American Journal of Preventive Medicine February 2009 Supplement

The February 2009 (Vol. 36, No. 2S) issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is devoted to Active Living Research.

This supplement issue highlights the first six years of Active Living Research and evaluates its success in developing this transdisciplinary field of research.  

Below you can find all articles contained in the 2009 Volume 36, Number 2S supplement issue.

Active Living Research: A Six-Year Report

• History of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Research Program: Origins and Strategy
  CT Orleans, LC Leviton, KA Thomas, TL Bazzarre, JB Bussel, D Proctor, CM Torio, & SM Weiss

• The Active Living Research Program: Six Years of Grantmaking
  JF Sallis, LS Linton, MK Kraft, CL Cutter, J Kerr, J Weitzel, A Wilson, C Spoon, ID Harrison, R Cervero, K Patrick, TL Schmid, & M Pratt

• Evaluation of Active Living Research: Progress and Lessons in Building a New Field
  MA Gutman, DC Barker, F Samples-Smart, & C Morley

• Policy-Contribution Assessment and Field-Building Analysis of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Research Program
  JM Ottoson, LW Green, WL Beery, SK Senter, CL Cahill, DC Pearson, HP Greenwald, R Hamre, & L Leviton

Commentary

• Active Living Research and Public Health: Natural Partners in a New Field
  DM Buchner & TL Schmid

• Challenging Our Comfort Levels: Lifestyles, Research, and the Ongoing Legacy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  JM McGinnis

• Active Living Research and the Movement for Healthy Communities
  A Glover Blackwell

• Essential Nexus: How to Use Research to Inform and Evaluate Public Policy
  L Morandi

• Creating a Culture of Movement: The Benefits of Promoting Physical Activity in Schools and the Workplace
  U.S. Congressman Zach Wamp

• Commentary on Active Living: From Research to Practice?
  P Puska

• Solution-Oriented Research: Converging Efforts of Promoting Environmental Sustainability and Obesity Prevention
  TT-K Huang

Related Articles

• A Model Curriculum for a Course on the Built Environment and Public Health: Training for an Interdisciplinary Workforce
  ND Botchwey, SE Hobson, AL Dannenberg, KG Mumford, CK Contant, TE McMillan, RJ Jackson, R Lopez, & C Winkle

• Study Designs and Analytic Strategies for Environmental and Policy Research on Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet: Recommendations from a Meeting of Experts
  JF Sallis, M Story, & D Lou