Publications and Presentations
Recent Faculty Publications
- Hamilton KC, Richardson MT, McGraw S, Owens T, Higginbotham JC. A controlled evaluation of a CBPR intervention's effects on physical activity and the related psychosocial constructs among minority children in an underserved community. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Nov; 6;1-8/ 10.1123/jpah.2019-0135. PMID: 31693994.
- Alakaam A. Demand for Lactation Leads to Flowing Supply of Success: Support requested from states to improve breastfeeding practices. J Midwifery Women's Health. 2019 Nov; 64(6):699-702. PMID: 31287205.
- Alakaam A, Chang C. A structural Model of eating behavior in a U.S. midwest farmer's market. J Acad Nut Diet. 2019 Sep; 119.A82. doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2019.06.247.
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Bolten BC, Bradford JL, White BN, Heath GW, Sizemore JM, White CE. Effects of an automatic discontinuation of antibiotics policy: A novel approach to antimicrobial stewardship. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Sep; 1;76(Supplement_3):S85-S90. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxz144.
- Ding D, Ramirez Varela A, Bauman AE, Ekelund U, Lee IM, Heath GW, et al. Towards better evidence-informed global action: lessons learnt from the Lancet series and recent developments in physical activity and public health. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Sep; 10.1136/bjsports-2019-101001. PMID: 31562122.
- Heath GW. Light Physical Activity and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease among Older Women—A Call for Action (invited commentary). JAMA NetOpen. 2019 Mar; 2(3): e190405. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.0405.
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Heath GW, Bilderback J. Grow Healthy Together: Effects of policy and environmental interventions on physical activity among urban children and youth. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Jan; 16(2):172-176. PMID: 30626275.
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Ramirez A, Salvo D, Pratt M, Milton K, Siefken K, Bauman A, Kohl HW III, Lee I-Min, Heath GW, et al. Worldwide use of the first set of physical activity country cards: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity – GoPA! Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2018 Mar; 15:29-43. PMID: 29587783.
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Stoutenberg M, Galaviz K, Lobelo F, Joy E, Heath GW, Hutber A, et al. A pragmatic application of the RE-AIM framework for evaluating the implementation of physical activity as a standard of care in health systems. Prev Chronic Dis. 2018 May; 15:170344. PMID: 29752803.
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Varela AR, Pratt M, Powell K, Lee IM, Bauman A, Heath GW, et al. Worldwide surveillance, policy and research on physical activity and health: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity - GoPA! J Phys Act Health. 2017 May; 17:1-28. PMID: 28513338.
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Cho JS, Hu Z, Fell N, Heath GW, Qayyum R, Sartipi M. Hospital discharge disposition of stroke patients in Tennessee. South Med J. 2017 Sep; 110:594-600. PMID: 28863224.
Recent Faculty Presentations
- Alakaam A, Chang C. A structural model of eating behavior in a U.S. midwest farmer’s market. Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo. Philadelphia, PA. October 2019.
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Heath GW. 2019 Diabetes Update: Promoting physical activity among people with type 2 diabetes: Linking Clinic to Community. University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ and Arkansas Department of Health. March 24-26, 2019.
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Peyer KL, Hahn K, Heath GW. It just makes good "cents". Cost benefits of physical activity. Southeastern ACSM Annual Meeting. Greenville, SC. February 2019.
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Heath GW. The glass street neighborhood in Chattanooga. Complete Streets National Conference. Nashville, TN. April 2018.
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Howard-Baptiste S. Pursuing a pathway to a masters in public health. National Association of Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). Phoenix, AZ. January 2018.
Recent Book Chapters
- Heath GW. (2019). Section Editor: Public Policy and Environmental Supports for Lifestyle Medicine. In: Lifestyle Medicine, 3rd Edition. Rippe JM (editor) CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group), Boca Raton, pp. 1355-1403.
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Hajart AF, Weisser S, Wilkerson GB, and Heath GW. (2019). Lifestyle medicine in an era of healthcare reform- seven years of healthcare disruption: 2010-2017. In: Lifestyle Medicine, 3rd Edition. Rippe JM (editor) CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group), Boca Raton, pp. 1357-1364.
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Dodson EA and Heath GW. (2019). Policy and environmental supports for physical activity and active living. In: Lifestyle Medicine, 3rd Edition. Rippe JM (editor) CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group), Boca Raton, pp. 1365-1373.
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Heath GW (editor). (2019). Physical Activity and Public Health: A Practitioner’s Guide. APHA Press, Washington, D.C.
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Crespo CJ, Wyse R, Conti G, Heath GW. (2019). Making Use of Physical Activity Surveillance Data and Tools in Planning, Prioritizing, Implementing, and Evaluating Community- Based Physical Activity Interventions. In: Physical Activity and Public Health: A Practitioner’s Guide. Heath GW (editor) APHA Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 33-50.
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Brown DR, Morgan J, Day K, Gates S, Heath GW, and Brownson RC. (2019). Implementing Physical Activity Interventions in Communities: Considerations for Practitioners. In: Physical Activity and Public Health: A Practitioner’s Guide. Heath GW (editor). APHA Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 51-96.
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Martin SL, Calise TV, Vick J, Peyer KL, and Heath GW. (2019). Evaluating Multifaceted Public Health Initiatives Aimed to Increase Physical Activity. In: Physical Activity and Public Health: A Practitioner’s Guide. Heath GW (editor). APHA Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 97-118.