Partners for a Healthy City

Implementing Policies and Environmental Changes Within Organizations to Promote Health

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ID11034847
AutoresLaura Feyerherm (Laura Feyerherm is with the Wellness Council of the Midlands, Omaha, NE. Melissa Tibbits and Hongmei Wang are with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha. Sarah Schram and Mary Balluff are with the Douglas County Health Department, Omaha.), Melissa Tibbits (0000-0002-1645-2197, Laura Feyerherm is with the Wellness Council of the Midlands, Omaha, NE. Melissa Tibbits and Hongmei Wang are with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha. Sarah Schram and Mary Balluff are with the Douglas County Health Department, Omaha.), Hongmei Wang (0000-0002-7565-9040, Laura Feyerherm is with the Wellness Council of the Midlands, Omaha, NE. Melissa Tibbits and Hongmei Wang are with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha. Sarah Schram and Mary Balluff are with the Douglas County Health Department, Omaha.), Sarah Schram (Laura Feyerherm is with the Wellness Council of the Midlands, Omaha, NE. Melissa Tibbits and Hongmei Wang are with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha. Sarah Schram and Mary Balluff are with the Douglas County Health Department, Omaha.), Sarah E Schram (College of Saint Mary), Mary Balluff (Laura Feyerherm is with the Wellness Council of the Midlands, Omaha, NE. Melissa Tibbits and Hongmei Wang are with the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha. Sarah Schram and Mary Balluff are with the Douglas County Health Department, Omaha.)
Ano2014
Volume104
Fascículo7
Páginas1165-1168
Data de publicação2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.301875
PMID24832425
OpenAlexW2147663538
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas2

Current research has suggested that obesity prevention efforts should promote policy and environmental changes. The Partners for a Healthy City project, implemented in Douglas County, Nebraska, focused on collaborating with local organizations to help them select and implement 1 or more policies that promoted healthy eating and physical activity. Of the 346 organizations participating in the project and completing the follow-up assessment, 92% implemented at least 1 new policy or expanded an existing policy related to healthy food and drink options and physical activity, totaling 952 individual policy changes. Common policies included providing water as the primary beverage and installing bike racks to support active commuting to and from work. These findings suggest widespread support for policy changes that promote community health

Active living · Business · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental policy · Geography · Healthy eating · Healthy food · Physical activity · Political science · Public health · Public health policy · Public policy · Public relations · Work (physics) · Community Health and Development · Engineering · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Health Policy