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Observational studyPediatric obesity2018

Measuring the intensity of community programs and policies for preventing childhood obesity in a diverse sample of US communities: the Healthy Communities Study.

V L Collie-Akers, J A Schultz, S B Fawcett, S Landry, S Obermeier, E A Frongillo, M Forthofer, N Weinstein, S A Weber, A Logan and 4 more

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Observational study in Pediatric obesity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

V L Collie-AkersCenter for Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7873-5512
J A SchultzCenter for Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2325-958X
S B FawcettCenter for Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
S LandryCenter for Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
S ObermeierCenter for Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
E A FrongilloDepartment of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
M ForthoferDepartment of Public Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA.
N WeinsteinBattelle Health and Analytics, St. Louis, MI, USA.
S A WeberBattelle Health and Analytics, Columbus, OH, USA.
A LoganBattelle Health and Analytics, Columbus, OH, USA.
S S ArteagaNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
L NebelingNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
L E AuNutrition Policy Institute, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Healthy Communities Study Team

Funding

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and DevelopmentNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DisordersNCI NIH HHSNHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201000041C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEfforts to address the critical public health problem of childhood obesity are occurring across the USA; however, little is known about how to characterize the intensity of these efforts.

objectivesThe purposes of this study are to describe the intensity of community programs and policies (CPPs) to address childhood obesity in 130 US communities and to examine the extent to which observed CPPs targeted multiple behaviours and employed a comprehensive array of strategies.

methodsTo document CPPs occurring over a 10-year period, key informants were interviewed using a semi-structured interview protocol. Staff coded CPPs for key characteristics related to intensity, including reach, duration and strategy. Three types of CPP scores were calculated for intensity of CPPs, targeting of CPPs towards multiple behaviours and strategies used.

resultsNine thousand six hundred eighty-one CPPs were identified. On average, communities had 74 different CPPs in place (standard deviation 30), with variation in documented CPPs (range 25-295). Most communities experienced a steady, modest increase in intensity scores over 10 years. CPP targeting scores suggested that communities expanded the focus of their efforts over time to include more behaviours and strategies.

conclusionsFindings of this large-scale study indicate that great variation exists across communities in the intensity and focus of community interventions being implemented to address childhood obesity.

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ChildExerciseFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMalePediatric ObesityPreventive Health ServicesPublic HealthResidence CharacteristicsUnited StatesChildhood obesitycommunity policiescommunity programsintensity

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PMCPMC6365005

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