Research Guides: Clinical Public Health Summit: Physician Assistants: Building Community Capacity

Local Community Organizations

Technology (Telehealth & E-medicine)

Key Search Terms

obesity OR obes*
community OR neighborhood

PubMed Search Terms

obesity [Mesh] OR obes* [tiab]
residence characteristics [Mesh]
community networks [Mesh]
community health planning [Mesh]
community participation [Mesh]
community-institutional relations [Mesh]
community medicine [Mesh]

Journal Articles

Sociodemographic and environmental determinants of indoor versus outdoor active play among children living in the Washington, DC area
Puett, R.C., Huang, D., et al (2019) Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Vol. 16 (7). pp. 581-585.
Digital food records in community-based interventions: Mixed-methods pilot study
Fowler, L.A., Yingling, L.R., et al. (2018) JMIR mHealth and uHealth. Vol. 6 (7). Article number e160.
Electronic media time and sedentary behaviors in children: Findings from the Built Environment and Active Play Study in the Washington DC area
Roberts, J.D., Rodkey, L. et al. (2017) Preventive Medicine Reports. Vol. 6. pp. 149-156.
Simulating the Impact of Crime on African American Women's Physical Activity and Obesity.
Powell-Wiley, T.M., Wong, M.S., et al. (2017) Obesity. Vol. 25 (12). pp. 2149-2155.
GIS-measured walkability, transit, and recreation environments in relation to older Adults' physical activity: A latent profile analysis
Todd, M., Adams, M.A., et al. (2016) Preventive Medicine. Vol. 93. pp. 57-63
Guideline-concordant weight-loss programs in an urban area are uncommon and difficult to identify through the internet
Bloom, B., Mehta, A.K., et al. (2016) Obesity Vol. 24 (3). pp. 583-588.
Diabetes, obesity, and recommended fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to food environment sub-types: A cross-sectional analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States Census, and food establishment data
Frankenfeld, C.L., Leslie, T.F., & Makara, M.A. (2015) BMC Public Health. Vol. 15 (1). Article number 491
Obesity prevention and the Health Promoting Schools framework: Essential components and barriers to success
Langford, R., Bonell, C., Jones, H., & Campbell, R. (2015). Obesity prevention and the Health Promoting Schools framework: Essential components and barriers to success. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12, 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0167-7
Engaging municipalities in community capacity building for childhood obesity control in urban settings
Loureiro, M. I., & Freudenberg, N. (2012). Engaging municipalities in community capacity building for childhood obesity control in urban settings. Family Practice, 29 Suppl 1, i24–i30. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmr076
Building and Sustaining Community Capacity to Address Childhood Obesity: A 3-Year Mixed-Methods Case Study of a Community-Academic Advisory Board
Brock, D. P., Estabrooks, P. A., Hill, J. L., Barlow, M. L., Alexander, R. C., Price, B. E., Marshall, R., & Zoellner, J. M. (2019). Building and Sustaining Community Capacity to Address Childhood Obesity: A 3-Year Mixed-Methods Case Study of a Community-Academic Advisory Board. Family & Community Health, 42(1), 62–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000212
Evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyles Initiative for Improving Community Capacity for Childhood Obesity Prevention
Berman, M., Bozsik, F., Shook, R. P., Meissen-Sebelius, E., Markenson, D., Summar, S., DeWit, E., & Carlson, J. A. (2018). Evaluation of the Healthy Lifestyles Initiative for Improving Community Capacity for Childhood Obesity Prevention. Preventing Chronic Disease, 15, E24. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd15.170306