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IPEN News 2010 Obesogenic Environments is a groundbreaking new book written by a multidisciplinary team of international experts. The book suggests new and exciting ways to shape our environment to better support healthful decisions. ************************************************ Queen's University – School of Urban and Regional Planning welcomes applications for a tenure-track faculty position, at the rank of Assistant Professor, subject to final budgetary authorization. The date of appointment for the position is anticipated to be July 1, 2011. Details about the position, school, institution and city are posted at http://www.queensu.ca/surp. ************************************************ GPS Health Research Network ************************************************ The staff of Project SPACEs of Curitiba in Curitiba, Brazil was trained by Jacqueline Kerr on IPEN-specific accelerometer and survey data collection procedures in April, 2010.
The 9th issue of EURO-PREVOB project's quarterly newsletter has been published. To read this newsletter, click here ************************************************ IPEN News 2008
New Program Announcement from the National Cancer Institute: Geographic and Contextual Influences on Energy Balance-Related Health Behaviors Research training program opportunity to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries IPEN News 2006
The network continues to expand and progress! There are now 181 members from 29 countries. The Czech Republic are starting to collect data and Hong Kong and Denmark have applied for funding in their countries - good luck! Translations of the NEWS are growing and can be found on the website www.ipenproject.org/surveytranslated.htm. We have also added an employment section to the website for job advertisements and posting collaboration opportunities, please send Jacqueline details of things you would like to promote www.ipenproject.org/Employment.htm. We have also added a user friendly version of the NQLS manual of operations to the website www.ipenproject.org/methods.htm. There is also a new publication about the IPAQ under member's publications www.ipenproject.org/publications.htm. We are planning special IPEN meetings and workshops in 2006 in Atlanta in April and Thailand in November. And will be meeting in San Diego this October to brainstorm funding opportunities and how to coordinate data management. Jacqueline recently met with CDC staff, Chris Riddoch, and Stuart Trost to discuss IPEN initiatives. Thank you for your continued support and efforts to expand the network!
We managed to organize an IPEN gathering at the ACSM annual meeting in Nashville in June 2005. There were members from Hong Kong, Brazil, Kuwait, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Taiwan and the US there. In addition we had the support of Candace Rutt from the CDC and John Schneider from Actigraph. Abstracts from the meeting are available in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2005, 37, supplement to no. 5. Members please send me any presentations you would like published on the website. An example from Sanne deVries in the Netherlands is available under the "Conferences" page. At the meeting, many suggestions were made and I would like to pass some of these on for your consideration.
2) Actigraphs are also available for lease from Actigraph and the CDC. 3) Concerns about analysis of actigraph data and cut offs were raised. There will be a supplement in October's MSSE about this. Our team will also be developing a cleaning and screening protocol as we analyze our data. There is already a useful NQLS protocol for sending out and using accelerometers, if anyone requires this contact me directly. We also have some software in development for analyzing the data. 4) Some examples of differences between the countries have arisen, as expected. For example, Brazil has no cul de sacs, Hong Kong has no word for neigborhood. We suggest neighborhood is described as within a 10-15 walk from an individual's home in any direction. 5) The important thing is when you come across such differences and issues please share them with us and let us come to some consensus on how to make changes. This way we can keep the data as consistent as possible across countries. 6) Countries may also get some ideas for translations from the Environment module of the IPS. 7) Some members feel overwhelmed by the tasks required to do a fully funded IPEN study. We will try to develop some suggestions how members can start with smaller scale research projects that can be conducted with minimal funding. 8) Members have requested an IPEN powerpoint presentation that can be used to explain the project aims and methods. We will start to develop this in due course. 9) A GIS recipe book will be available on the Active Living Research website in the near future. 10) Members are encourage to join the CDC Livability Listserv www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/contact.htm There will be a special IPEN meeting at the ISBNPA conference in Amsterdam www.isbnpa.org, at 15.00 on Saturday 18th June 2005. Please send Jacqueline a 5 line summary of your research plans or progress to date so that she can circulate this information at the conference.
We were delighted to meet with IPEN members from Denmark, Japan, Australia and Portugal here in San Diego during the recent Active Living Research conference (Program at a Glance 2005. These discussions have helped us to solidify the IPEN concept and make great progress. We look forward to visits from IPEN members from Sweden and the Czech Republic in the next two months.
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