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Built Envrionment Approaches Flyer
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Create or modify environmental characteristics in a community to make physical activity easier or more accessible by combining transportation systems with land use and environmental design features.
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Built Envrionment Approaches Video
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Create or modify environmental characteristics in a community to make physical activity easier or more accessible by combining transportation systems with land use and environmental design features.
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Community-Wide Campaigns Flyer
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Work together across sectors to implement campaigns to increase physical activity using highly visible, broad-based, multi-component strategies.
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Community-Wide Campaigns Video
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Work together across sectors to implement campaigns to increase physical activity using highly visible, broad-based, multi-component strategies.
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Creating or Improving Places for Physical Activity Flyer
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Worksites, coalitions, agencies, and communities work together to change local environments to create opportunities for physical activity.
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Creating or Improving Places for Physical Activity Video
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Worksites, coalitions, agencies, and communities work together to change local environments to create opportunities for physical activity.
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Individually Adapted Program Flyer
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Create programs that teach people behavioral skills to help them incorporate physical activity into their daily routines.
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Individually Adapted Program Video
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Create programs that teach people behavioral skills to help them incorporate physical activity into their daily routines.
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Social Support Interventions Flyer
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Focus on building, strengthening, and maintaining social networks that provide supportive relationships for behavior change.
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Social Support Interventions Video
University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center
Focus on building, strengthening, and maintaining social networks that provide supportive relationships for behavior change.
There are a lot of ideas out there to promote walking and create walkable communities. VIVA Connects uses only those with strong evidence to back them up. The strategies that we promote are based on recommendations published in The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide). The Community Guide is a collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force. The Task Force issues findings based on systematic reviews of effectiveness and economic evidence. VIVA Connects adapts the ideas in The Community Guide to on-the-ground conditions in rural New Mexico. Much of the research reviewed in The Guide comes from urban or suburban communities where people have greater access to stairs, public transportation, gyms, and parks. One recommendation, for example, advises putting signs in multi-story buildings that encourage people to take the stairs instead of the elevator. Many small towns in New Mexico have no multistory buildings, let alone elevators. Working hand-in-hand with community leaders, we creatively translate and implement these recommendations in ways that take advantage of New Mexico’s strengths, including its culture, climate, and unsurpassed natural landscapes.
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