Ross Brownson

..The purpose of this study was to better understand the dissemination of physical activity interventions across the United States, focusing particularly on evidence-based guidelines...

..Competency-based education allows public health departments to better develop a workforce aimed at conducting evidence-based control cancer...

..Beginning in 2003, Active Living by Design (ALbD) established innovative approaches across 25 communities to increase physical activity through community design, public policies, programming, and communication strategies...

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..Public health agencies serve a wide range of populations with varying levels of resources. Our survey tool allows an individual agency to collect data that reflects its unique workforce...

..This study assessed the relative contributions of individual- and setting-level characteristics to implementation of a widely disseminated skin cancer prevention program...

..We explored factors that influence the likelihood that state-level policy makers will find a policy brief understandable, credible, and useful...

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..In particular, further research is needed to improve the technical quality of measures, understand the relevance to various population groups, and understand the utility of measures for science and public health...

..Challenges and opportunities (e.g., political issues, training needs) for disseminating EBPH are reviewed. The concepts of EBPH outlined in this article hold promise to better bridge evidence and practice...

..The most effective strategies to bridge the gap between research and practice, will have at their heart, effective academic-practice-policy maker partnerships...

..Actions to further evidence-based policy include preparing and communicating data more effectively, using existing analytic tools more effectively, conducting policy surveillance, and tracking outcomes with different types of evidence...

..The issues described in this case study provide leverage points for practitioners, policy makers, and researchers as they seek to translate epidemiology to policy...

..The purpose of this article is to describe state legislation related to community trails, to analyze legislation content, and to evaluate legislation on inclusion of evidence-informed elements...

..To translate intervention strategies to increase physical activity interventions recommended by the Community Guide for higher and lower income African-American adults living in an urban, Midwestern community...

..Recommendations for future work in this area include enhancing transdisciplinary collaborations, raising the priority of policy evaluation, studying policies at all levels, and emphasizing dissemination of findings...

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..We developed a content review for state policies related to childhood obesity, and we have quantitatively described the predictors of enactment...

..We assessed park use in Recife, Brazil, and differences in physical activity and occupation rates in public parks with and without the Academia da Cidade Program (ACP), which provides cost-free, supervised physical activity classes...

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..The database is organized to reflect 7 local environments (government, community, health care, worksite, school, after school, and child care) and to describe the prevalence of obesity-related policies in these environments...

..To develop a comprehensive inventory of state physical education (PE) legislation, examine trends in bill introduction, and compare bill factors...

..These data suggest the importance of professional training opportunities in EBPH for public health practitioners. Future endeavors should focus on overcoming the barriers to the dissemination of EBPH...

..Further, work is needed to evaluate the impact of family-focused multicomponent interventions, including computer-tailored approaches, directed toward both the parent and the child...

..We tested the reliability of 3 instruments that assessed social and physical environments...

..Policy interventions to increase population levels of physical activity show promise for diabetes prevention. Physical therapists are uniquely suited to influence primary prevention efforts for diabetes...

..Although the total number of informants was modest, their valuable insights provide policymakers and practitioners with a set of enablers and barriers to be considered when pursuing state-level policy...

..To determine the associations between household motor vehicle ownership and weight status among Colombian adults...

..By collaborating to build synergism in research and dissemination, public health and urban planning professionals can enhance efforts to increase the number of communities that promote active living...

..Specifically, it identified barriers to using EBDM commonly faced by state-level chronic disease practitioners and solutions for increasing the use of EBDM...

..These findings may be used to tailor physical activity interventions to women in rural communities...

..To improve the translation of evidence into policy, researchers and public health practitioners need to consider new ways for communicating health promoting messages to state and local policymakers...

..Objective and perceived neighborhood characteristics could provide insight into potential interventions among older adults from rapidly urbanizing settings in Latin America...

..To test a dietary intervention for high risk African American adults with small children...

..However, few studies have simultaneously assessed perceptions and objectively measured environmental factors and their relative association with transportation or recreational physical activity...

..There is increasing evidence that the built environment has an influence on physical activity; however, little is known about this relationship in developing countries...

..S. Physical Activity Study. Correlates of walking among people who never walk for physical activity, those who walk regularly, and people who walk occasionally were compared...

..Ecologic models are often recommended to promote physical activity, yet sparse data exist on their effectiveness...

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..To determine the relationship between physical and social environment attributes and levels of physical activity in a population-based sample of diabetic individuals living in rural areas...

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..Graduate students will thus be effectively prepared to respond to the changing demands of the field of public health...

..The High 5, Low Fat Program (H5LF) for African American parents was developed in partnership with the Parents As Teachers program, and was designed to test a dietary intervention appropriate for national adoption...

..Stakeholders need to work together to stimulate action and ensure successful initiatives. Influential factors appear to be important to this process...

..The increasing technical sophistication of public health problems and approaches emphasizes the importance for an evidence-based approach to developing policy and interventions...

..Using a policy research framework, this study sought to identify factors that predict successful enactment of childhood obesity prevention in all 50 states...

..However, participants emphasize that factors external to the course influence their ability to engage in the EBPH process they learned...

..Investigators used a systematic review process to identify key indicators of activity-friendly communities that can assess and improve opportunities for regular physical activity...

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..This study identified and described state-level childhood obesity prevention legislation introduced and adopted from 2003 through 2005 and attempted to identify regional geographic patterns of introduced legislation...

..Finally, we end with recommendations for incorporating this monitoring system in community practice. CONCLUSIONS: When used properly, this system is an effective way of evaluating and promoting sustainability of community interventions...

..Additional analyses indicated that greater perceived PSFs were associated with meeting these recommendations among Whites but not among African Americans...

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..This study investigated state and territorial chronic disease practitioners' self-reported barriers to evidence-based decision making (EBDM)...

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..In conjunction with Project GUIA (Guide for Useful Interventions for Physical Activity in Brazil and Latin America), the aim of this study was to conduct a social network analysis of physical activity in Brazil...

..We explored the effect of disseminating evidence-based guidelines that promote physical activity on US health department organizational practices in the United States...

..Scientists are obligated not only to discover new knowledge but also to ensure that discoveries are applied to improve health...

..60). With some formal training, this audit tool may be useful for advocacy and participatory research to assess the activity friendliness of neighborhood environments...

..To assess, in diverse pediatric practices, the frequency of overweight/obesity (OW/OB) identification during health supervision visits and its association with BMI curve use...

..To test the reliability of the Active Neighborhood Checklist (the Checklist), a user-friendly audit tool for assessing neighborhood environmental supports for physical activity...

..To take full advantage of new technology and tools and to combat new health challenges, public health practitioners must continually improve their skills...

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..Training guided by these principles should facilitate adult learning, collaborative efforts, and mutual respect between agencies, practitioners, and community partners...

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..To examine the association of worksite policies and environments to physical activity...

..These findings may be useful in training and career planning among aspiring epidemiologists and for educational policy development among organizations promoting training and mentoring...

..This study's purpose was to determine whether a multilevel community intervention affected rates of moderate physical activity, in particular walking...

..The purpose of this study was to validate a parent proxy record of children's physical activity with CSA Model 7164 accelerometers...

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..We will build upon our longstanding and successful partnership with Parents As Teachers, a national parent education agency that will disseminate H5-Kids through over 2000 PAT-affiliated sites across all 50 states. ..

..Upon completion, our study will provide policy-relevant dissemination strategies that can be adapted to other settings and risk factors. ..