TY - JOUR
T1 - Partners for a Healthy City
T2 - Implementing policies and environmental changes within organizations to promote health
AU - Feyerherm, Laura
AU - Tibbits, Melissa
AU - Wang, Hongmei
AU - Schram, Sarah
AU - Balluff, Mary
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - Current research has suggested that obesity prevention efforts should promote policy and environmental changes. The Partners for a Healthy City project, implemented in Douglas County, Nebraska, focused on collaborating with local organizations to help them select and implement 1 or more policies that promoted healthy eating and physical activity. Of the 346 organizations participating in the project and completing the follow-up assessment, 92% implemented at least 1 new policy or expanded an existing policy related to healthy food and drink options and physical activity, totaling 952 individual policy changes. Common policies included providing water as the primary beverage and installing bike racks to support active commuting to and from work. These findings suggest widespread support for policy changes that promote community health.
AB - Current research has suggested that obesity prevention efforts should promote policy and environmental changes. The Partners for a Healthy City project, implemented in Douglas County, Nebraska, focused on collaborating with local organizations to help them select and implement 1 or more policies that promoted healthy eating and physical activity. Of the 346 organizations participating in the project and completing the follow-up assessment, 92% implemented at least 1 new policy or expanded an existing policy related to healthy food and drink options and physical activity, totaling 952 individual policy changes. Common policies included providing water as the primary beverage and installing bike racks to support active commuting to and from work. These findings suggest widespread support for policy changes that promote community health.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902664215&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84902664215&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301875
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301875
M3 - Article
C2 - 24832425
AN - SCOPUS:84902664215
VL - 104
SP - 1165
EP - 1168
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
SN - 0090-0036
IS - 7
ER -