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5 A-Day Customized Survey Project
Project duration: September 2004 to September 2005.
HPRB Contact: Amy L. Yaroch.
Contract with Porter Novelli.
The purpose of this project is to obtain current national data on fruit and vegetable consumption (using fruit and vegetable screeners that measure consumption in cups to be in line with the new dietary guidelines), as well as measure psychosocial and environmental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption, both established predictors (e.g., self-efficacy, barriers, benefits, etc.), as well as new ones not previously explored (e.g., views on vegetarianism, household shopping patterns, etc.).
Coding and Rating Youth Obesity-Related Policies
Project duration: September 2004 to February 2006.
Project Officer: Louise C. Mâsse.
Contract with The MayaTech Corporation.
The purpose of this project is to (1) develop coding and rating schemes for youth - related obesity policies, (2) code and rate all 50 states and the District of Columbia policies, (3) code and rate youth – related obesities for a subset of local entities, and (4) conduct a pilot to understand how state policies influence local level policies as it related to youth obesity.
Tracking and Evaluating Physical Activity Legislative Policies
Project duration: September 2003 to May 2005.
Project Officer: Louise C. Mâsse.
Contract withThe MayaTech Corporation.
The purpose of this project is to develop a framework for evaluating the impact of physical activity legislative policies. Specifically, this project will develop a coding system for tracking policies related to urban planning, transportation, physical education, and physical activity promotion.
Applying Item Response Theory Methodology to Evaluate Measures in the Behavioral Sciences
Project duration: August 2003 to August 2005.
Project Officer: Louise C. Mâsse.
Contract with The University of Berkeley – Mark Wilson.
To teach researchers the usefulness of Item Response Theory (IRT) methodologies requires that practical and meaningful examples be provided. The goal of this market requisition is to analyze data already collected from the Behavioral Change Consortium using IRT. These analyses will be published in a supplement to Health Education Research with Drs. L.C. Masse, M. Wilson, and T. Baranowski as guest editors.
Behavioral Change Consortium (BCC) 5-A-Day Validation Sub-study
NCI Supplemental funding to R0IAG16588, R01HD37368, R01AR45901, R01HL62156, R01HL62158, R01HL64959, R01MH59594, and CDCU48/CCU115807 grants. BCC Sites involved Emory University, Harvard School of Public Health, Illinois Institute of Technology, Oregon Research Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, University of Rhode Island, University of Rochester, and University of South Carolina. Project duration: Begin date October 1, 1999 – End date September 30, 2005. HPRB Contact: Linda Nebeling. http://www1.od.nih.gov/behaviorchange/.
The Behavioral Change Consortium (BCC) Nutrition Workgroup (NWG) was established in 1999 under the auspices of the first trans-NIH funding initiative supporting randomized, controlled intervention trials examining theory-based approaches to lifestyle change. The NWG is a multidisciplinary collaboration of representatives from BCC sites and federal agencies. The mission of the NWG is to improve measurement of dietary variables; the goals are to validate common measures for self-reported dietary intake and to describe the relationships among and factors mediating change in diet and vitamin/mineral supplement use. In addition, to examine the psychometric properties of NIH short dietary screeners, the relationship between the screeners and vitamin/mineral supplement use in a large multiethnic sample will be assessed.
Family Caregivers Supplement. (OCS/ARP/BRP partnership)
(HPRB Technical Advisor : Audie A. Atienza)
OCS/ARP/BRP are currently sponsoring a CANCORS supplement on family caregivers of cancer patients and survivors. The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences, including health behaviors, of those providing care to family members with lung or colorectal cancer.
Body and Soul – Nutrition and Physical activity component
(HPRB Technical Advisor: Bernard Fuemmeler)
HPRB are leading efforts to identify feasible evidence-based physical activity interventions to incorporate into the Body and Soul dissemination projects. Initial efforts will involve a review of literature, portfolio analysis, and holding an expert committee meeting. Subsequent tasks will be the development of a physical activity component to be added to the Body and Soul project and evaluation.
The Science of Real-Time Data Capture – edited book
(HPRB contacts: Audie A. Atienza and Linda Nebeling). The publication will discuss the state of the science of real-time data capture and its application to health and cancer research. It will provide a conceptual framework for ecological momentary assessments (EMA) and discuss health-related topics where ecological momentary assessments have been applied. In addition, future directions in real-time data capture assessment, interventions, methodology, and technology will be discussed.
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