Publications Proceedings and Presentations Study Designs and Analytic Strategies for Environmental and Policy Research
| Study Designs and Analytic Strategies for Environmental and Policy Research |
|
On April 8, 2008, a meeting on “Study Designs and Analytic Strategies for Environmental and Policy Research on Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet” brought together staff from multiple funding agencies and investigators from diverse fields to identify research priorities based on gaps in the literature and public health needs.
The meeting was successful in soliciting input from participants to identify study designs, analytic strategies, and needed measures for the next generation of environment and policy studies that can inform improved obesity prevention. The meeting emphasized improving the quality of evidence from the current reliance on cross-sectional studies to prospective and intervention trials that can be more readily translated into changes in policy and practice. A brief version of this report is published: Sallis JF, Story M, Lou D. Study Designs and Analytic Strategies for Environmental and Policy Research on Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet: Recommendations from a Meeting of Experts. Am J Prev Med. 2009; 36(2S): S72-S77. Sponsored by
Conference funded by an NIH Conference Grant R13HL092782
Additional Conference Documents
Presentations Rationale for environmental and policy solutions to obesity, and research needed to inform policy
Presenter: Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, RD. Professor, University of Pennsylvania [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Discussant: Terry Huang, PhD, MPH. Program Director Pediatric Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome, NICHD [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Research status and gaps related to environment, policy, and physical activity
Presenter: Brian E. Saelens, PhD. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Discussant: Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH. Senior Scientist. RAND Corporation [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Research status and gaps related to environment, policy, and nutrition
Presenter: Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH. Professor and GCC Distinguished Research Scholar; Director, Emory Prevention Research Center [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Discussant: Marlene Schwartz, PhD. Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food and Obesity, Yale University [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Promising study designs for environmental and policy research and evaluation
Presenter: Ross Brownson, PhD. Professor and Director, Prevention Research Center, St. Louis University [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Discussant: Ana Diez-Roux, MD, MPH, PhD. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Developing policy measures for obesity, diet, and physical activity
Presenter: Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD. Distinguished Professor of Economics & Public Health, Director, UIC Health Policy Center, University of Illinois at Chicago [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Discussant: William Ascher, PhD. Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government & Economics, Claremont McKenna College [Download Presentation; Download Handout]
Statistical approaches for environmental and policy research
Presenter: J. Michael Oakes, PhD. Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota [Download Presentation]
Discussant: Lynne C. Messer, PhD. Environmental Health Scientist, Epidemiology and Biomarkers Branch, Human Studies Division, U.S. EPA / National Health & Environmental Effects Research Laboratory [Download Presentation]
Additional Resources Ogilvie D, Egan M, Hamilton V, Petticrew M. Systematic reviews of health effects of social interventions: 2. Best available evidence: how low should you go? J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005;59:886-892.
Pothukuchi K, Glosser D, Kaufman J, FAICP. Community and Regional Food Planning. American Planning Association, PAS Memo. September/October 2007.
Pothukuchi K, Mohamed R, Gebben DA. Explaining disparities in food safety compliance by food stores: does community matter? Agric Hum Values. 2008;25(3):319-332.
|
