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CDC updates guide with launch of National Physical Activity Plan
Community wellness planners get updated tool
NOTE: We seem to have a lot of problems in this country: war, terror threats, health care, energy, unemployment and poverty, etc. One thing most of us have complete control over is our activity level - movement, exercise, lifestyle choices, etc are typically within our sphere of control. The CDC's involvement is obvious - the less we exercise, the more we are diseased. This book is aimed at public officials and employees and those who plan public space. My belief is that "leading by example" works the best. It took only one person at my place of employment to take a walk during lunch and now 5-6 people do it at least a few times a week. Simple - Easy. Lesson learned.
Champaign, IL-- The National Physical Activity Plan launches in Washington, D.C. May 3, just as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases a new edition of Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action (Human Kinetics, May 2010). The book offers the tools and information to get people off the couch and on their way to healthy living.
Promoting Physical Activity, Second Edition is written for public health practitioners; persons working in the parks and recreation, urban planning, and transportation sectors; and other stakeholders involved in promoting physical activity in communities. They are some of the key catalysts for the National Physical Activity Plan who can encourage communities or group members to hop on their bikes, take the stairs, or walk the neighborhood to get active, as the book outlines.
"Community-based approaches to promoting physical activity have been shown to be effective," explains editor David Brown. "A community that has the political will and resources to implement evidence-based approaches will increase the level of physical activity, and consequently the health, of its residents.
"Since the publication of the first edition of the book in 1999, numerous advances in community-based physical activity interventions and programs have occurred and the scientific knowledge base regarding physical activity and public health has grown substantially," adds Brown.
The National Physical Activity Plan effort encourages everyone to be more physically active, reduce barriers to inactivity, and make sure our communities and institutions provide opportunities to move. Those topics are canvassed in Promoting Physical Activity and act on the challenge of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign.
Promoting Physical Activity helps generate new ideas to improve or expand existing programs for novice to experienced wellness professionals. It provides the resources to help make a case for intervention programs, and provides a practical overview of evidence-based interventions. It also contains a flexible blueprint for planning, implementing and evaluating programs in any community setting.
"Community-based approaches to promoting physical activity have been shown to be effective," summarizes Brown. "Following the approaches discussed in Promoting Physical Activity will result in substantial progress toward meeting national health objectives."
For more information on Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action, Second Edition or other health promotion resources from Human Kinetics, visit www.HumanKinetics.com or call 1-800-747-4457.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action, Second Edition
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Available May 2010 · Paperback · 280 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-6208-4 · $44.00
eBook ISBN 978-0-7360-9041-4 · $24.00
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the nation's premier public health agency, working to ensure healthy people in a healthy world.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting public health activities in the United States. CDC's focus is not only on scientific excellence but also on the essential spirit that is CDC-to protect the health of all people. CDC keeps humanity at the forefront of its mission to ensure health protection through promotion, prevention, and preparedness.
CDC's, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) is part of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. DNPAO's vision, mission, and goals are:
DNPAO's vision - a world where regular physical activity, good nutrition, and healthy weight are part of everyone's life.
DNPAO's mission - to lead strategic public health efforts to prevent and control obesity, chronic disease, and other health conditions though regular physical activity and good nutrition.
DNPAO's goals:
Increase health-related physical activity through population-based approaches.
Improve those aspects of dietary quality most related to the population burden of chronic disease and unhealthy child development.
Decrease prevalence of obesity through preventing excess weight gain and maintenance of healthy weight loss.
CONTENTS
Part I: Foundations for Physical Activity Promotion
Chapter 1: Health Benefits of Physical Activity
Chapter 2: Physical Activity Recommendations
Part II: Approaches and Interventions for Changing Physical Activity Behavior
Chapter 3: Informational Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity
Chapter 4: Behavioral and Social Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity
Chapter 5: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity
Part III: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Your Intervention or Program
Chapter 6: Partnerships
Chapter 7: Program Planning and Evaluation
Part IV: Resources for Action
Appendix A. Physical Activity and Disability by James H. Rimmer, PhD
Appendix B. Physical Activity Surveillance by Sandra A. Ham
Appendix C. Physical Activity and Fitness (HP 2010 Progress Review)
Appendix D. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (Executive Summary)
Appendix E. Resources
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