Neighborhoods on the Move
PI - Richard Suminski
The Ohio State University Foundation
The specific aims of the proposed study are as follows: conduct in-depth assessments of neighborhood resources for and rates of physical activity, recruit community members to form an ongoing leadership council, develop a neighborhood-based physical activity program (Neighborhoods on the Move), implement and operate Neighborhoods on the Move, assess the effects of Neighborhoods on the Move on physical activity participation and characteristics of the physical environment that could influence physical activity, e.g., access to programs, and use FORECAST METHODS to evaluate community organizational change in support of Neighborhoods on the Move. Data obtained from focus groups, community forums, key informant interviews, and additional needs assessments will be used by project coordinators and the leadership council to tailor Neighborhoods on the Move programs to meet the needs of the treatment neighborhood. Neighborhoods on the Move components will include efforts to increase access to physical activity opportunities (after school programs, church-based programs, walking clubs), improve the quality of existing programs, promote safe physical activity behavior settings, disseminate information about physical activity opportunities, and build neighborhood support for a physically active lifestyle. Coalition groups and the leadership council will assist with the implementation and maintenance of Neighborhoods on the Move. Neighborhood volunteers will be trained to organize and conduct Neighborhoods on the Move programs. Outcomes will be compared between the treatment and control neighborhoods. In addition, the extent to which existing community organizations successfully progress through stages of organizational change in support of Neighborhoods on the Move will be measured at this time.
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