Projects
State Physical Education and Recess and School Nutrition Environment Policy Classification Systems and Data
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), working with expert consultants including staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and through contracts with The MayaTech Corporation, developed two systems for classifying state level physical education and recess and school nutrition environment-related policies. Policies are defined to include both statutory and administrative laws. An initial baseline coding of relevant state policies was conducted for laws in effect as of December 31, 2003. Efforts currently are underway to extend these data through 2007.
Tracking and Evaluating Physical Activity Legislative Policies
Project duration: September 2003 to May 2005.
Contract withThe MayaTech Corporation.
The purpose of this project was 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.
Contract with The University of Berkeley.
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.
Meetings & Workshops
American Time Use Survey Early Results Conference
Meeting date: December 9-10, 2005
The new American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is a time diary study that covers the population age 15 plus. The public use datasets from the 2003 ATUS carry exciting potential for research on a broad range of social and policy topics.
Reports & Publications
The Science of Real-Time Data Capture – edited book
Discusses the state of the science of real-time data capture and its application to health and cancer research. It provides a conceptual framework for ecological momentary assessments (EMA) and discusses health-related topics where ecological momentary assessments have been applied. In addition, future directions in real-time data capture assessment, interventions, methodology, and technology are discussed.
http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/PublicHealth/?view=usa&ci=9780195178715
Resources & Contact Information
Contact:
Audie Atienza, PhD
atienzaa@mail.nih.gov
Frank M. Perna, EdD, PhD
pernafm@mail.nih.gov
Amy Yaroch, PhD
yarocha@mail.nih.gov
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