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Long Tall Sallis: Having some fun being physically active
Preventive Medicine 50 (2010) S1–S2
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This Month in Preventive Medicine
Long Tall Sallis: Having some fun being physically active Preventive Medicine is happy to host this supplement on “Active Communities for Youth and Families: Using Research to Create Momentum for Change,” Guest-Co-Edited by James F. Sallis, Sarah M. Lee, and Stuart J.H. Biddle, who provide a detailed introductory overview (Lee et al., 2010). The issue contains 15 written versions (see below) of the most remarkable papers (out of 91) presented at the sixth Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference held from February 18–20, 2009 in San Diego, California, USA, followed by three commentaries (Economos and Curatone, 2010; Price and Reis, 2010; Stringer Hessel et al., 2010), and concludes with two commissioned papers (Frank et al., 2010; Pucher et al., 2010). All of these manuscripts were fully peer-reviewed. ALR is a national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Its objective is to reverse the current trend towards being more sedentary, particularly in low-income and high-risk ethnic minority communities. ALR supports initiatives aimed at re-integrating physical activity into the daily routine so that youth accumulate at least 60 min of physical activity each day, and adults accumulate at least 30 min per day. The long term objective of ALR is to prevent childhood obesity. The 15 papers presented at the ALR conference and published in this issue are divided into the following subsections covering various aspects of promoting physical activity in communities: • Translating Research to Policy Award (Burbidge, 2010) • Parks and Recreation (Cohen et al., 2010; Shores and West, 2010) • Youth and Schools (Deforche et al., 2010; Fernandes and Sturm, 2010; Huberty et al., 2010; Yan et al., 2010) • Transportation and Land Use (Guo and Gandavarapu, 2010; Jerrett et al., 2010; McDonald et al., 2010; Pabayo et al., 2010; Tilt, 2010; Van Dyck et al., 2010) • Measurement Advances (Kim et al., 2010; Yousefian et al., 2010) We welcome this opportunity to thank all of our Guest Co-Editors for their diligence and timeliness in seeing the issue to fruition. We also especially salute our Guest Main Editor and colleague, Jim Sallis, ALR Program Director and Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, for his relentlessly active and effective promotion of physical activity in communities, and for his many collaborative contributions on the subject for over 20 years as a PM author (e.g., from Sallis et al., 1986 through Yancey and Sallis, 2009 in the October 2009 themed issue, “Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding”). Then why call this editorial Long Tall Sallis? Because active living, for built-for-speed Sally, Aunt Mary, Uncle John, Little Richard, and all the rest of us is about having some fun too. References Burbidge, S.K., 2010. Merging long range transportation planning with public health: A case study from Utah's Wasatch Front. Prev. Med. 50, S6–S8. Cohen, D.A,, Marsh, T., Williamson, S., Derose, K.P., Martinez, H., Setodji, C., McKenzie, T.L., 2010. Parks and physical activity: Why are some parks used more than others? Prev. Med. 50, S9–S12. Deforche, B., Van Dyck, D., Verloigne, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., 2010. Perceived social and physical environmental correlates of physical activity in older adolescents and the moderating effect of self-efficacy. Prev. Med. 50, S24–S29. Economos, C.D., Curtatone, J.A., 2010. Shaping up Somerville: A community initiative in Massachusetts. Prev. Med. 50, S97–S98. Fernandes, M., Sturm, R., 2010. Facility provision in elementary schools: correlates with physical education, recess, and obesity. Prev. Med. 50, S30–S35. Frank, L.D., Greenwald, M.J., Winkelman, S., Chapman, J., Kavage, S., 2010. Carbonless footprints: Promoting health and climate stabilization through active transportation. Prev. Med. 50, S99–S105. Guo, J.Y., Gandavarapu, S., 2010. An economic evaluation of health-promotive built environment changes. Prev. Med. 50, S44–S49. Huberty, J.L., Balluff, M., O'Dell, M., Peterson, K., 2010. From good ideas to actions: A model-driven community collaborative to prevent childhood obesity. Prev. Med. 50, S36–S43. 0091-7435/$ – see front matter © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.12.004
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This Month in Preventive Medicine Jerrett, M., McConnell, R., Chang, C.C.R., Wolch, J., Reynolds, K., Lurmann, F., Gilliland, F., Berhane, K., 2010. Automobile traffic around the home and attained body mass index: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 10–18 years. Prev. Med. 50, S50–S58. Kim, S., Adamson, K.C., Balfanz, D.R., Brownson, R.C., Wiecha, J.L., Shepard, D., Alles, W.F., 2010. Development of the Community Healthy Living Index: A tool to foster healthy environments for the prevention of obesity and chronic disease. Prev. Med. 50, S80–S85. Lee, S.M., Sallis, J.F., Biddle, S.J.H., 2010. Active communities for youth and families: Using research to create momentum for change. Prev. Med. 50, S3–S5. McDonald, N.C., Deakin, E., Aalborg, A.E., 2010. Influence of the social environment on children's school travel. Prev. Med. 50, S65–S68. Pabayo, R., Gauvin, L., Barnett, T.A, Nikiéma, B., Séguin, L., 2010. Sustained active transportation is associated with a favorable body mass index trajectory across the early school years: Findings from the Quebec longitudinal study of child development birth cohort. Prev. Med. 50, S59–S64. Price, G., Reis, R., 2010. Making kid-friendly cities: Lessons from two cities. Prev. Med. 50, S95–S96. Pucher, J., Dill, J., Handy, S., 2010. Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review. Prev. Med. 50, S106–S125. Sallis, J.F., Haskell, W.L., Fortmann, S.P., Vranizan, K.M., Taylor, C.B., Solomon, D.S., 1986. Predictors of adoption and maintenance of physical activity in a community sample. Prev. Med. 15, 561–568. Shores, K.A., West, S.T., 2010. Rural and urban park use and park-based physical activity. Prev. Med. 50, S13–S17. Stringer Hessel, A., Marshall, J.W., Brown, W., Sabina, A.B., DeForest, K., 2010. Healthy & Active Communities Initiative: A foundation's response to the obesity epidemic. Prev. Med. 50, S93–S94. Van Dyck, D., Cardon, G., Deforche, B., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., 2010. Neighborhood SES and walkability are related to physical activity behavior in Belgian adults. Prev. Med. 50, S74–S79. Yan, A.F., Voorhees, C.C., Clifton, K., Burnier, C., 2010. “Do you see what I see?” Correlates of multidimensional measures of neighborhood forms and perceived physical activity-related neighborhood barriers and facilitators for urban youth. Prev. Med. 50, S18–S23. Yancey, A.K., Sallis, J.F., 2009. Physical activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield? Prev. Med. 49, 277–279. Yousefian, A., Hennessy, E., Umstattd, M.R., Economos, C.D., Hallam, J.S., Hyatt, R.R., Hartley, D., 2010. Development of the Rural Active Living Assessment tools: Measuring rural environments. Prev. Med. 50, S86–S92.
Alfredo Morabia Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College – CUNY, 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY 11365, USA Michael C. Costanza 6 Newbury Close, Rushden, Northamptonshire NN10 0EU, UK E-mail address: [email protected].
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Preventive Medicine j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / y p m e d
This Month in Preventive Medicine
Long Tall Sallis: Having some fun being physically active Preventive Medicine is happy to host this supplement on “Active Communities for Youth and Families: Using Research to Create Momentum for Change,” Guest-Co-Edited by James F. Sallis, Sarah M. Lee, and Stuart J.H. Biddle, who provide a detailed introductory overview (Lee et al., 2010). The issue contains 15 written versions (see below) of the most remarkable papers (out of 91) presented at the sixth Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference held from February 18–20, 2009 in San Diego, California, USA, followed by three commentaries (Economos and Curatone, 2010; Price and Reis, 2010; Stringer Hessel et al., 2010), and concludes with two commissioned papers (Frank et al., 2010; Pucher et al., 2010). All of these manuscripts were fully peer-reviewed. ALR is a national program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Its objective is to reverse the current trend towards being more sedentary, particularly in low-income and high-risk ethnic minority communities. ALR supports initiatives aimed at re-integrating physical activity into the daily routine so that youth accumulate at least 60 min of physical activity each day, and adults accumulate at least 30 min per day. The long term objective of ALR is to prevent childhood obesity. The 15 papers presented at the ALR conference and published in this issue are divided into the following subsections covering various aspects of promoting physical activity in communities: • Translating Research to Policy Award (Burbidge, 2010) • Parks and Recreation (Cohen et al., 2010; Shores and West, 2010) • Youth and Schools (Deforche et al., 2010; Fernandes and Sturm, 2010; Huberty et al., 2010; Yan et al., 2010) • Transportation and Land Use (Guo and Gandavarapu, 2010; Jerrett et al., 2010; McDonald et al., 2010; Pabayo et al., 2010; Tilt, 2010; Van Dyck et al., 2010) • Measurement Advances (Kim et al., 2010; Yousefian et al., 2010) We welcome this opportunity to thank all of our Guest Co-Editors for their diligence and timeliness in seeing the issue to fruition. We also especially salute our Guest Main Editor and colleague, Jim Sallis, ALR Program Director and Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, for his relentlessly active and effective promotion of physical activity in communities, and for his many collaborative contributions on the subject for over 20 years as a PM author (e.g., from Sallis et al., 1986 through Yancey and Sallis, 2009 in the October 2009 themed issue, “Forum on Physical Activity Research and Funding”). Then why call this editorial Long Tall Sallis? Because active living, for built-for-speed Sally, Aunt Mary, Uncle John, Little Richard, and all the rest of us is about having some fun too. References Burbidge, S.K., 2010. Merging long range transportation planning with public health: A case study from Utah's Wasatch Front. Prev. Med. 50, S6–S8. Cohen, D.A,, Marsh, T., Williamson, S., Derose, K.P., Martinez, H., Setodji, C., McKenzie, T.L., 2010. Parks and physical activity: Why are some parks used more than others? Prev. Med. 50, S9–S12. Deforche, B., Van Dyck, D., Verloigne, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., 2010. Perceived social and physical environmental correlates of physical activity in older adolescents and the moderating effect of self-efficacy. Prev. Med. 50, S24–S29. Economos, C.D., Curtatone, J.A., 2010. Shaping up Somerville: A community initiative in Massachusetts. Prev. Med. 50, S97–S98. Fernandes, M., Sturm, R., 2010. Facility provision in elementary schools: correlates with physical education, recess, and obesity. Prev. Med. 50, S30–S35. Frank, L.D., Greenwald, M.J., Winkelman, S., Chapman, J., Kavage, S., 2010. Carbonless footprints: Promoting health and climate stabilization through active transportation. Prev. Med. 50, S99–S105. Guo, J.Y., Gandavarapu, S., 2010. An economic evaluation of health-promotive built environment changes. Prev. Med. 50, S44–S49. Huberty, J.L., Balluff, M., O'Dell, M., Peterson, K., 2010. From good ideas to actions: A model-driven community collaborative to prevent childhood obesity. Prev. Med. 50, S36–S43. 0091-7435/$ – see front matter © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.12.004
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This Month in Preventive Medicine Jerrett, M., McConnell, R., Chang, C.C.R., Wolch, J., Reynolds, K., Lurmann, F., Gilliland, F., Berhane, K., 2010. Automobile traffic around the home and attained body mass index: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 10–18 years. Prev. Med. 50, S50–S58. Kim, S., Adamson, K.C., Balfanz, D.R., Brownson, R.C., Wiecha, J.L., Shepard, D., Alles, W.F., 2010. Development of the Community Healthy Living Index: A tool to foster healthy environments for the prevention of obesity and chronic disease. Prev. Med. 50, S80–S85. Lee, S.M., Sallis, J.F., Biddle, S.J.H., 2010. Active communities for youth and families: Using research to create momentum for change. Prev. Med. 50, S3–S5. McDonald, N.C., Deakin, E., Aalborg, A.E., 2010. Influence of the social environment on children's school travel. Prev. Med. 50, S65–S68. Pabayo, R., Gauvin, L., Barnett, T.A, Nikiéma, B., Séguin, L., 2010. Sustained active transportation is associated with a favorable body mass index trajectory across the early school years: Findings from the Quebec longitudinal study of child development birth cohort. Prev. Med. 50, S59–S64. Price, G., Reis, R., 2010. Making kid-friendly cities: Lessons from two cities. Prev. Med. 50, S95–S96. Pucher, J., Dill, J., Handy, S., 2010. Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review. Prev. Med. 50, S106–S125. Sallis, J.F., Haskell, W.L., Fortmann, S.P., Vranizan, K.M., Taylor, C.B., Solomon, D.S., 1986. Predictors of adoption and maintenance of physical activity in a community sample. Prev. Med. 15, 561–568. Shores, K.A., West, S.T., 2010. Rural and urban park use and park-based physical activity. Prev. Med. 50, S13–S17. Stringer Hessel, A., Marshall, J.W., Brown, W., Sabina, A.B., DeForest, K., 2010. Healthy & Active Communities Initiative: A foundation's response to the obesity epidemic. Prev. Med. 50, S93–S94. Van Dyck, D., Cardon, G., Deforche, B., Sallis, J.F., Owen, N., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., 2010. Neighborhood SES and walkability are related to physical activity behavior in Belgian adults. Prev. Med. 50, S74–S79. Yan, A.F., Voorhees, C.C., Clifton, K., Burnier, C., 2010. “Do you see what I see?” Correlates of multidimensional measures of neighborhood forms and perceived physical activity-related neighborhood barriers and facilitators for urban youth. Prev. Med. 50, S18–S23. Yancey, A.K., Sallis, J.F., 2009. Physical activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield? Prev. Med. 49, 277–279. Yousefian, A., Hennessy, E., Umstattd, M.R., Economos, C.D., Hallam, J.S., Hyatt, R.R., Hartley, D., 2010. Development of the Rural Active Living Assessment tools: Measuring rural environments. Prev. Med. 50, S86–S92.
Alfredo Morabia Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College – CUNY, 163-03 Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, NY 11365, USA Michael C. Costanza 6 Newbury Close, Rushden, Northamptonshire NN10 0EU, UK E-mail address: [email protected].