Research Questions About Pedometers

Food Composition for Science/Math Enrichment

Walkability Project Opportunity

Interactive Health Resources at USDA

What's In the Foods You Eat (search on-line or download software--13,000 item database)

Pedometer Update Newsletter for HSTA Clubs

Pedometer Illustrated Guide: Accusplit® Eagle™ 140s

Pedometer Illustrated Guide: Accusplit® Eagle™ 170

 

 

 

 

Nutrition

American Dietetic Association

Food and Nutrition Information Center

Nutrition Analysis On-Line (NAT Program)(Interactive Healthy Eating)

MyPyramid (Tracker for diet and activity assessment)

USDA Food Composition Data (Search) (Reports of All Foods in Database)

Using Food Composition Reference for Science and Math Enrichment

Research and Background Information

Comprehensive Sites & Literature Review (Libraries) (Programs) (Publications)

Physical Activity Overweight & Obesity

Institutional Review Board (IRB) For Approval of Human Subjects Research The CDC-HSTA project staff are no longer able to assist with new applications or support new HSTA club projects with human subjects research. The information/links below in this yellow section are left up only for informational purposes.

IRB: History, Procedures, Responsibilities (download ppt)

Ethics Training (overall explanation)

Ethics Training Study Guide (pdf)

Ethics TrainingWebCT Course (includes certification test)

Ethics Education/Documentation for HSTA Students & Community Members (rtf file)

HIPPA Training Outline (rtf file)

Application to do Research

View Application: html pdf

Download Application: (rich text file)

Obtain Example of Completed Application: (word files)

Checklist for Complete Application (view as html) (Download rtf)

Example Consent and Assent Forms (See forms 2, 3, and 4)

Evaluation Design

Data Collection

Surveys (Barriers to Physical Activity) (PAR-Q as .pdf) (PAR-Q as .html) (Stages of Change)

Interviews and Focus Groups

Physical Activity Records

Body Mass Index (Overview) (Adults) (Teens) (BMI Calculator)

Background (Defining Overweight and Obesity) BMI for Age Charts for Children and Teens (Boys) (Girls) Stature Measurement in Children and Teens (Procedure)(Stadiometers) Guidelines for Weighing and Measuring in School Settings (pdf file from UC Berkeley)

Process Journal (word file)

Project Time Line (word file)

Statistics

Comprehensive Sites: NCHS CDC

Overweight and Obesity: West Virginia United States

Supplies (Sample Vendors)

Accusplit (Pedometers)

Ben Meadows (Science, engineering, measurement wheels, environmental)

Human Kinetics Publishers (Books, software)

Nasco (Health, nutrition, science, and math educational materials)

Walking and Physical Activity

Comprehensive Sites (America's Walking) (Active Living By Design)(Nat'l Center) (West Virginia) (CDC) (Walking Info) (Walkable Communities)

Energy (kcal) Expenditure (Kcal Burned by Walking) (METS) (NAT Advanced Activity Calculator)

Medical Clearance (CDC) (PAR-Q as .pdf) (PAR-Q as .html)

Motivation to Exercise

Pedometers (Pedometer Research Digest) (Pedometer Inquiry Questions) (Accusplit® Eagle™ 140s Guide) (Accusplit® Eagle™ 170 Guide) (Pedometer Update Newsletter) (Pedometer Walking Club Research Project) (Stride Length Determination) (Using Pedometers)

Project Opportunity (Walkability of Communties)

Route Construction and Education (Walkability Checklist) (Active Communities) (Steps to Calculate Kcal Expenditure)

Safety (US Dept Trans Ped Safety ) (Walkability Checklist)

Stair Use (Stairway to Health)

Workshops (Workshop Series for Employee Walking)

Website Design

Templates

Dreamweaver Tutorial (pdf)

Web Page Design University of Missouri - Kansas City has this workshop for beginners who are just starting out or for anyone interested in putting a new face on a web page.

Webwork Examples from Macloo.com: Basic HTML Examples Web Graphics: 800 x 600 resolution, Browser safe Colors and more Photos on the Web

 

Last Updated on January 19, 2007 by Jim Rye

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