On June 22, 2016, NCCOR hosted a Connect & Explore webinar featuring two case studies highlighting strategies used by clinics to engage communities in addressing childhood obesity. Speakers included Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of epidemiology, biostatistics, and social work at Case Western Reserve University; Associate Director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods; and Director of the Ohio Building Capacity for Obesity Prevention Research Network, Elsa Keeler, MD, MPH, FAAP, a Pediatric Physician with HealthPartners and Marna Canterbury, MS, RD, Director of Community Health at Lakeview Health Foundation at HealthPartners. Speakers discussed efforts to assess the reach, effectiveness, adoption, impact, and maintenance of programs at the community level.
View part 2: Hospital-Based Programs
View part 3: Implications and Recommendations for the Field
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