References for Evidence Based DataFacts and Figures

– 10 Leading Causes of Death by Age Group-2002, National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC

– STATISTICA, http://www.statsoft.com/

Neighborhood Interventions

ACES, http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/aces.htm

Pedometer Challenges, www.mihelathtools.org/faith/

School Based Interventions

Safe Routes to School, www.cdc.gove/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm

Community Structural Environment, www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/PhysicalActivity/promotin_health/strategies/community.htm

Community Health Workers

Promoting and Protecting Healthy Communities: A City Officials Guide to Public Health, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Ohio Department of Health, http://www.odh.state.oh.us/

Worksite Wellness

StairWELL to Better Health, www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/stairwell/index.htm

Worksite Walkability, www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/walkability/index/htm

Main Resources– Center for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov– Guide to Community Preventive Services,

www.thecommunityguide.org

Physical Activity

America on the Move, www.americaonthemove.org

The President’s Challenge, http://www.presidentschallenge.org

Nike PE2GO, http://www.nike.com

Dog Walking and Physical Activity in the United States, Sandra A. Ham, MS, and Jacqueline Epping, MEd, Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, April 2006, www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0106.htm

Nutrition

Body & Soul, American Cancer Society, http://www.cancer.org

5 A Day and 9 A Day, http://5aday.gov/9aday/

Health

Perspectives in Disease Precention and Health Promotion Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health, MMWR Weekly, February 28, 1986, pg 109-112

The Economics of Integrating Injury and Illness Prevention and Health Promotion Programs, Seth A. Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla and Robert T. Reville, RAND Institute for Civil Justice, February 2005

Take Care New York: A Policy for a Healthier New York City, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, March 2004

Diabetes

Disease Management Programs are Strongly Recommended to Improve Diabetes Care, www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/

Effectiveness of Diabetes Self-Management Education Interventions, www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/

Obesity

Statewide Center for Healthy Schools, http://www.nyshealthyschools.org/

Remarks to the NIEHS/NIH Conference on Environmental Solutions to Obesity in America’s Youth, Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Washington Convention Center, http://www.os.dhhs.gov/news/speech/2005/050601.html

Smoking Cessation

Policy and Environmental Change: Executive Summary, New Directions for Public Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion