Approaches to Measuring the Extent and Impact of Environmental Change in Three California Community-Level Obesity Prevention Initiatives.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cheadle, Allen, ; Samuels, Sarah E.; Rauzon, Suzanne; Yoshida, Sallie C.; Schwartz, Pamela M.; Boyle, Maria; Beery, William L.; Craypo, Lisa; Solomon, Loel
- Source
- American Journal of Public Health; Nov2010, Vol. 100 Issue 11, p2129-2136, 8p, 4 Charts
- Subject
- Community health services
Community-based social services
Built environment
Prevention of obesity
Public health surveillance
California
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 00900036
Despite growing support among public health researchers and practitioners for environmental approaches to obesity prevention, there is a lack of empirical evidence from intervention studies showing a favorable impact of either increased healthy food availability on healthy eating or changes in the built environment on physical activity. It is therefore critical that we carefully evaluate initiatives targeting the community environment to expand the evidence base for environmental interventions. We describe the approaches used to measure the extent and impact of environmental change in 3 community-level obesity prevention initiatives in California. We focus on measuring changes in the community environment and assessing the impact of those changes on residents most directly exposed to the interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]