Implementation of childhood obesity prevention and control policies in the United States and Latin America: Lessons for cross‐border research and practice

R Pérez‐Escamilla, M Vilar‐Compte… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Progress has been made in the development and widespread implementation of effective
interventions to address childhood obesity, yet important challenges remain. To understand …

Healthy lifestyle interventions to combat noncommunicable disease—a novel nonhierarchical connectivity model for key stakeholders: a policy statement from the …

R Arena, M Guazzi, L Lianov, L Whitsel… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have become the primary health concern for most
countries around the world. Currently, more than 36 million people worldwide die from …

Facilitators and barriers in the collaboration between the primary care and the sport sector in order to promote physical activity: a systematic literature review

KEF Leenaars, E Smit, A Wagemakers… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction The aim of this review was to identify collaborative initiatives between the
primary care and the sport sector in order to promote physical activity (PA), and barriers and …

Reclaiming the streets for people: Insights from Ciclovías Recreativas in Latin America

OL Sarmiento, AD Del Castillo, CA Triana… - Preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Ciclovías comprise worldwide programs in which streets are closed to motor-vehicles
and open to individuals for leisure activities. Currently, 93% of the regular programs are in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact assessment of an active transport intervention via systems analytics

MA Wilches-Mogollon, OL Sarmiento… - … Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
The assessment of urban transport interventions is complex, multi-faceted, and context-
dependent. This study proposes a multi-methodology approach called systems analytics to …

Interorganizational networks in physical activity promotion: a systematic review

I Timm, S Rapp, C Jeuter, P Bachert… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Public health challenges such as physical inactivity are multiplex and cannot be effectively
addressed by single organizations or sectors. For this reason, public health policies have to …

[HTML][HTML] Formalizing sports-based interventions in cross-sectoral cooperation: Governing and infrastructuring practice, program, and preconditions

D Ekholm, S Holmlid - Journal of Sport for Development, 2020 - jsfd.org
Sports-based interventions are utilized today in many countries in cross-sectoral
cooperation, for instance, as a means of social inclusion. However, not enough is known …

Active streets for children: the case of the Bogotá Ciclovía

CA Triana, OL Sarmiento, A Bravo-Balado… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The Ciclovía is a worldwide program in which streets are temporarily closed to
motorized transport to create a space for recreation and outdoor play among children and …

Understanding the development, evaluation, and sustainability of community health networks using social network analysis: A scoping review

VL Simpson, ZJ Hass, J Panchal… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Identify the scope of the literature which reports use of social network analysis to
inform, support, or evaluate health promotion–focused community network/partnership …

Bridging the gap between research and practice: an assessment of external validity of community-based physical activity programs in Bogotá, Colombia, and Recife …

DC Paez, RS Reis, DC Parra… - Translational …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
For more than a decade, physical activity classes have been offered in public places at no
cost to the participants in some Latin American cities, however, internal and external validity …