Case 5

The Task Force on Community Preventive Servicesrecommends community-wide campaigns strategy to be effective in increasing physical activity and improving physical fitness among adults and children. Do you agree or disagree? Discuss your position in a 3-page paper.

Assignment Expectations

The following items in particular will be assessed:

Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the findings that community-wide campaign strategies are effective in increasing physical activity and improving physical fitness among adults and children.

Defend your position by providing empirical evidence.

Based on your required readings and your own research, what strategies do you think are effective in increasing and maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle?

Required Readings

Guide to Community Preventive Services (2011). What works to promote health? Retrieved July 1, 2012 fromhttp://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
Kahn, E.B., Ramsey, L.T., Brownson R., Heath, G.W., Howze, E.H., Powell, K.E., Stone, E.J., Rajab, M.W., Corso, P. and the Task Force on

Community Preventive Services (2002). The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22(4S), 73-107. Retrieved July 1, 2012 fromhttp://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/pa-ajpm-evrev.pdf

Task Force on Community Preventive Services (2002). Recommendations to increase physical activity in communities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22(4S), 67-72. Retrieved July 1, 2012 fromhttp://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/pa-ajpm-recs.pdf

Optional Readings

Committee on Health and Behavior: Research, Practice, and Policy, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health (2001). Findings and recommendations. Health and behavior: The interplay between the biological, behavioral, and societal influences (pp. 329-350). Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Retrieved fromhttp://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9838&page=329