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{"title":"Leadership Characteristics of Extension Agents Facilitating a Healthy Communities, Civic-Engagement Randomized Trial in Rural Towns.","authors":"Meredith L Graham, Galen D Eldridge, Margaret Demment, Meghan Kershaw, Angel Christou, Vi Luong, Elena Andreyeva, Sara C Folta, Karla L Hanson, Jay E Maddock, Rebecca A Seguin-Fowler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leadership styles and skills are associated with group dynamics, creativity, and project implementation in community change initiatives; specifically, collaborative leadership skills can lead to a greater likelihood of effective, sustainable improvement in the health of communities. This study sought to examine the leadership styles and skills of Extension Agents engaged in leading a community policy, system, and environmental change initiative. Our aim was to describe how collaborative the leadership style of these leaders was and how high they scored in collaborative leadership skills. Data were collected among Extension Agents at baseline (n=7), prior to program training or implementation, focused on leadership style and collaborative leadership skills. A 16item leadership styles survey was used to assess Agents' scores for four leadership styles: 1) authoritative; 2) democratic; 3) facilitative; 4) situational. Collaborative leadership skills were measured using the Turning Point Collaborative Leadership Questionnaire, which evaluates key behaviors within the six skills of effective collaborative leaders: <i>assessing the environment, creating clarity, building trust, sharing power and influence, developing people</i>, and <i>self-reflection.</i> Agents were most often authoritative in their leadership style, although four out of seven Agents had two styles tied for highest score. Most Agents scored as excellent in <i>assessing the environment</i> (n=4), <i>sharing power and influence</i> (n=5), and <i>developing people</i> (n=5). The highest proportions were in the strong category for <i>creating clarity</i> (n=4), <i>building trust</i> (n=4), and <i>self-reflection</i> (n=4). While Agents demonstrated variety across the characteristics, there were consistencies both in leadership type and collaborative skills. Clinical Trial #: NCT05002660. ClinicalTrials.gov. Registered 4 August 2021.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 3","pages":"174-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080407/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144096236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nature Contact as an Aspect of Active Living.","authors":"Jay E Maddock, Aaron J Hipp","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 3","pages":"118-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080412/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144096345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving Access to the Transportation Alternatives Program for Rural Communities.","authors":"Jessica Stroope, Marisa Jones, Brian Nunes, Denise Holston","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rural small towns with small main streets and compact downtown development can be ideal locations to create walkable communities. The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC)'s High Obesity Program (HOP) funds Cooperative Extension programs to implement strategies to improve food access and support active transportation in high obesity (often rural) counties. The Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter HOP program had previously partnered with rural low-income communities to create Complete Streets plans but was challenged to find ways to implement those plans. A technical assistance webinar through the CDC provided by Safe Routes Partnership made the LSU AgCenter HOP team aware of new flexibility in the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), a primary source for federal formula funding for bike and pedestrian infrastructure. Through ongoing engagement with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the local cost responsibility for the TAP for towns under 5,000 decreased from a previous approximate 40% cost burden to 5%, making TAP an accessible program for many rural communities. This paper describes how public health partnerships can improve access to active transportation funding. Although each state follows federal guidelines for the TAP program, there is substantial variation in state processes and local match requirements, which creates an opportunity for public health professionals to engage with state department of transportations to improve equity in TAP.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 3","pages":"189-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080409/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144096235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Degree of implementation of a play-based curricular intervention affects children's movement in afterschool settings.","authors":"Allison Poulos, Kylie Wilson, Pamela Hodges Kulinna, Marissa Schulke, Dana Perlman, Russ Carson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Programs implemented in afterschool settings can support children's health; however, their effectiveness may depend on the degree of implementation which can vary by school. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, we assessed the effect of a play-based curricular intervention on physical activity (PA) levels among children (N=133) attending seven intervention and seven comparison afterschool programs in Arizona (U.S.) using general linear mixed models, and examined how degree of intervention implementation impacted children's PA using linear regression models. PA was measured using wrist-worn accelerometers and degree of implementation was measured using a researcher-developed 100-point index with data from surveys and training attendance from each school. After the intervention, children receiving the curriculum increased their light PA by 4.7 minutes and decreased their sedentary time by an average of 10.2 minutes daily. When degree of implementation was considered, we found variability between schools in children's sedentary time and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) after the intervention. Based on the average time spent in the afterschool programs daily (2.9 hours), children averaged 5.2 more MVPA minutes and 7.0 less sedentary minutes for every 10-point increase in implementation index score. Considering the 30-point variability in scores between schools, this translated to children spending up to 16 minutes more in MVPA and 21 minutes less being sedentary of the average 2.9 hours spent in afterschool programs with the highest level of implementation compared to the lowest. Degree of implementation matters when integrating curricula in afterschool settings that target children's movement. Stronger implementation may reduce children's sedentary behavior and increase MVPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 3","pages":"128-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080413/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144096255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Complete Highway Removal vs. Highway Removal to Boulevards vs. Caps: Redressing Past Wrongs while Addressing the Decay of America's Most Ambitious Public Works Project.","authors":"Brad Wales, Jennifer D Roberts","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 2","pages":"47-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adult Sports Participation and Physical Activity: How About Curling?","authors":"Michael A Kanters, J Aaron Hipp, Kyle Bunds, Jonathan Casper, Riley Nelson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despite its well-documented physical and psychosocial benefits, sport remains the least engaged form of physical activity (PA) among adults. Many adults may lack the skills needed to play or continue to play sports and aging adults are more likely to avoid participation for fear of poor performance or injury. A sport that shows great promise for adults seeking new sports participation outlets is curling. Curling is a team sport comprised of four interchangeable positions working collectively to deliver granite stones across a sheet of ice in an effort to outscore the opponent team. While it seems reasonable that walking on ice, \"throwing\" a 44 lb granite stone across a sheet of ice, and periodically sweeping while walking on ice over a two-hour period would generate at least a moderate amount of physical activity, research to date is quite limited. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to objectively measure the amount and intensity of PA achieved by average recreational curling participants during a typical curling match. Members of a curling club in NC were asked to wear ActiGraph Accelerometers (model GT3X) while they participated in their regularly scheduled curling match. All participants had at least one year of curling experience. Curling matches lasted between 90 and 120 minutes. Participants were asked to indicate their age, gender, and curling position during the match (lead, second, vice, skip) which were matched with accelerometer data. Overall, 110 participants (37 female, 73 male, avg. age 50 yrs) spent most of their curling time in light or moderate-intensity activity (18.1% Sedentary; 49.5% light; 32.4% moderate; .03% vigorous). In terms of minutes, the average participant spent 35.9 minutes engaged in Moderate-to-Vigorous PA (MVPA) per curling experience. This represents 23.9% of the weekly 150min of MVPA suggested by the CDC. Estimates of METs indicated that curling would be classified on the border of light and moderate physical activity. While total step data indicated that participation in beginning curling could make a significant contribution toward meeting the 10,000 - 13,000 daily step recommendation with an average of 2936 steps (~30%) within the curling sessions. The second position had the highest percentage of moderate activity level and a small percentage of vigorous activity. No other position reached a vigorous level. The skip position had the highest amount of sedentary activity as well as light activity. Females had a higher level of moderate activity in comparison to males. However, males reached a small amount of vigorous activity. The age group of 18 - 36 had the highest amount of moderate activity and the lowest amount of sedentary activity. This age group reached an average of 41.0 minutes of MVPA per curling experience. The age group of &gt; 58 had the highest amount of sedentary activity and the lowest amount of moderate activity. Findings clearly show that regardless of position, curling participant","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 2","pages":"107-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing translational products for adapting evidence-based physical activity interventions in rural communities.","authors":"Rebecca Bucklin, Stephanie Evett, Anna Correa, Melissa Gant, Michelle Lewis, Natoshia Askelson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development and distribution of educational materials is a key strategy to support the implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs). Rural communities have higher rates of physical inactivity and face higher burden of many diseases that increased physical activity can prevent. To support the translation of a developed physical activity intervention for adults in micropolitan communities (10,000-50,000 people), called Active Iowa, the University of Iowa Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH) created a toolkit and supplemental resources designed to guide implementers through the implementation of the intervention. Through a community-engaged process, the PRC-RH underwent three phases of review and evaluation of the developed products. The first phase involved the Community Advisory Board from the pilot intervention, the second involved the PRC-RH State Advisory Board and public health practitioners from across the state, and the third involved micropolitan leaders and micropolitan health department staff. The feedback received through these three phases resulted in changes to the developed products to improve usability, readability, and clarity. The feedback also resulted in the development of additional materials to further support the implementation of the intervention. The success the PRC-RH experienced in the review process can be attributed to the strong, established partnerships with practitioners across the state who represented a variety of community roles and organizations. The developed materials can be used to improve physical activity rates in rural and micropolitan communities, in turn reducing chronic diseases and improving the quality of life for rural residents.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 2","pages":"69-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448914/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Black Girls as Transformative Leaders in Physical Activity Programs.","authors":"Tara B Blackshear","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black American adolescent girls possess a unique ability to inspire and enact change in their communities yet are overlooked in discussions of leadership and empowerment. Coupled with deficit approaches to school-based physical activity programming, positioning Black girls as physical activity leaders is missing from practice. BLinG-Health^TM (Black Leadership in Girls' Health) trained peer leaders in group fitness instruction that was instrumental in an 8-week after-school physical activity pilot program. This paper presents qualitative data illustrating the program's impact on Black girls leading peers in a group fitness setting using general inductive narrative analysis based on group interviews, observations, reflection notes, and faculty leadership testimonials. Participants exuded community, collaboration, and confidence. Peer leadership was effective but differed. Girls recognized the program's benefits and challenges while enjoying it. Black girls can lead physical activity initiatives when allowed to do so while building a community. Researchers and school and community activists should empower Black girls to lead physical activity programs, which can ultimately foster better health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 2","pages":"60-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A telehealth yoga program for older adults in rural Wisconsin: intervention development and process outcomes.","authors":"Susan J Andreae, Thomas Casey, Paul Mross, Mary Mezera, Anne M Mortensen, Kristen A Pickett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although yoga improves physical functioning, balance, and quality of life in older adults, rural residents are less likely to participate due to issues related to availability, access, and beliefs regarding yoga practice. To address these barriers, we worked with community partners to adapt a yoga program designed for older adults for telehealth delivery. In this report, intervention development and process outcomes are presented. Community collaborators identified strategies to recruit and retain older adults and suggested modifications required to maximize the adoption and maintenance of a telehealth exercise program by local community organizations. Four rural serving organizations evaluated the program using a wait-list comparison group design. Process measures collected at post-intervention supplemented program evaluation measures collected pre- and post-intervention. The adapted 8-week program consisted of two weekly group sessions delivered over video conferencing software. Of 48 enrolled participants, 83% completed the program. Participants were on average 72.6 (SD=6) years old, majority white (98%), female (85.7%), and attended some college (92%). Most were satisfied with the telehealth delivery, program content, and yoga instructor with mixed results regarding logistical issues such as program length and duration. Community organizations similar to those that will ultimately disseminate the program, yoga teachers, and older adults were engaged to maximize the feasibility of this telehealth exercise program. The program appeared to be safe and acceptable, indicating telehealth may be a strategy to increase access to yoga programs for rural-dwelling older adults. Lessons learned will inform future telehealth iterations of this and similar exercise programming.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 2","pages":"92-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142383330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Brownfields to Healthfields: A Retrospective Ripple Effect Mapping Evaluation in Three Rural Communities.","authors":"Samantha I Moyers-Kinsella, Daniel Eades, Christiaan G Abildso","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The environments in which we live influence our health behaviors and outcomes. The redevelopment of brownfields sites to health-promoting land uses may provide an array of benefits to individuals and communities, but these impacts can be particularly difficult to assess in rural communities using traditional evaluation approaches. This participatory evaluation aimed to explore the impacts of redeveloping rural brownfield sites into health-promoting land uses. Using a facilitated workshop-based Ripple Effects Mapping process, we evaluated three rural brownfields redevelopment sites across Appalachian portions of EPA Region 3 (mid-Atlantic). Adult members (n=32) of these communities participated in guided reflection on the redevelopment and subsequent impacts. Data were constructed as digital mind maps, then coded to the Community Capitals Framework by two authors coding independently. Member checking was conducted with representative workshop participants. Commonly cited impacts were site improvements, facilitation of social and physical activity, and engaging community identity. The most discussed community capitals were social and built; the least discussed capitals were natural and political. Rural brownfield redevelopment targeting physical activity provides the added benefit of engaging an array of community capitals, ultimately strengthening communities on the whole. Future directions for brownfield redevelopment evaluation are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":73774,"journal":{"name":"Journal of healthy eating and active living","volume":"4 2","pages":"79-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142382664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}