On October 14, 2025, NCCOR hosted a Connect & Explore webinar titled “Turning Evidence into Action: Using NCCOR’s Implementation Scorecard to Strengthen Childhood Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Interventions.”
Implementation science seeks to close the gap between evidence and practice, or between what we know and what is actually done. NCCOR’s new Implementation Scorecard was informed by the experiences and challenges faced by practitioners implementing childhood nutrition, physical activity, and obesity prevention interventions. During this 1-hour webinar, Taren Massey-Swindle, PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, discussed the development of the scorecard. Teddy Swenson, MPH, Senior Manager of Active Design at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, then shared her perspective on how the tool can benefit practitioners as they moved through the four phases of implementing new interventions or programs.