Bill Reger-Nash

Summary

Affiliation: West Virginia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Wheeling walks: evaluation of a media-based community intervention
    Bill Reger-Nash
    Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 26506 9190, USA
    Fam Community Health 28:64-78. 2005
  2. ncbi The cost-effectiveness of 1% or less media campaigns promoting low-fat milk consumption
    Margo G Wootan
    Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 2:A05. 2005
  3. ncbi Wheeling Walks: a community campaign using paid media to encourage walking among sedentary older adults
    Bill Reger
    Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 9190, USA
    Prev Med 35:285-92. 2002
  4. ncbi BC Walks: replication of a communitywide physical activity campaign
    Bill Reger-Nash
    Department of Community Medicine, PO Box 9190, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 3:A90. 2006
  5. ncbi WV Walks: replication with expanded reach
    Bill Reger-Nash
    Dept of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    J Phys Act Health 5:19-27. 2008
  6. ncbi The importance of being parsimonious: reliability of a brief community walkability assessment instrument
    Thomas K Bias
    West Virginia University, Department of Political Science, PO Box 6317, Morgantown, WV 26506 6317, USA
    Health Place 16:755-8. 2010
  7. ncbi Changing the hearts and minds of policy makers: an exploratory study associated with the West Virginia Walks campaign
    Kevin M Leyden
    Department of Political Science and Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Am J Health Promot 22:204-7. 2008
  8. ncbi Evaluating an insurance-sponsored weight management program with the RE-AIM Model, West Virginia, 2004-2008
    Christiaan G Abildso
    West Virginia University College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, PO Box 6116, Morgantown, WV 26506 6116, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A46. 2010
  9. ncbi Health educator believability and college student self-rated health
    Keith J Zullig
    Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 9190, USA
    J Am Coll Health 60:296-302. 2012

Research Grants

  1. Role of the Mass Media for Promoting Physical Activity *
    WILLIAM REGER NASH; Fiscal Year: 2006

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Wheeling walks: evaluation of a media-based community intervention
    Bill Reger-Nash
    Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 26506 9190, USA
    Fam Community Health 28:64-78. 2005
    ....
  2. ncbi The cost-effectiveness of 1% or less media campaigns promoting low-fat milk consumption
    Margo G Wootan
    Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 2:A05. 2005
    ..85 dollars per person to elicit a switch. CONCLUSION: Population-based campaigns using a combination of paid advertising and media relations strategies can be a cost-effective way to promote a behavior change in a community...
  3. ncbi Wheeling Walks: a community campaign using paid media to encourage walking among sedentary older adults
    Bill Reger
    Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 9190, USA
    Prev Med 35:285-92. 2002
    ..Mass media may effect communitywide changes in health awareness, attitude, and behavior, but the approach remains unproven for physical activity...
  4. ncbi BC Walks: replication of a communitywide physical activity campaign
    Bill Reger-Nash
    Department of Community Medicine, PO Box 9190, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 3:A90. 2006
    ..Social marketing strategies may promote positive changes in physical activity levels among insufficiently active individuals...
  5. ncbi WV Walks: replication with expanded reach
    Bill Reger-Nash
    Dept of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    J Phys Act Health 5:19-27. 2008
    ..WV Walks replicated the Wheeling Walks community-wide campaign methodology to promote physical activity...
  6. ncbi The importance of being parsimonious: reliability of a brief community walkability assessment instrument
    Thomas K Bias
    West Virginia University, Department of Political Science, PO Box 6317, Morgantown, WV 26506 6317, USA
    Health Place 16:755-8. 2010
    ..71 and an observed agreement of 81.6%). The LWI is discussed in the context of other survey instruments designed to measure perceived walkability and found to be a useful addition because of its brevity and ease of use...
  7. ncbi Changing the hearts and minds of policy makers: an exploratory study associated with the West Virginia Walks campaign
    Kevin M Leyden
    Department of Political Science and Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Am J Health Promot 22:204-7. 2008
    ..To pilot test whether West Virginia Walks changed local policy makers' awareness of walking-related issues...
  8. ncbi Evaluating an insurance-sponsored weight management program with the RE-AIM Model, West Virginia, 2004-2008
    Christiaan G Abildso
    West Virginia University College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, PO Box 6116, Morgantown, WV 26506 6116, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A46. 2010
    ..Our secondary objective was to critique the RE-AIM model and its revised calculation methods...
  9. ncbi Health educator believability and college student self-rated health
    Keith J Zullig
    Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 9190, USA
    J Am Coll Health 60:296-302. 2012
    ..To evaluate the self-rated health (SRH) status among college students who reported receiving the majority of their health-related information from health educators...

Research Grants1

  1. Role of the Mass Media for Promoting Physical Activity *
    WILLIAM REGER NASH; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..These outcomes will promote better use of cancer prevention funding. ..