Katherine Oestman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4452807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Oestman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Oestman |
| SIGNATURE | OESTMAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-8053-6572 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sustaining Health Promotion Efforts Through Community Coalition Localization
The Problem: Community coalitions provide a pathway for localization of health promotion efforts. However, sustaining and institutionalizing a community coalition requires a transition period that has not been well described in the extant literature. Purpose: To describe how a multi-sector community-wide cancer prevention program transitioned a community coalition to independence as well as process outcomes and lessons learned from ongoing sustai…
Building and Maintaining a Whole Community Initiative
The most effective health communication builds from evidence-based best practices and theory. In practice, health campaigns rely on considerations often under-discussed in health communication, such as consistent agency-style client service, image management, and community coalition-building. Health outcome progress often requires change at multiple levels, from individual cognition and behavior to policy creation. These multi-level needs further…
Reducing risk for chronic disease
Community initiatives can effectively permeate the community by reaching individuals, improving physical activity and dietary habits, and ensuring sustainability. Based on the experience reported here, the success of a community initiative can be facilitated if collaborating organizations come together to implement evidence-based interventions and tailor them to the community, and if they are empowered by significant leadership and supportive col…
Patterns of home cooking practices among participants in a behavioral weight loss program
Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Worksite-Weight-Loss Program for Cancer Prevention among School-District Employees with Overweight and Obesity
The effects of Vibrant Lives, a 6-month worksite-weight-loss program, were examined in a cohort of school-district employees with overweight or obesity. The VL Basic (VLB) participants received materials and tailored text messages, the VL Plus (VLP) participants additionally received WIFI-enabled activity monitors and scales and participated in health challenges throughout the school year, and the VL Plus with Support (VLP + S) participants addit…
Are park proximity and park features related to park use and park-based physical activity among adults? Variations by multiple socio-demographic characteristics
BACKGROUND: Parks are valuable resources for physical activity (PA) given their widespread availability and low cost to maintain and use. Both proximity to parks and the availability of particular features are important correlates of PA. However, few studies have explored multiple measures of proximity simultaneously or the specific facilities associated with park use and park-based PA among adults, let alone differences across socio-demographic …
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Are park proximity and park features related to park use and park-based physical activity among adults? Variations by multiple socio-demographic characteristics
BACKGROUND: Parks are valuable resources for physical activity (PA) given their widespread availability and low cost to maintain and use. Both proximity to parks and the availability of particular features are important correlates of PA. However, few studies have explored multiple measures of proximity simultaneously or the specific facilities associated with park use and park-based PA among adults, let alone differences across socio-demographic …
Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Worksite-Weight-Loss Program for Cancer Prevention among School-District Employees with Overweight and Obesity
The effects of Vibrant Lives, a 6-month worksite-weight-loss program, were examined in a cohort of school-district employees with overweight or obesity. The VL Basic (VLB) participants received materials and tailored text messages, the VL Plus (VLP) participants additionally received WIFI-enabled activity monitors and scales and participated in health challenges throughout the school year, and the VL Plus with Support (VLP + S) participants addit…
Patterns of home cooking practices among participants in a behavioral weight loss program
Building and Maintaining a Whole Community Initiative
The most effective health communication builds from evidence-based best practices and theory. In practice, health campaigns rely on considerations often under-discussed in health communication, such as consistent agency-style client service, image management, and community coalition-building. Health outcome progress often requires change at multiple levels, from individual cognition and behavior to policy creation. These multi-level needs further…
Reducing risk for chronic disease
Community initiatives can effectively permeate the community by reaching individuals, improving physical activity and dietary habits, and ensuring sustainability. Based on the experience reported here, the success of a community initiative can be facilitated if collaborating organizations come together to implement evidence-based interventions and tailor them to the community, and if they are empowered by significant leadership and supportive col…
Sustaining Health Promotion Efforts Through Community Coalition Localization
The Problem: Community coalitions provide a pathway for localization of health promotion efforts. However, sustaining and institutionalizing a community coalition requires a transition period that has not been well described in the extant literature. Purpose: To describe how a multi-sector community-wide cancer prevention program transitioned a community coalition to independence as well as process outcomes and lessons learned from ongoing sustai…
Medicine (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Community health (2 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Obesity (2 works)