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Environmental and policy interventions to promote physical activity
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In this article, a model describing the development of policy and environmental interventions is proposed, in the hope of stimulating more research in this area, and two studies showed that placing signs encouraging stair use can be effective.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 1998-11-01. It has received 1189 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Public policy & Psychological intervention.read more
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An ecological approach to creating active living communities.
James F. Sallis,Robert Cervero,William Ascher,Karla A. Henderson,M. Katherine Kraft,Jacqueline Kerr +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that multilevel interventions based on ecological models and targeting individuals, social environments, physical environments, and policies must be implemented to achieve population change in physical activity.
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Environmental correlates of walking and cycling: Findings from the transportation, urban design, and planning literatures
TL;DR: In this article, neighborhood environment characteristics proposed to be relevant to walking/cycling for transport are defined, including population density, connectivity, and land use mix, with evidence suggesting that residents from communities with higher density, greater connectivity and more land-use mix report higher rates of walking and cycling for utilitarian purposes than low-density, poorly connected, and single land use neighborhoods.
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Does social class predict diet quality
Nicole Darmon,Adam Drewnowski +1 more
TL;DR: If higher SES is a causal determinant of diet quality, then the reported associations between diet quality and better health may have been confounded by unobserved indexes of social class, and some current strategies for health promotion, based on recommending high-cost foods to low-income people, may prove to be wholly ineffective.
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Neighborhood-Based Differences in Physical Activity: An Environment Scale Evaluation
TL;DR: Neighborhood environment was associated with physical activity and overweight prevalence and the reliability and validity of self-reported neighborhood environment subscales were supported.
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Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation?
TL;DR: This research shows that the percentage of green space in people’s living environment has a positive association with the perceived general health of residents, and green space seems to be more than just a luxury and consequently the development of greenspace should be allocated a more central position in spatial planning policy.
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Science and human behavior
TL;DR: The psychology classic "Walden Two" as mentioned in this paper is a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century.
Health behavior and health education : theory, research, and practice
TL;DR: There are evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for most major behavioral health risks, including tobacco use, unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle, risky drinking, and diabetes management and there are parallel research-based guidelines for the health care system changes and policies needed to assure their delivery and use.
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An Ecological Perspective on Health Promotion Programs
TL;DR: An ecological model for health promotion is proposed which focuses on both individual and social environmental factors as targets for health promotions and addresses the importance of interventions directed at changing interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy factors which support and maintain unhealthy behaviors.
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Health Behavior and Health Education
TL;DR: Health behavior and health education , Health behavior and Health education , کتابخانه دیجیتال جندی شاپور اهواز
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Establishing and maintaining healthy environments. Toward a social ecology of health promotion.
TL;DR: The author offers a social ecological analysis of health promotive environments, emphasizing the transactions between individual or collective behavior and the health resources and constraints that exist in specific environmental settings.
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