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A Multi-Vitamin For The Built Environment: Exploring How A Multi-Sectoral And Multi-Institutional Partnership Links Health And The Beltline, Brooke Barnes
Public Health Theses
The Atlanta BeltLine is an innovative redevelopment project re-shaping Atlanta residents’ access to, multi-use trails, parks, public transportation, housing and employment opportunities. The primary purpose of this project was to develop a research proposal to study and analyze the health benefits associated with multi-use trails within BeltLine communities. A secondary purpose of this project was to evaluate the multi-sectoral and multi-institutional partnership that was formed to develop the research proposal and study the influence of the BeltLine on health outcomes. In August 2010 representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State …
An Examination Of The Socio-Demographic Characteristics And Perceptions Of Cycling Among Students At Georgia State University, Nancy B. Pope
An Examination Of The Socio-Demographic Characteristics And Perceptions Of Cycling Among Students At Georgia State University, Nancy B. Pope
Public Health Theses
ABSTRACT An Examination of Socio-demographic Characteristics and Perceptions of Cycling among Students at Georgia State University (Under the direction of Christine Stauber, Faculty Member) Background: Bicycling as a form of transportation is important to public health and the improvement of the environment by way of sustainable transportation. Active transportation is inversely related to all-cause mortality, obesity, and levels of ozone and greenhouse gases. University communities have been shown to bicycle more than big cities. However, downtown setting of the Georgia State University (GSU) campus poses unique barriers to bicycling. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in fall, 2009 at GSU. …
Safe Routes To School: Launching The Program At Oak Grove Elementary School, Susan Henderson
Safe Routes To School: Launching The Program At Oak Grove Elementary School, Susan Henderson
Public Health Theses
Safe Routes to School is a national program funded by the Department of Transportation. The goal of the program is to increase children’s active transport to and from school, primarily by walking, in response to the epidemic of childhood obesity. Implementation at the state and local level has had varying success. In my capstone presentation, I discuss the creation, implementation, and ongoing success of the program at Oak Grove Elementary, a local public school in Georgia. The program is comprised of the 5 Es: Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Engineering, and Evaluation. Each of these five components will be focused on, as …
Examining Correlations With Frequency Of Walking Trips In Metropolitan Areas, Michelle J. Marcus
Examining Correlations With Frequency Of Walking Trips In Metropolitan Areas, Michelle J. Marcus
Public Health Theses
This research assessed correlations between funding for pedestrian facilities, presence of walkways, and daily and weekly walking trips in a sample of United States residents living in metropolitan areas. The purpose of the research was to identify factors at the policy and environmental level which are associated with a greater frequency of walking trips, and therefore may influence physical activity levels. Data from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s 2001 National Household Travel Survey and the Thunderhead Alliance’s 2007 Benchmarking Report: Bicycling and Walking in the U.S. were combined to provide variables for the number of daily and weekly walking trips, …
Obesity And The Built Environment In Twenty-Six Rural Georgia Counties: An Analysis Of Physical Activity, Fruit And Vegetable Consumption, And Environmental Factors., Kathleen Elizabeth Sobush
Obesity And The Built Environment In Twenty-Six Rural Georgia Counties: An Analysis Of Physical Activity, Fruit And Vegetable Consumption, And Environmental Factors., Kathleen Elizabeth Sobush
Public Health Theses
This study assesses environmental factors in the exercise and food environment, demographic factors, physical activity behavior, and fruit and vegetable consumption in 26 rural Georgia counties. The purpose of the study is to identify environmental indicators of physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption; to see what agencies in Georgia, if any, are collecting these types of data systematically throughout the state; and, to analyze potential relationships between environmental factors and health behaviors. Physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption were derived from the Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005). Demographic data were from the …