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- Title
Active Living as an Institutional Challenge: Lessons from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "Celebrate Fitness" Program.
- Authors
Brown, Lawrence D.; Kraft, M. Katherine
- Abstract
Native American youth suffer disproportionately from a range of adverse health conditions. Empowering youth leaders to work on community-based solutions has proved effective in reducing tobacco use and gun violence and is now emerging as a promising approach to improving fitness and health. This article, based on direct observation and interviews with key informants, examines the implementation of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation--funded project that gave tribal youth councils minigrants to design and run diverse projects that encourage physical activity in their communities. The article highlights the institutional challenges that confront health-promotion strategies for disadvantaged populations. Unless they take proper account of organizational, political, environmental, and cultural forces, funders' interventions have limited chances for success and sustainability.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NATIVE American youth; ROBERT Wood Johnson Foundation; HEALTH promotion; NATIVE American councils; HEALTH of Native Americans
- Publication
Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law, 2008, Vol 33, Issue 3, p497
- ISSN
0361-6878
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/03616878-2008-006