Factors and Mediation by Neighborhood Norms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Association of Multisetting Community Programs and Policies With Child Body Mass Index: The Healthy Communities Study.Preventing chronic disease · 2020Observational
- Living in High-SES Neighborhoods Is Protective against Obesity among Higher-Income Children but Not Low-Income Children: Results from the Healthy Communities Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
Communities across the U.S. are implementing programs and policies designed to address the epidemic of childhood obesity. These programs vary widely in their approaches, including the intensity level, duration, funding, target population, and implementation techniques. However, no previous studies have examined these variations and determined how such aspects of community programs and policies are related to childhood obesity outcomes. The Healthy Communities Study is an observational study that is assessing the associations between characteristics of community programs and policies and BMI, nutrition, and physical activity in children. The Healthy Communities Study was funded in 2010, field data collection and medical record abstraction will be completed in 2015, and data cleaning and analyses will be completed by mid-year 2016. One-hundred and thirty communities (defined as a high school catchment area) and approximately 5,000 children in kindergarten through eighth grade and their parents have been recruited from public elementary and middle schools across the country. The study is examining quantitative and qualitative information obtained from community-based initiatives; measures of community characteristics (e.g., school environment); and child and parent measures, including children's physical activity levels and dietary practices and children's and parents' BMI. The Healthy Communities Study employs a complex study design that includes a diverse sample of communities across the country and combines current/cross-sectional and retrospective data (abstracted from children's medical records). This paper describes the rationale for the Healthy Communities Study, the study aims and logic model, and a brief overview of the study design.
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