2024 Newsletters

Topics in this Issue

A LETTER FROM OUR DIRECTOR

USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATES:

  • Update from the USC PRC Core Research Project

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

  • Call for Papers | Students Have Their Say: Novel Approaches and Solutions to Current and Emerging Public Health Problems
  • The Real Reasons Many Americans Aren’t Exercising
  • Digital Devices can Help Clinicians Prescribe Physical Activity

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES

  • July, August, September

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:

  • OAK Celebrates Passage of House Outdoor Recreation Package

RESEARCH NOTES:

  • Timing of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity, Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, and Microvascular Disease in Adults With Obesity
  • Global Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
  • Association of Physical Activity Pattern and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
  • Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial

REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:

  • Implementation of Obesity Science Into Clinical Practice: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:

  • Portland, Oregon: Creating an Accessible Built Environment That Helps Residents Stay Active as They Age
  • Nationwide, 32 Local Schools Win NFL PLAY 60 Grants for Physical Activity

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

  • July, August, September, and October

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Topics in this Issue

A LETTER FROM OUR DIRECTOR

USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATES:

  • Update from the USC PRC Core Research Project
  • Update from the USC PRC

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

  • Hypertension: A Pandemic Perspective
  • RWJF Culture of Health Prize- 2024 Call for Applicants
  • Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in Rural America: Can this House of Cards be Saved? – NIH Office of Intramural Research

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES

  • April, May, June

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:

  • Biden’s Proposed 2025 Budget Bolsters Public Health

RESEARCH NOTES:

  • Examining Associations Between School-level Determinants and the Implementation of Physical Activity Opportunities
  • Sex Differences in Association of Physical Activity with All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
  • Developing Effective Strategies to Optimize Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Long Covid Population – The need for Caution and Objective Assessment
  • Assessing Support for Policy Actions with Co-Benefits for Climate Change and Physical Activity in Canada

REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:

  • The 2024 Compendium of Physical Activities and its Expansion
  • The Current State of Physical Activity Assessment and Interventions with Public Policy Solutions

PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:

  • Opinion: How Utah is Bridging the Gap Between Health and Nature
  • Steps for Schools Raises $48K for Idaho Education
  • Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County and ODPHP Share Tips to Get Older Adults Moving

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

  • April, May, June, July

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