EDKP 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Mass Media, Escalator, Urban Design

• School: McGill University
• Department: Kinesiology&Physical Education
• Course: EDKP 330
• Professor: David J Pearsall

Document Summary

Many people work together to develop and promote the community guide: each contributed specialized skills, expertise and perspectives that make the community guide a valuable resource. Community preventive services task force members: liasons to the task force, consultants to the task force, community guide staff, cdc programs, other partner agencies and organizations. Free resource to help you choose programs and poicies to improve health and prevent dieesease in community. Evidence based public health: recommended- strong sufficient evidence that program/intervention is effective, recommended against: strong evidence that intervention is not effective, insufficient evidence: available studies do not provide sufficient evidence to determine whether intervention is effective. Set of constructed structures that influence opporuntities for pa: can be positive of negative. Encompassing the built environemtn and other physical supports or barriers. Effective health and health behavior policies: tobacco taxation, fluoridation in water to reduce dental caries, speed limits to reduce motor vehicle fatalities.