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Sonja Hedlund
Researcher at New York State Department of Health
Publications - 3
Citations - 394
Sonja Hedlund is an academic researcher from New York State Department of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health policy & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 388 citations.
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Environmental and Policy Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Through Physical Activity: Issues and Opportunities
Abby C. King,Robert W. Jeffery,Fred Fridinger,Linda Dusenbury,Susan Provence,Sonja Hedlund,Kathy Spangler +6 more
TL;DR: Evidence is presented on the need, formulation, description, and effectiveness of policy and environmental intervention approaches in promoting physical activity to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other chronic diseases.
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Capacity building and resource needs of state health agencies to implement community-based cardiovascular disease programs.
Randy Schwartz,Carol Smith,Marjorie A. Speers,Linda Dusenbury,Frank Bright,Sonja Hedlund,Fran Wheeler,Thomas L. Schmid +7 more
TL;DR: Six critical activities for building state-level CVD program capacity include: Forming a statewide CVD oversight committee, developing a state CVD plan, developing quality assurance standards and guidelines, developing new paradigms of community assessment and evaluation, planning for institutionalization, and Translation of research to application.
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Community heart health programs: components, rationale, and strategies for effective interventions.
TL;DR: Because State-sponsored efforts will seldom have the resources of federally-funded demonstration projects, they must pay particular attention to the “3 As” of community interventions: affordability, acceptability, and adequacy.