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Upcoming Webinar today - Action to Advance Equity

Posted over 2 years ago by Annette Johansen

Action to Advance Equity

 8a-11a AK time

This Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity (NCCOR) is hosting a public workshop titled, “Implementation Science & Childhood Obesity: Sparking Conversations and Actions to Advance Equity.” The workshop offers an introduction to implementation science for researchers working in childhood obesity, nutrition, or physical activity. Please consider sharing this event with your networks.

The workshop will highlight several experts in the field and provide examples of implementation science “in action” by illustrating approaches to advance equity across the phases of pre-implementation, implementation, and sustainability for childhood obesity, nutrition, and physical activity interventions. Attendees can expect to learn about application of implementation science to enhance equitable approaches for the implementation of evidence-based interventions for childhood obesity.

Speakers:

  • Taren Swindle, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Gabriella McLoughlin, PhD, Temple University
  • Sandra Echeverria, PhD, MPH, UNC Greensboro
  • Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH, Oklahoma State University, Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy
  • Courtney Parks, PhD, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
  • Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RD, LD, CNS; UTHealth School of Public Health  
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In addition, on December 6, 2022, from 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET, 10a - 11a AK time NCCOR is hosting "Optimizing Recess for Healthy Child Development,"—a webinar that will cover diverse aspects of the benefits of school recess for child development and energy balance, approaches to improving recess, and the current state of recess and related surveillance and policy in the United States. Participants can ask questions and discuss the future of recess practice and research. Please also consider sharing this event with your networks.

This webinar is inspired by the October 2022 recess-themed issue of the Journal of School Health, which include articles authored by the speakers: 

  • William Massey, PhD, Oregon State University, College of Public Health and Human Sciences
  • Kimberly Clevenger, PhD, MPH, Utah State University, Department of Kinesiology and Health Science

 

For those who cannot attend, the webinars will be recorded and archived at http://www.nccor.org/webinars/.