by Christiaan Abildso, PhD In the seventh, and final, episode of Views from the Front Porch, my guest is Dr. Alan Beck, Project Coordinator at the Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis. He coordinates Heartland Moves a project funded by the National Cancer Institute that aims to increase physical activity (PA) in rural populations in southeast Missouri.
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by Christiaan Abildso, PhD In the sixth episode of Views from the Front Porch, my guest is Lisa Charron, Project Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute. She’s also a PhD student in an interdisciplinary environment and resources program in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. She has a Master of Public Health degree and Master of Science
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by Christiaan Abildso, PhD Dr. Perry on the Continental Divide Trail in the Wind River Range, Wyoming In the fifth episode of Views from the Front Porch, my guest is Dr. Cindy Perry, the Elizabeth N. Gray Distinguished Professor and an Associate Professor at the Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing in Portland, Oregon. She loves backpacking, especially
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by Christiaan Abildso, PhD “When a librarian gets involved, you don’t know what’s going to happen. But you know something good is gonna happen.” In the fourth episode of Views from the Front Porch, my guest is Dr. Noah Lenstra, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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by Christiaan Abildso, PhD In the third episode of Views from the Front Porch, my guest is Dr. Jeff Whitfield, epidemiologist with the Physical Activity and Health Branch at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jeff’s research is guided by personal and professional interests. He grew up Austin,
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by Christiaan Abildso, PhD In the second episode of Views from the Front Porch, my guest is Dr. Michael B. Edwards, Associate Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management at North Carolina State University. Mike’s research is guided by the idea that developing and managing socially responsible sport and recreational facilities, programs, services, and events will encourage
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by Christiaan Abildso, PhD My first guest is Dr. M. Renée Umstattd Meyer, Associate Professor at Baylor University, and lead author of the paper around which this series, Views from the Front Porch, is centered. Her work focuses on promoting health and health equity through an active living lens. Predominantly rural states commonly lead the nation in unhealthy behaviors and
Read moreby Christiaan Abildso, PhD In this series of web-based video interviews and accompanying podcasts, Dr. Christiaan Abildso talks with emerging rural physical activity experts about the work that has resulted from eight recommended actions outlined in Rural Active Living: A Call to Action, published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. At the 2016 Active Living Research Conference
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