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Evaluating Health Care-Community Collaborations Part 3: Implications and Recommendations for the Field

November 10, 2016

On November 10, 2016, NCCOR hosted part three of a three-part Connect & Explore webinar series on Evaluating Health Care-Community Collaborations. The webinar featured groundbreaking research examining hospitals’ community benefit activities to improve healthy food access, reduce risk of obesity...
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: Nine Years of School District Wellness Policy Implementation

October 25, 2016

Since 2003, obesity rates among children in the United States have remained high, creating a new generation at risk for health problems later in life. Although reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity will require multisector solutions, changing the environment, particularly...
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Evaluating Health Care-Community Collaborations Part 2: Hospital-Based Programs

September 14, 2016

On September 14, 2016, NCCOR hosted part two of a three-part Connect & Explore webinar series on Evaluating Health Care-Community Collaborations. The webinar featured two case studies highlighting strategies used by hospitals to engage communities in addressing childhood obesity. Speakers...
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SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework Part 2: Strategies and Tools for Measuring the Priority Indicators

September 8, 2016

States and organizations are implementing comprehensive nutrition education and obesity prevention programs around the country as one approach to address the rise in childhood obesity. To establish a mechanism to evaluate program effectiveness and report results to funders, NCCOR, in...
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SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework Part 1: Measuring Success in Low-Income Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Programs

August 18, 2016

States and organizations are implementing comprehensive nutrition education and obesity prevention programs around the country as one approach to address the rise in childhood obesity. To establish a mechanism to evaluate program effectiveness and report results to funders, NCCOR, in...
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Evaluating Health Care-Community Collaborations Part 1: Community-Based Programs

June 25, 2016

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...
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Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions: Importing, Adapting, and Evaluating Open Streets & Cyclovia to Increase Physical Activity Levels

April 1, 2016

Connect & Explore held three special events from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. The panels offered exclusive access to presentations from internationally renowned scholars, exploring high-impact childhood obesity strategies from around the world...
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Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions: Reducing Childhood Obesity Disparities: Insights from Global Strategies to Achieve Health Equity

March 31, 2016

Connect & Explore held three special events from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. The panels offered exclusive access to presentations from internationally renowned scholars, exploring high-impact childhood obesity strategies from around the world...
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Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions: Learning from Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Evaluations in Mexico, South America, and the U.S. to Reverse Childhood Obesity

March 31, 2016

Connect & Explore held three special events from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) 37th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. The panels offered exclusive access to presentations from internationally renowned scholars, exploring high-impact childhood obesity strategies from around the world...
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NCCOR’s Childhood Obesity Declines Project

March 16, 2016

While childhood obesity remains a global public health challenge, many communities around the world are showing signs of progress and demonstrating innovation in halting and reversing the childhood obesity epidemic. On March 22, 2016, the Connect & Explore Webinar highlighted...
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