2012 Newsletters
March -- April 2012 Topics
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP) Innovation Competition
2012 California Senior Games
UK: Bloated Bobbies Face New Police Fitness Tests
Students celebrate Disability Awareness Month with wheelchair slalom
Upcoming Events and Observances: April, May, June
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
Prevention and Public Health Fund Faces Cuts
Senate Set to Vote on Transportation Bill
RESEARCH NOTES:
Habitual Active Transport, TV Viewing and Weight Gain: A Four Year Follow-up Study
Pilot Study of a Dog Walking Randomized Intervention: Effects of a Focus on Canine Exercise
Obesity and Physical Fitness in California School Children
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
Development and Testing of a Community Stakeholder Park Audit Tool
Bridging the Gap Releases Two Research Reports
Human Kinetics Releases Two New Physical Activity and Health Promotion Texts
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
Partners HealthCare Expands Connected Fitness Program at Boston Schools
Get Fit, Get Cash
Cycle-In Cinema Sydney, Australia
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: April, May, June
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE:
PRC Walking Intervention Underway in Sumter County, SC
Enrollment complete for SIP 09-028: Evaluation of a Self-directed, Packaged Physical Activity Program for Adults with Arthritis.
January – February 2012 Topics
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
Thousands of Dancing Students Help Kick Off Movement to Promote Active Lifestyles in West Virginia
Mass Transit Commuters’ Tax Breaks Falling
American Council on Exercise
Announces its Fitness Industry Vision Report For 2012
Annual Healthy Weight WeekAmerican Heart Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
National Wise Health Consumer Month
National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
Trails Advocacy Week
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Wear Red Day
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Safe Streets Amendment
RESEARCH NOTES:
Effects of a Promotor-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity: Familias Sanas y Activas
The Impact of Public Transportation Strikes on Use of a Bicycle Share Program in London: Interrupted Time Series Design
Telephone-Delivered Interventions for Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior Change: An Updated Systematic Review
Best Practices for Using Physical Activity Monitors in Population-Based Research
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
Virginia Tech Capital Bikeshare Study: A Closer Look at Casual Users and Operations
USDA Releases New Online Food and Physical Activity Tracker
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
Becker Unveils Sweeping Livability Initiative
The Top 10 Smart Cities on the Planet
After Decades of Neglect, Washington Finally Fixes Its Waterfront
Canadian Spirit: The Trans Canada Trail
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
Eleventh Annual Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Tenth Annual International Comprehensive Symposium
Active Living Research Conference
AAHPERD National Convention & Exposition; National Bike Summit
ACSM’s 16th Annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition
Aging in America Conference
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE:
CDC Healthy Aging Research Network: Call for Papers for Special Nutrition Issue
PRC Walking Intervention Recruiting Participants in Sumter County, SC
