Percentage of Daily Calories Consumed from Fast Food Declining in Adults Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 5/24/2013

Family structure affects child obesity Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk 5/22/2013

Longer Gym Class Periods Reduce Childhood Obesity Journal of Health Economics 5/20/2013

Online Health Info Needs Lower Readability Level for Average American JAMA 5/20/2013 [Click here for a synopsis of the article]

Suicides now exceed auto deaths in US Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 5/3/2013

Long-Term Returns of Obesity Prevention Policies Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 4/24/2013

New study says exercise can help curb smoking among teens George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services 4/9/2013

Rate of Tuberculosis (TB) declining in US - March 24 observed as World TB Day Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 3/21/2013

Harvard Poll: Parents less likely to recognize children as overweight The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) 3/15/2013 [Click here to view the complete survey and charts]

Sweet drinks tied to higher calorie consumption in kids American Journal of Preventive Medicine 3/12/2013 [Click here to read the related article]

Antibiotic resistant superbugs pose ‘catastrophic threat’ to medicine Reuters 3/10/2013

Volunteering may improve cardiovascular health The Atlantic 2/26/2013 [Click here to access the abstract of publication via JAMA Pediatrics]

83% of movies in 2012 featured stars smoking vs. 63% in 2011 Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails-Hackademy Awards 2/22/2013

Study finds children in U.S. are consuming fewer calories than before Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2/21/2013 [Click here for the full report from CDC]

Community-based prevention efforts among middle school students effective in reducing prescription abuse into adulthood National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2/14/2013

SAMHSA and CDC Report on Adult Smoking and Mental Illness Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2/5/2013 [Click here for the full report from MMWR]

Chemicals linked to obesity among African-American children Environmental Health Sciences 2/4/2013 

For past milestones by topic, see chapters of Community &  Population Health , and search on previous headlines (1999-2013 chronology).

A resource for instructors, students, health practitioners, and researchers using:

-- The PRECEDE-PROCEED model for health program planning and evaluation (Check PRECEDE-PROCEED on Wikipedia)

-- Community and Population Health, 8th Edition textbook

-- Health Program Planning, An Educational and Ecological Approach, 4th Ed. textbook. See new Preface, references, endnotes, and graphics for 4th edition, 2005 (now available from McGraw-Hill, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble).

-- Precede-Proceed Model from the Encyclopedia of Public Health

-- Bibliography and Links to Abstracts of over 1000 Published Applications of the Precede-Proceed Model

-- The Guidelines for Participatory Research

-- The Measure of Patient Adherence to Medical Regimens

-- The Manual for Measurement of Socioeconomic Status in Health Studies

-- Access to Public Health E-Newsletters

--  Access to Videos or Slides from some of Lawrence Green’s presentations 

CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Lawrence Green on receiving the 2013 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the American Academy of Health Behavior for his significant contribution to the the field of health behavior research. 

Click here to read postings from national experts on issues raised in the closing session of the 5th Annual NIH Conference of the "Science and Dissemination and Implementation" on the Research to Reality (National Cancer Institute) website

What's New in this website and beyond?

In addition to the bibliography of articles and books applying the PRECEDE model or the PRECEDE-PROCEED process of planning and evaluation, an electronic copy of a bibliography with annotations and/or abstracts of the articles and books is available by e-mail attachment as a Word.doc file by writing to Seena Nair <precede.proceed@gmail.com>. This bibliography has been compiled by Lawrence Green over more than three decades since the earliest publication of the model in 1973, serving as a searchable reference file rewriting the successive revisions of the model in the four editions of the book describing the model.

New open access online Journal of Participatory Medicine. Inaugural issue with article on evidence needed in participatory approaches and the issues of internal vs. external validity and Impact Factor ratings of journals.

*Click here (and scroll to p. 15) for our perspective on the banner quotation concerning practice-based evidence, which expresses the theme of this website. On the issue of generalizability of research,  go to American Journal of Health Behavior article based on American Academy of Health Behavior Research Laureate address.

Click on book covers below for details about each:

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New: Endnotes for PRECEDE-PROCEED, 4th ed.  New issues of journals, books, and other new information: What's New. For a blog on science to practice issues.

Questions or Comments

 Last Updated on 5/24/2013

This Site was launched in 1999 at the University of British Columbia with the assistance of Chris Wyatt, and updated through the summer of 2003 with the assistance of Xanthia Berry, Graduate Research Assistant, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health. In late 2003, Lawrence W. Green (LWGreen@comcast.net) began attempting to adapt and maintain the site without such competent assistance, and moved its home to San Francisco in September 2004. Since 2010, it has been maintained and continuously updated and expanded by Seena Nair, MPH.