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The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention
BACKGROUND: Recent national attention to obesity prevention has highlighted the importance of community-based initiatives. State health departments are in a unique position to offer resources and support for local obesity prevention efforts. COMMUNITY CONTEXT: In North Carolina, one-third of childre...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21672411 |
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author | Cousins, Jamie M. Langer, Sarah M. Thomas, Cathy Rhew, Lori K. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Recent national attention to obesity prevention has highlighted the importance of community-based initiatives. State health departments are in a unique position to offer resources and support for local obesity prevention efforts. COMMUNITY CONTEXT: In North Carolina, one-third of children are overweight or obese. North Carolina's Division of Public Health supports community-based obesity prevention by awarding annual grants to local health departments, providing ongoing training and technical assistance, and engaging state-level partners and resources to support local efforts. METHODS: The North Carolina Division of Public Health administered grants to 5 counties to implement the Childhood Obesity Prevention Demonstration Project; counties simultaneously carried out interventions in the community, health care organizations, worksites, schools, child care centers, and faith communities. OUTCOME: The North Carolina Division of Public Health worked with 5 local health departments to implement community-wide policy and environmental changes that support healthful eating and physical activity. The state health department supported this effort by working with state partners to provide technical assistance, additional funding, and evaluation. INTERPRETATION: State health departments are well positioned to coordinate technical assistance and leverage additional support to increase the strength of community-based obesity prevention efforts. |
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spelling | pubmed-31369742011-08-02 The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention Cousins, Jamie M. Langer, Sarah M. Thomas, Cathy Rhew, Lori K. Prev Chronic Dis Community Case Study BACKGROUND: Recent national attention to obesity prevention has highlighted the importance of community-based initiatives. State health departments are in a unique position to offer resources and support for local obesity prevention efforts. COMMUNITY CONTEXT: In North Carolina, one-third of children are overweight or obese. North Carolina's Division of Public Health supports community-based obesity prevention by awarding annual grants to local health departments, providing ongoing training and technical assistance, and engaging state-level partners and resources to support local efforts. METHODS: The North Carolina Division of Public Health administered grants to 5 counties to implement the Childhood Obesity Prevention Demonstration Project; counties simultaneously carried out interventions in the community, health care organizations, worksites, schools, child care centers, and faith communities. OUTCOME: The North Carolina Division of Public Health worked with 5 local health departments to implement community-wide policy and environmental changes that support healthful eating and physical activity. The state health department supported this effort by working with state partners to provide technical assistance, additional funding, and evaluation. INTERPRETATION: State health departments are well positioned to coordinate technical assistance and leverage additional support to increase the strength of community-based obesity prevention efforts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3136974/ /pubmed/21672411 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Community Case Study Cousins, Jamie M. Langer, Sarah M. Thomas, Cathy Rhew, Lori K. The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention |
title | The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention |
title_full | The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention |
title_fullStr | The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention |
title_short | The Role of State Health Departments in Supporting Community-based Obesity Prevention |
title_sort | role of state health departments in supporting community-based obesity prevention |
topic | Community Case Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21672411 |
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