| Library
Databases
· Health Promotion and Education Database
of CHID--Combined Health Information Database. Once
you access CHID at http://chid.nih.gov,
go to the Health Promotion and Education Database and search for physical
activity.
· Pub Med Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PMC
· WVU Library database: http://www.libraries.wvu.edu
(Note: For off-campus access to "Full Text" articles, you
must be a WVU student. Full Text are accessed by selecting "Full
Text Databases" under "Find Articles.")
Publications
· Creating Communities for Active Aging.
(2001). Washington, D.C.: Partnership for Prevention (http://www.prevent.org).
Available on-line at: http://www.prevent.org/Winword/CCFAA.pdf.
· Grant Writing Guidebook. [Full reference: Coen, D. Grant-Writing
Guidebook. Morgantown, WV: WVU Center for Healthy Communities]
· Guidelines
for Comprenhensive Programs to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.
http://www.astphnd.org/programs/guidelines.htm or http://www.astphnd.org
Hard copies may be ordered from Human Kinetics Publishers: http://www.humankinetics.com/ . (Full reference: Nutrition
and Physical Activity Working Group, Centers for Disease Control (2002).
Guidelines for Comprenhensive Programs to Promote Healthy Eating
and Physical Activity. Champaign-Urbana, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers.)
· Healthy People 2010. Available: http://www.health.gov/document.
[Reference: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2001).
Healthy People 2010. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.]
· "Healthy People" Publications
publications: http://www.healthypeople.gov/Publications
· Nutrition, Exercise, and Behavior.
[Full reference: Summerfield, L. (2001). Nutrition, Exercise, and Behavior.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson
Learning].
· Obesity: Facts, Figures, Guidelines. (2002). Charleston, WV:
West Virginia Dept of Public Health, Office of Epidemiology and Health
Promotion. Available on-line: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/obesity/default.htm
· Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook. [Full reference: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. (2002). Physical Activity Evaluation
Handbook. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]. Available on-line at: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/handbook/index.htm
· Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.
(1996). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Available: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm.
· Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action.
[Full reference: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public
Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division
of Nutrition and Physical Activity. (2000). Promoting Physical Activity:
A Guide for Community Action. Champaign-Urbana, IL: Human
Kinetics Publishers.]
· Students and Research. [Full reference: Cothron et al., (2000).
Students and research. Dubuque IA: Kendall
Hunt Publishing.]
· Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight
and Obesity. (2001). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. Available on-line: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity.
Note especially Appendix B (links to on-line resources)
· West Virginia Healthy People 2010. (2001) Charleston, WV: West
Virginia Dept of Health and Human Resources, Office of Epidemiology
and Health Promotion. Available on-line: http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/hp2010/objectives/contents.html
Programs
and Organizations
Here are links to several broad sites that
have a focus on increasing physical activity and/or healthy eating.
· Active and Safe Routes to School.
http://www.goforgreen.ca/home_e.html
· Active Community Environments. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/aces.htm
· Active Living
Network: http://www.activeliving.org
· American
Dietetic Association: http://www.eatright.org
· American Obesity Association: http://www.obesity.org/subs/community
· America on
the Move: http://www.americaonthemove.org/
· America's Walking. http://www.pbs.org/americaswalking/action/index.html
· Canada's Physical Activity Guide Website. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/paguide/
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Nutrition and Physical Activity Website. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/index.htm.
Note especially links to "Nutrition and Physical Activity"
sites on the left, and Active Community Environments at the Physical
Activity link.
· Center for Health and Health Care in Schools. http://www.healthinschools.org/home.asp
· Guide to Community Preventive Services. http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/
· Go for Green: The Active Living and Environment Program. http://www.goforgreen.ca/home_e.html
· Hearts N' Parks: http://www.nrpa.org/index.cfm?publicationID=37
· Leadership
for Active Living: http://www.activelivingleadership.org
· Kids Walk to School. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm
· National Center for Bicycling and Walking. http://www.bikefed.org/
· National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity. http://www.ncppa.org/Publicaffairspolicy.as
· National Recreation and Parks Association. http://www.nrpa.org
· Pedestrian and Bicycling Information Center. http://www.walkinginfo.org.
· Promoting Physical Activity & Exercise for Children. http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/promote.phyed.html
· Path to Health. http://www.pathtohealth.org/
· Rails to Trails Conservancy. http://www.railstotrails.org
· Transportation
for Livable Communities Network.
http://www.tlcnetwork.org
· Walkable Communities. http://www.walkable.org
· West Virginia Physical Activity. http://www.wvdhhr.org/bph/oehp/hp/card/default.htm
Other
Resources
Here are other resources that
may be helpful in education, research or interventions that address
dietary intake and physical activity.
· Diet
and Physical Activity Analysis (Links
to software and tables of data on food composition and energy expenditure,
including METS)
· Physical
Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Screening tool for seeking
medical advice before increasing physical activity level).
· Walkability
Checklist
· Walking
Route (example) for Weight Control
Vendors
(products)
Here are examples of vendors for products
that might be used in education, research, and interventions on diet
and physical activity.
·
Accusplit
(Pedometers)
· Ben
Meadows (Science, engineering, measurement
wheels, environmental)
·
Human Kinetics Publishers
(Books, software)
· Nasco
(Health, nutrition, science, and math educational
materials)
Click here
for a reorganized and expanded list of Project Resources
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