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A National Collaborative for Building the Field of Childhood Obesity Research
- Source :
- Am J Prev Med
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Rising rates of childhood obesity over the past 2 decades have spurred a number of public- and private-sector initiatives aimed at halting or even reversing this trend. Recognizing common interests in this issue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIH, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation began conversations about creating a formal collaboration aimed at accelerating efforts to address childhood obesity by coordinating research agendas and providing support for evidence-building activities. The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) was launched in February 2009, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture joined in 2010. Using the model provided by other previously successful collaborations, such as the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative, NCCOR has emphasized several principles suggested by Petrovich as key elements for successful partnerships: (1) delineate a common purpose by identifying key knowledge gaps in the field; (2) create a shared identity around that common purpose; (3) develop structures for democratic and respectful collaboration so as to strategically coordinate efforts for maximum national impact; (4) identify effective leaders capable of articulating challenges in the field and inspiring a commitment of minds and the resolve to address identified needs; (5) facilitate continuous knowledge exchange and synthesis to keep the field informed; and (6) support assessment of progress and feedback loops for ensuring continual progress. This paper examines how NCCOR has used these principles to help build the field of research, evaluation, and surveillance for childhood obesity prevention and management.
- Subjects :
- Pediatric Obesity
Biomedical Research
Health Information Exchange
Epidemiology
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Article
Childhood obesity
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Political science
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Intersectoral Collaboration
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030505 public health
business.industry
Field (Bourdieu)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Public relations
medicine.disease
Disease control
United States
Democracy
Shared identity
Epidemiological Monitoring
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S
0305 other medical science
business
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Details
- ISSN :
- 07493797
- Volume :
- 54
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f5a07cc4a0ffeb12d9c2d85624730ea8