AIM-Local Health

AIM-Local Health

The purpose is to increase the use of proven strategies among local health departments (LHDs) to improve community health and reduce the burden of chronic diseases.

Building Expansion Evaluation Project (BEEP): 2014-2016

Building Expansion Evaluation Project (BEEP): 2014-2016

The Brown Expansion Evaluation Project (BEEP), Brown In Balance, and campus-wide WebMD™ Health Risk Assessment are coalescing at a time when there is growing interest in evidence supporting decisions and dollars being spent on building design and construction, wellness staff, and efforts to improve employee health while also reducing health care costs.

Building Resilient Inclusive Communities (BRIC) Program

Building Resilient Inclusive Communities (BRIC) Program

The purpose of BRIC is to promote healthy living and reduce social isolation during the COVID pandemic.

Healthier Missouri Communities (Healthier MO): 2010-2014

Healthier Missouri Communities (Healthier MO): 2010-2014

Healthier Missouri Communities (Healthier MO) was a community-based research project conducted by the Prevention Research Center in St. Louis (PRC-StL) and community partners from 12 counties in rural southeast Missouri.

Heartland Moves

Heartland Moves

Heartland Moves is designed to increase physical activity among rural residents to decrease the burden of cancer. The project aims to use input and currently available assets from rural communities to accomplish project goals.

I-HEAL STL: 2017-2018

I-HEAL STL: 2017-2018

This Health Impact Assessment (HIA) includes opinions of residents near the proposed routes gathered through community meetings and focus groups, and existing census data and health surveys to make projections on how the two potential light-rail routes will affect physical activity and obesity due to possible increased walking. Increased access to health services is another factor to be measured.

Open Streets: 2010-2013

Open Streets: 2010-2013

With the Open Streets project we sought to measure the successes and challenges related to the St. Louis Open Streets and Ferguson (MO) Sunday Parkways .

PARCS

PARCS

The purpose of PARCS (Park Activity, Recreation and Community Study) is to characterize the spatio-temporal patterns of use, and multi-level determinants of use of large metropolitan parks (specifically, Forest Park, St. Louis). Park access and use are known to have multiple benefits for health, well-being and quality of life. As such, identifying the factors that influence park use in communities can help identify and implement strategies to improve park access equity.

Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPRN): 2004-2014

Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPRN): 2004-2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created the Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPRN) in October of 2004 to study the effectiveness of health policies related to increasing physical activity in communities.

Policies for Action Hub: 2016-2018

Policies for Action Hub: 2016-2018

The Policies for Action Research Hub co-located at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Health Research and Policy and the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis will examine nutrition and activity-related policy implementation efforts and/or policy impacts on institutions and systems serving children and adolescents as well as on their diet and activity-related outcomes.

PRC Core Research Project

PRC Core Research Project

The purpose is to develop and disseminate approaches that will increase the use of proven policies at the local-level to reduce obesity disparities and promote health equity.

St. Vincent Greenway Evaluation: 2012-2013

St. Vincent Greenway Evaluation: 2012-2013

The St. Vincent Greenway is a bike and pedestrian-friendly path that will eventually connect the University of Missouri -St. Louis and North St. Louis County with Forest Park. The goal of the project is to evaluate the extension of the greenway in the West End neighborhood for its influence on sustainability and health behaviors.

State Childhood Obesity Policy Evaluation (SCOPE): 2012-2014

State Childhood Obesity Policy Evaluation (SCOPE): 2012-2014

The SCOPE project compares legislative databases for comprehensiveness and usability; researches state childhood obesity legislation and the predictors of enactment; and interviews state legislators to determine barriers and facilitators of introducing and enacting legislation relevant to childhood obesity.

TREC: Ameren Pilot: 2013-2014

TREC: Ameren Pilot: 2013-2014

Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors related to nutrition, energetics, energy balance, obesity, and physical activity are major contributors to cancer and other chronic conditions. Employers have a vested interest in these behaviors as providers of health insurance for over 160 million workers and their families. However, it is difficult to conduct worksite wellness research with adequate scientific rigor and to evaluate sustainability.

TREC: SHOW-ME: 2011-2016

TREC: SHOW-ME: 2011-2016

The Supports at Home and Work for Maintaining Energy Balance (SHOW-ME) Study is part of the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Center at Washington University in St. Louis. TREC brings together a broad base of nationally and internationally recognized investigators in their disciplinary focus areas to lead transdisciplinary research across the life course on cancer and obesity.

Webcams and Crowdsourcing: 2014-2016

Webcams and Crowdsourcing: 2014-2016

This project is a novel, interdisciplinary collaboration between public health and computer science to improve surveillance and evaluation of physical activity patterns and associated built environment characteristics.