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Program Title & Description
(21 programs listed) 		Program Focus Population Focus
1. Title: Aerobic Exercise Versus Spinal Flexibility + Aerobic Exercise for Sedentary & Functionally Limited Adults
Purpose: Designed to enhance spinal flexibility and improve physical functioning for older adults.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIA   (Grant number: AG11268)
NCRR   (Grant number: RR-30)
Intervention Category: Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
2. Title: Bienestar
Purpose: School-based program designed to promote healthy dietary habits and increase physical activity among elementary school students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2004
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIDDK   (Grant number: DK59213)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions
 Behavior Modification Medically Underserved
3. Title: Commit to Quit
Purpose: Designed to test the efficacy of vigorous-intensity physical activity as an aid for smoking cessation for women.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
NCI   (Grant number: CA01757)
NCI   (Grant number: CA59660)
Intervention Category: Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Behavior Modification Current Smokers
4. Title: Community Healthy Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS)
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among sedentary individuals.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2001
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIA   (Grant number: AG9931)
Intervention Category: Community-wide campaigns and Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Awareness building and Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
5. Title: Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH)
Purpose: Designed to promote healthy eating habits and increase physical activity among children and adolescents.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1996
Original Grant Funded By: 
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL39927)
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL39582)
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL39870)
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL33906)
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL39880)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions, Classroom-based health education interventions focused on providing information and Family-based social support interventions
 Behavior Modification School Children
6. Title: Development and Promotion of Walking Trails
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among sedentary individuals.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2004
Original Grant Funded By: 
CDC   (Grant number: U48/CCU710806)
Intervention Category: Community-wide campaigns and Creation of or enhanced access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach
 Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
7. Title: Eat Well and Keep Moving
Purpose: School-based program designed to increase physical activity and promote healthy dietary habits among 4th and 5th grade students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
USDA   (Grant number not available.)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions, Classroom-based health education interventions focused on providing information and Classroom-based health education interventions focused on reducing television viewing and video game
 Behavior Modification School Children
8. Title: Evaluation and Modification of Exercise Patterns in the Natural Environment
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among sedentary individuals.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1980
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIMH   (Grant number: MH35185)
Intervention Category: Point-of-decision prompts
 Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
9. Title: Exercise and Physical Functional Performance in Independent Older Adults
Purpose: Designed to enhance body endurance and body strength among older adults.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIA   (Grant number: AG10267)
NIA   (Grant number: AG10267)
CDC   (Grant number: CCU/0099654)
NIA   (Grant number: AG10853)
Intervention Category: Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Self-efficacy Sedentary Individuals
10. Title: Healthy Body Healthy Spirit
Purpose: Community-based program designed to promote healthy dietary habits and increase physical activity.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2005
Original Grant Funded By: 
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL64959)
Behavior Modification Faith-based Groups
11. Title: Middle School Physical Activity and Nutrition (MSPAN)
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity and promote healthy dietary habits among Grade 6-8 level students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2004
Original Grant Funded By: 
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL545644)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions
 Behavior Modification School Children
12. Title: Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise (PACE)
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among sedentary individuals.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1996
Original Grant Funded By: 
CDC   (Grant number not available.)
Intervention Category: Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Awareness building and Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
13. Title: Physically Active for Life (PAL)
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among adults aged 50 years and older.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIA   (Grant number: AG12025)
Intervention Category: Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Awareness building and Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
14. Title: Planet Health
Purpose: School-based program designed to increase physical activity and promote healthy dietary habits among 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1999
Original Grant Funded By: 
NICHD   (Grant number: HD30780)
CDC   (Grant number: U48/CCU115807)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions and Classroom-based health education interventions focused on providing information
 Behavior Modification School Children
15. Title: Promoting Healthy Living: Assessing More Effects (PHLAME)
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity and promote healthy dietary habits.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2007
Original Grant Funded By: 
NIAMS   (Grant number: AR45901)
Behavior Modification Employees
16. Title: SHAPEDOWN
Purpose: Designed to promote healthy dietary habits and increase physical activity among obese adolescents.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1987
Original Grant Funded By: 
HRSA   (Grant number not available.)
Behavior Modification Overweight/Obese Individuals
17. Title: Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK)
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among 4th and 5th grade students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 1997
Original Grant Funded By: 
NHLBI   (Grant number: HL44467)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions
 Behavior Modification School Children
18. Title: Trim Kids
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity and promote healthy dietary habits.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2002
Original Grant Funded By: 
NHLBI   (Grant number: U01HL66855)
NIDDK   (Grant number: R01DK063453)
State of Louisiana   (Grant number not available.)
Intervention Category: Individually-adapted health behavior change interventions
 Behavior Modification Overweight/Obese Individuals
19. Title: Utilizing the Church and Church Members for Conducting Weight Loss Programs
Purpose: Designed to promote healthy dietary habits and increase physical activity.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2005
Original Grant Funded By: 
USDA/ARS   (Grant number: Project No. 6251-53000-003-00D)
Behavior Modification Overweight/Obese Individuals
20. Title: Wheeling Walks
Purpose: Designed to increase physical activity among sedentary individuals.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2002
Original Grant Funded By: 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation   (Grant number: 039750)
Intervention Category: Mass media campaigns, Community-wide campaigns and Creation of or enhanced access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach
 Behavior Modification Sedentary Individuals
21. Title: Youth Fit For Life
Purpose: School-based program designed to increase physical activity among students.
Outcomes Evaluation Published: 2006
Original Grant Funded By: 
Carol M. White Physical Education program of the U.S. Department of Education   (Grant number: S215F020400)
Intervention Category: School-based physical education interventions
 Behavior Modification School Children
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