Design and Evaluation of the “Our Healthy Block” Pilot Program

K. Glanz, A. Hillier, N. Thomas, C. Cannuscio, A. Karpyn, C. Watts
July 1, 2014

Informed by a mixed-methods assessment of residents’ shopping and physical activity patterns and barriers and facilitators to healthy food access and activity, and observational assessments of local food environments, we engaged community members in designing a program emphasizing “block-based” environmental changes to prevent or reduce obesity.

Keywords: Health, grocery shopping, food, community

K. Glanz, A. Hillier, N. Thomas, C. Cannuscio, A. Karpyn, C. Watts