title: Strategies proposed by Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities partnerships to prevent childhood obesity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) is an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to prevent obesity among high-risk children by changing local policies, systems, and environments. In 2009, 105 community partnerships applied for funding from HKHC. Later that year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released recommended community strategies to prevent obesity by changing environments and policies. The objective of this analysis was to describe the strategies proposed by the 41 HKHC partnerships that received funding and compare them to the CDC recommendations.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed the funded proposals to assess the types and prevalence of the strategies proposed and mapped them onto the CDC recommendations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most prevalent strategies proposed by HKHC-funded partnerships were providing incentives to retailers to locate and serve healthier foods in underserved areas, improving mechanisms for purchasing food from farms, enhancing infrastructure that supports walking and cycling, and improving access to outdoor recreational facilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The strategies proposed by HKHC partnerships were well aligned with the CDC recommendations. The popular strategies proposed by HKHC partnerships were those for which there were existing examples of successful implementation. Our analysis provides an example of how information from communities, obtained through grant-writing efforts, can be used to assess the status of the field, guide future research, and provide direction for future investments.
authors.affiliation: School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, 500 N 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA. pohrivac@asu.edu
authors.forename: Punam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ohri-Vachaspati
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leviton
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bors
authors.forename: Laura K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brenan
authors.forename: Ross C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Brownson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strunk
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002648:Child; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology