2025 Newsletters

QUARTER 4: October – December 2025 | USC-PRC Notes

Topics in this Issue

A LETTER FROM OUR DIRECTOR

USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATES:

• Update from the USC PRC

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

• New Global Coalition to Tackle Record Child Physical Inactivity Levels
• Request for Proposals – NACDD’s Million Hearts® Advancing Cardiac Rehabilitation through Public Health Jurisdictions

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES

• January, February, March

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:

• Medicare Greenlights Coverage for Physical Activity Assessments, Boosting Exercise Referral Efforts

RESEARCH NOTES:

• Neighborhoods and Incident Cardiometabolic Disease in People with Disability
• Physical Activity as a Modifiable Risk Factor in Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
• Health and Implementation Outcomes of Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) for Women: A Single-Arm Intervention Study

REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:

• Transforming Rural Health Through Lifestyle Medicine—A New Framework from ACLM
• New ‘Heart Percentile Calculator Helps Young Adults Grasp Their Long-term Risk
• New APHA Press Book Calls for Advancing Equity and Justice in Public Health Practice
• New Data from NRPA Highlights Community Value of Mixed-Age Recreation

PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:

• Thousands of State of Georgia Employees Walk 880 million Steps to Benefit Title I Schools
• Pennsylvania Veteran Helping Other Veterans with PTSD Through Fitness

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

• February, March, April, May

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QUARTER 3: July – September 2025 | USC-PRC Notes

Topics in this Issue

A LETTER FROM OUR DIRECTOR

USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATES:

• Update from the USC PRC
• Updates from the USC PRC Arthritis SIP

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

• CDC’s Preventing Chronic Disease’s 2025 Student Research and Essay Collection
• National Recreation and Park Association Announces New Opportunity for Grants

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES

• October, November, and December

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:

• Physical Activity Guidelines Legislation Introduced in Congress

RESEARCH NOTES:

• Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Benefits of Physical Activity and Exercise
• GPS-based Street-view Greenspace Exposure and Wearable Assessed Physical Activity in a Prospective Cohort of US Women
• Changes in Accelerometer-measured Physical Activity and Self-reported Leisure Time Physical Activity from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: a Longitudinal Cohort Study from the Fit Futures Study
• Cluster Randomized Multilevel Intervention for Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Communities

REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:

• Updated Use of Risk Assessment to Guide Decision-Making for Blood Pressure Management in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
• New Updates to the High Blood Pressure Guideline
• New AmeriWalks Walkability Index Shows How Many Americans Live in Walkable Neighborhoods?

PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:

• City of Pea Ridge Champions Community Wellness with New Fitness Court at City Park
• Texas Hill Country Park is Getting a Major $16.8M Makeover

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

• October, November, December, January, February

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QUARTER 2: April – June 2025 | USC-PRC Notes

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, October, and November

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QUARTER 1: January – March 2025

Topics in this Issue

A LETTER FROM OUR DIRECTOR

USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATES:

• Update from the USC PRC Core Research Project
• Updates from the USC PRC Special Interest Projects (SIPs)

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

• Breaking Barriers: CDC and American Diabetes Association Unite to Combat Diabetes
• National Public Health Week celebrates its 30th year with “It Starts Here” April 7-11

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES

• April, May, June

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:

• Congress Reintroduces the Langenkamp Active Transportation Safety Act to Boost Safety and Investment in Biking and Walking

RESEARCH NOTES:

• Leveraging Technology and Theory to Change Health Behaviors, Close Gaps in Health-Related Social Needs, and Increase Enrollment in the National Diabetes Prevention Program
• Physical Activity, Alzheimer Plasma Biomarkers, and Cognition
• Relationship Between Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness and Sedentary Time, Physical Activity Level, and Physical Performance in Patients with Hypertension
• Process Evaluation of the Hockey Fans in Training Lifestyle Intervention (for Men with Overweight or Obesity)

REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:

• 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data from the American Heart Association

PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:

• Palm Springs Studio Fights Heart Disease with AHA Collaboration
• Columbia Fitness Group Build Leaders Through Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

• April, May, June, July, August

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