2001 Newsletters

November/December

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Stay Active This Winter; Bikes Belong Awards Grant
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Surgeon General's Call to Action on Obesity
• RESEARCH NOTES: Evaluation of Active for Life Program; Social Support and PA; Neighborhood Hazards & Children's PA; PA Perceptions Among Older Latino Adults
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: PA Interactive Health Statistics; World Health Organization; PA and Quality of Life In Older Adults; Sisters Together; Weight And Health Website
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Active Kids, Healthy Kids; Active Living at Work; Push Play Day; 10,000 Steps Rockhampton; Supportive Environments for Physical Activity; PA and Community Design; Built Environment and Public Health
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Developing Lifestyle Physical Activity Programs; National Conference on Aging and Mobility
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Sumter Update

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: World Run Day
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: PEP Grant Winners, Federal Funding for Public Health Programs
• RESEARCH NOTES: PA and Cognitive Decline in Older Women, Exercise as Anti-Depressant, Measuring PA in Older Adults, Physical Activity Outcomes of CHAMPS II
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Chronic Disease Prevention Databases, Shape of the Nation, Urban Sprawl and Public Health, International Physical Activity Questionnaires, PA Across the Lifespan, Fit Society Page, Increasing Physical Activity, National Bone Health Campaign
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Creating Communities for Active Aging, Trail Resources, Corporate-University Collaboration, Charlotte Gets First Bike Route
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Whistler 2001 Rescheduled, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Physical Fitness of Cities, Surgeon General Walks to School
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Prevention Funding
• RESEARCH NOTES: Physical Activity Counseling in Primary Care Settings, Environmental Factors Associated with Community Trail Use, Effective PE - Teacher Type And Lesson Location
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: New Community Design, CDC CVD Conference, Bright Futures in Practice, School Health Policies and Programs Study
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Golden Shoes, GA Safe Routes to School
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Whistler 2001 Rescheduled, Healthy People 2010, El Tour Health, Safety and Education Conference, Adolescent and School Health, Physical Activity and Disability
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Research Updates, New Projects

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Texas Bicycle Safety Legislation, Skipping into Health, Project Fit America, Ozone Season
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: 2002 Budget
• RESEARCH NOTES: Researching Leisure and PA with Women of Color, Obesity Compared to Poverty and Smoking, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Interventions, Internet-Based Behavioral Weight Loss Programs, Physical Activity Dose-Response
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Promoting Walking, Sedentary Death Syndrome, Lowering High Blood Pressure
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Toronto Bike Share Program, Physically Active Children and Youth in Nova Scotia
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: School Health, APHA in Atlanta, Chronic Disease Conference, CVH 2002
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Pedometer Interest Group

• PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Master of Public Health in Physical Activity and Public Health
• NEWS YOU CAN USE: National Arthritis Month, National High Blood Pressure Education Month, National Osteoporosis Prevention Month, SummerActive
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Bike Commuter Act, PEP Grant Status, Budget Proposal for US DHHS
• RESEARCH NOTES: School Environments and Youth Physical Activity, Physical Activity and CHD in Women, Promoting Safer Walking and Cycling Routes
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Promoting Physical Activity Among Youth, Increasing Physical Activity Among Older Adults
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: International Walk to School Day
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Social Marketing in Public Health, Conference on Heart Disease and Stroke, Cooper Institute Conference
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Searching the PRC Web Site

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Affordable Bike Lanes, National Public Health Week, National Employee Health and Fitness Day
• RESEARCH NOTES: US Activity Levels Unchanged, Children's Understanding of PA, Cultural Activity Participation Study, Behavioral Counseling and Stages of Change, Access to Pedestrian Roads Associated with Measures of Physical Functioning, Using Pedometers to Track Walking
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: PACE Update, PACE Canada, American Fitness Alliance, Teen Fitness Program, Tips for Working with the Media
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Europe on the Move!, Michigan's Active Community Awards, TravelSmart
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: PA and Public Health, Partnerships in Physical Activity - Empowering Your Population, SOPHE Mid-Year Conference, 5th Annual SPARK Summer Institutes, First National Congress of Pedestrian Advocates, TrailLink 2001

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: National Girls and Women in Sports Day, America's Fattest Cities
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: PEP Act Funded, Combating Obesity & Overweight, Congressional Subcommittees to Watch, Other Influential Groups
• RESEARCH NOTES: PA & Social Physique Anxiety; Neighborhood Influence on Walking & Exercise; Life Events, Exercise Program Format & PA Behavior; Bicycling Renaissance in North America?
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Evaluation Tool Kit, Rails-To-Trails Resources, Congregation-Based CVD Prevention
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Health Promotion and Education, Obesity Induced Diabetes
• WEBSITES OF INTEREST: Women and Girls in Sports on the Web, Promoting Physical Activity in California
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: PA Materials Directory, New Staff