Libraries, Programs, and Publications

The following library databases, programs and organizations, and publications may be useful in developing proposals or implementing projects related to human energy balance. (This color signifies an addition to this page since June, 2003).

Library Databases and Search Tools

· 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.

· Healthfinder®: http://www.healthfinder.gov (Note: Helps you locate programs, publications, background information, statistics on any health topic)

· 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/publications/Active_Aging.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.healthypeople.gov/Document/tableofcontents.htm#under [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

· 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

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