Developing Stories From the Field to Highlight Policy, Systems, and Environmental Approaches in Obesity Prevention

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Zwald, Marissa ; Jernigan, Jan ; Payne, Gayle ; Farris, Rosanne
• Description:
  As obesity prevention initiatives increasingly shift toward approaches focused on policy, systems, and environmental change, opportunities to share experiences from the field and lessons learned are growing. Stories are a tool to illustrate processes and outcomes of initiatives that can complement quantitative results. The use of stories, however, is not widely recognized, and the methods and tools available to develop stories are limited. Therefore, we describe the methods used to collect, develop, and disseminate stories featuring comprehensive obesity prevention efforts that various state health departments are planning and implementing. We also discuss potential challenges and provide recommendations that public health practitioners may consider when developing similar stories.
• Subjects:
  Anecdotes As Topic Community-Institutional Relations Data Collection Documentation Health Policy Health Promotion Humans Information Dissemination Obesity Organizational Culture Practice Guidelines As Topic Qualitative Research Tools And Techniques

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120141
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  23411034
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3604804
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CDC-DP08-805/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d952c0567914562763a054c15f58912bf55cd64e56d6b0c2395434e595fa3713d4f07ac335813b9811e8252fe3964990a7c7c7e4545a358616b3340a70785856
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