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ArticlePediatric obesity2018

Association between community characteristics and implementation of community programmes and policies addressing childhood obesity: the Healthy Communities Study.

J A Schultz, V L Collie-Akers, S B Fawcett, W J Strauss, J Nagaraja, A J Landgraf, K L McIver, S A Weber, S S Arteaga, L C Nebeling and 2 more

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  2. Pediatric obesity: prevention is better than care.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020
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12 authors.

J A SchultzWork Group for Community Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2325-958X
V L Collie-AkersWork Group for Community Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7873-5512
S B FawcettWork Group for Community Health and Community Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
W J StraussHealth Analytics Hub, LLC, Lewis Center, OH, USA.
J NagarajaBattelle Health and Analytics, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
A J LandgrafBattelle Health and Analytics, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
K L McIverDepartment of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
S A WeberBattelle Health and Analytics, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
S S ArteagaNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
L C NebelingNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
S M RauzonNutrition Policy Institute, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Oakland, California, USA.
Healthy Communities Study Team

Funding

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and DevelopmentHHSHHS NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute HHSN268201000041CNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DisordersNational Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences ResearchNCI NIH HHSNHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201000041C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLittle is known about whether characteristics of communities are associated with differential implementation of community programmes and policies to promote physical activity and healthy eating. This study examines associations between community characteristics (e.g. region and race/ethnicity) and the intensity of community programmes and policies implemented to prevent childhood obesity. It explores whether community characteristics moderate the intensity of community efforts to prevent childhood obesity.

objectiveThe objective of this study is to investigate associations between community characteristics and the intensity of community policies and programmes to prevent childhood obesity documented in the Healthy Communities Study that engaged a diverse sample of US communities.

methodProgrammes and policies were documented in 130 communities across the USA, reporting over 9000 different community programmes and policies to prevent obesity among children ages 4-15. We examined associations between community characteristics and the intensity of community programmes and policies implemented (i.e. their amount and reach, duration and strength of change strategy).

conclusionCommunity characteristics explain 25% of the variability in the intensity of community programmes and policies implemented in communities. Particular characteristics - urbanicity, region, being a large county and the per cent of African-Americans in a community - contributed to more (over 18% of the 25%) of the observed variability.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseHealthcare DisparitiesHumansPediatric ObesityPreventive Health ServicesPublic HealthResidence CharacteristicsUnited StatesChildhood obesitycommunity interventionscontextprevention

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PMID29921032
PMCPMC6197889

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