Social and environmental determinants of childhood obesity present a public health
dilemma, particularly in low‐income communities of color. Case studies of two community …

Ethnic and racial health disparities present an enduring challenge to community-based
health promotion, which rarely targets their underlying population-level determinants (eg …

Low neighborhood social cohesion (nSC) has been associated with obesity. Still, few
studies have assessed the nSC-obesity relationship among a large, nationally …

Community Practice and Urban Youth is for graduate level students in fields that offer youth
studies and community practice courses. Practitioners in these fields, too, will find the book …

Introduction Childhood obesity is disproportionately prevalent in communities of color,
partially because of structural inequities in the social and built environment (eg, poverty …

Background: Adequate physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness aid in the prevention of
type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. Large sociodemographic/economic disparities exist for …

Purpose Despite the plethora of scholarship outputs on masculinity showing it as a fertile
research domain, there are noteworthy lacunae on the topic especially in relation to its …

In this paper we describe landscape analysis, a participatory research method for public
health scholars interested in identifying and elucidating trends, opportunities, and gaps in …

The approach of Rolheiser et al. is helpful in understanding the varying rates of opioid
prescribing around the country. What is needed to change this reality is a comprehensive …

ABSTRACT Introduction: The Wisconsin Obesity Prevention Initiative has piloted a novel
approach for community action for obesity prevention that incorporates both coalition and …