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This initiative was developed to address the childhood obesity epidemic by using policy-based approaches that regulate the school environment. NCI developed a school nutrition-environment state Policy classification system (SNESPCS) and a physical education-related state policy classification system (PERSPCS) to monitor legislative and regulatory state policies as it relates to the school environment. This includes a database of coded statutory and regulatory data files of policies related to youth obesity. The database can help researchers, public health practitioners, and policy makers by providing the framework to evaluate the impact of policies on the school environment and individual behavioral outcomes. Also, the database can provide a valuable tool to help states monitor change over time as it relates to these policy areas. It is anticipated that identifying and analyzing physical education- and nutrition-related statutes and regulations can lead to the discovery of innovative strategies to decrease the current childhood obesity epidemic. The database would help researchers, public health practitioners, and policy makers in developing a framework to evaluate the impact of policies on the school environment and individual behavioral outcomes. The overall goal of this initiative is to develop a PA focused on obesity related policies in the schools so that researchers can identify ways to decrease childhood obesity. http://class.cancer.gov
New Funding Opportunity Announcement: School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors and Weight Outcomes, issued by NCI, NHLBI, NICHD, OBSSR, and CDC.
Grant applications are encouraged that propose to:
- Foster multidisciplinary research that will evaluate how policies (federal, state and school district levels) can influence school physical activity and nutrition environments, youths’ obesogenic behaviors (e.g., nutrition and physical activity behaviors), and weight outcomes;
- Understand how schools are implementing these policies and examine multi-level influences on adoption and implementation at various levels (e.g. federal, state, school district, and school); and
- Understand the synergistic or counteractive effect of school nutrition and physical activity polices on the home and community environment and body weight.
Additional details are available at the links below. Note that standard receipt dates apply.
Contact:
Tanya Agurs-Collins, PhD, RD
collinsta@mail.nih.gov
Frank M. Perna, EdD, PhD
pernafm@mail.nih.gov
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School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors and Weight Outcomes
The school environment is influenced by policies enacted at various levels (e.g., federal, state, and/or school district). This Program Announcement calls for multi-disciplinary research that will empirically delineate the hierarchy of influences of those policies at the school, home, and community levels on youth obesogenic behaviors and weight outcomes. The Social Ecological Framework is applied to examine the interrelations among polices aimed at the school and home environment, individual behaviors and weight outcomes.
State Physical Education and Recess and School Nutrition Environment Policy Classification Systems and Data
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), working with expert consultants including staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and through contracts with The MayaTech Corporation, developed two systems for classifying state level physical education and recess and nutrition school environment-related policies. Policies are defined to include both statutory and administrative laws. An initial baseline coding of relevant state policies was conducted for laws in effect as of December 31, 2003 through 2007. Efforts currently are underway to extend these data through 2008.
Tracking and Evaluating Physical Activity Legislative Policies
Project duration: September 2003 to May 2009
Contract withThe MayaTech Corporation
The purpose of this project was to develop a framework for evaluating the impact of physical activity legislative policies. Specifically, this project will develop a coding system for tracking policies related to urban planning, transportation, physical education, and physical activity promotion.
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