Implementing Physical Activity Recommendations in a Tri-ethnic Rural Community through a Community-University Partnership

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• Alternative Title:
  Prog Community Health Partnersh
• Personal Author:
  Davis, Sally M. ; Cruz, Theresa ; Hess, Julia Meredith ; Kozoll, Richard ; Page-Reeves, Janet
• Description:
  Background ; A tri-ethnic rural community with limited resources and a university Prevention Research Center developed a partnership to promote evidence-based physical activity. ; Objective ; The purpose of this study was to investigate how a community-university partnership can disseminate and implement The Community Guide’s recommendations for increasing physical activity and create a model for other under-resourced communities experiencing high rates of chronic disease. ; Methods ; Qualitative data collected through 47 semi-structured interviews, meeting minutes, and local newspaper articles were coded for themes and analyzed for patterns across the data. ; Results ; Implementation resulted in the creation of new paths and trails, increased walkability throughout the community, local park enhancements, and a community-wide campaign. Lessons learned included the importance of community-defined goals and outcomes, leadership, volunteerism, mutually beneficial goals, synergy, and having non-traditional partners. ; Conclusion ; This research provides a community-university partnership model for implementing evidence-based strategies to increase physical activity in rural communities.
• Subjects:
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Community-Institutional Relations
  • Ethnicity
  • Exercise
  • Female
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Male
  More +
• Keywords:
  • The Community Guide
  • built environment
  • physical activity
  • rural
  • community-university partnership
  • walking
  • dissemination and implementation research
• Source:
  Prog Community Health Partnersh. 11(2):149-159
• Pubmed ID:
  28736407
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5526092
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP005034/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005034/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46896/cdc_46896_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 602.42 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5760244d27bba3b7600483c2c68a44fb04e50f690ed035ac76f129c7d12e78ab