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Gibson, Isla; Whitelaw, Sandy; Topping, Christopher; Kopela, Joanna – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: The objective of this research was to explore how accessible the concept of food and physical literacy is for health and well-being professionals, and assess its potential effect on service delivery. Design: Formative research and 'concept testing' with potential deliverers of food and physical literacy. Setting: Dumfries and Galloway,…
Descriptors: Obesity, Food, Well Being, Literacy
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Horton, Lucy A.; Ayala, Guadalupe X.; Slymen, Donald J.; Ibarra, Leticia; Hernandez, Erika; Parada, Humberto; Rock, Cheryl L.; Arredondo, Elva M.; Elder, John P. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Aims: Examine intervention effects among mothers involved in a healthy eating randomized controlled trial. Furthermore, examine the mediating roles of individual and familial influences on observed outcomes. Methods: Between 2009 and 2011, 361 families were recruited; half were assigned to an 11-session community health worker-delivered…
Descriptors: Mothers, Intervention, Eating Habits, Randomized Controlled Trials
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George, Daniel R.; Rovniak, Liza S.; Dillon, Judy; Snyder, Gail – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Academic Health Centers and nonprofit hospitals are exploring strategies to meet Affordable Care Act mandates requiring tax-exempt institutions to address community health needs, which commonly include major chronic illnesses. We explore the implications of this regulatory landscape, describing methods that nonprofit health care institutions are…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Public Health, Nutrition, Health Services
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Kegler, Michelle C.; Honeycutt, Sally; Davis, Melvin; Dauria, Emily; Berg, Carla; Dove, Cassandra; Gamble, Abigail; Hawkins, Jackie – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Community-level policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change strategies may offer an economical and sustainable approach to chronic disease prevention. The rapidly growing number of untested but promising PSE strategies currently underway offers an exciting opportunity to establish practice-based evidence for this approach. This article…
Descriptors: Public Health, Public Policy, Mixed Methods Research, Surveys
Buck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children