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Publication Date: 2020
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Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities for Physical Activity Promotion in the Century-Old National Cooperative Extension System
Samantha M. Harden; Laura Balis; Thomas Strayer III; Nikki Prosch; Breanne Carlson; Anne Lindsay; Paul A. Estabrooks; David A. Dzewaltowski; Katherine B. Gunter
Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, v8 n3 p104-124 2020
The need for physical activity promotion is ubiquitous, and offering physical activity interventions in community settings may reach people where they live, work, and play. Reaching people and providing evidence-based programming is exactly what the Cooperative Extension System has accomplished over the last century. In 2014, federal policy brought physical activity promotion into the mission of Extension. Although this policy marks the beginning of concerted efforts for physical activity promotion, several states have had strong success in this area. Borrowing from these efforts, this paper reports strengths, challenges, and opportunities for physical activity promotion in Extension.
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Extension Education, Evidence Based Practice, Community Programs, Public Policy, Institutional Mission
School of Human Sciences, Mississippi State University. PO Box 9745, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Tel: 662-325-6861; Fax: 662-325-8188; e-mail: jhse@ext.msstate.edu; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/jhse/
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Language: English
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