Advancing Dissemination and Implementation Research on Walking and Walkability: Developing Research Priorities

 描述(由申请人提供)：本申请请求支持PA-13-347下的一个科学研讨会，重点是如何利用传播和实施(D&I)研究来推进循证政策、系统和环境变化的实施，以促进体力活动(PA)，特别是步行和步行。拟议中的为期1.5天的研讨会--关于步行和步行能力的推进传播和实施研究：制定研究优先事项--将在美国步行运动的赞助下召开，与积极生活研究(ALR)和疾控中心支持的体力活动政策研究网络(PAPRN+)合作，后者由约翰·霍普金斯大学和加州大学圣地亚哥分校的知名研究人员共同领导。这是首次召开只关注步行和步行能力D&I研究的会议，这将对公众健康具有重要意义。缺乏运动是癌症、心血管疾病、肥胖和其他慢性病的主要风险。尽管存在这些风险，但在美国，符合PA指南的比例很低。步行是最常见的活动，许多权威团体都推荐支持PA的政策和环境(例如，步行能力)。具体目标是：召开一个为期1.5天的科学研讨会，邀请来自多个领域和部门的约50名学术研究人员、政策专家和从业人员实施一个系统的进程，以推进与促进步行和步行的干预措施相关的D&I研究；总结和综合关于促进步行和步行的政策、系统和环境干预措施的有效性及其降低癌症、肥胖和其他非传染性疾病风险的能力的证据；提出研究优先事项，以促进关于改善步行和步行能力的循证干预措施的D&I知识；通过网络研讨会、已发表的文章、演示文稿、社交媒体和将由America Walks、ALR和PAPRN+合作伙伴分发的研究简报传播研讨会成果；并对研讨会进行评估，以评估目标的实现情况。本次研讨会的重点直接涉及NIH促进D&I研究的战略目标，以及作为NIH肥胖研究战略计划的一部分增加PA的努力。这个拟议中的研讨会的重点还涉及国家倡议，包括美国国家体育活动计划；2020年健康人；以及疾病控制与预防中心赢得的营养、宾夕法尼亚州和肥胖之战，特别是“增加符合美国人体育锻炼指南的人数”。如果获得资金，本次会议将在2016年ALR会议之前或之后举行。NIH申请的资金将用于编写五份简短的白皮书，内容涉及研发与创新科学和步行/体力活动干预、研讨会后产品、演讲者的旅费以及初级研究人员和从业人员的旅行奖学金，以增强参与者的多样性。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for a scientific workshop under PA-13-347 focusing on how dissemination & implementation (D&I) research can be used to advance the implementation of evidence- based policy, systems, and environmental change to promote physical activity (PA), particularly walking and walkability. The proposed 1.5-day workshop, Advancing Dissemination and Implementation Research on Walking and Walkability: Developing Research Priorities will be convened under the auspices of America Walks, in partnership with Active Living Research (ALR) and the CDC-supported Physical Activity Policy Research Network (PAPRN+), which is co-led by respected researchers at Johns Hopkins University and University of California, San Diego. This is the first time a meeting with a sole focus on D&I research for walking and walkability has been held, and it will have great significance for public health. Physical inactivity is a major risk for cancers, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and other chronic disease. Despite these risks, prevalence of meeting PA guidelines is low in the U.S. Walking is the most common activity, and policies and environments (e.g., walkability) that support PA are recommended by many authoritative groups. The Specific Aims are to: convene a 1.5-day scientific workshop that will engage approximately 50 academic researchers, policy experts, and practitioners representing multiple fields and sectors to implement a systematic process that will advance D&I research related to interventions that promote walking and walkability; summarize and synthesize the evidence on effectiveness of policy, systems, and environment interventions that promote walking and walkability and their ability to reduce the risk of cancers, obesity, and other non-communicable diseases; propose research priorities to advance knowledge on D&I of evidence-based interventions to improve walking and walkability; disseminate the workshop results though webinars, a published article, presentations, social media, and research briefs to be distributed by America Walks, ALR, and PAPRN+ partners; and evaluate the workshop to assess how well the objectives were met. The focus of this workshop directly addresses NIH strategic goals of promoting D&I research, as well as efforts to increase PA as part of the Strategic Plan for NIH Obesity Research. The emphasis of this proposed workshop also relates to national initiatives, including the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan; Healthy People 2020; and the CDC Winnable Battle for Nutrition, PA, and Obesity, specifically to "increase the number of people who meet the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans." If funded, this meeting will be held before or after the 2016 ALR conference. The requested NIH funds will support the development of five brief white papers on D&I science and walkability/physical activity interventions, post-workshop products, travel expenses for presenters, and travel scholarships for junior researchers and practitioners to enhance diversity of participants.