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List of works by Ruth P. Saunders

8 Steps to Fitness: a faith-based, behavior change physical activity intervention for African Americans.

scientific article published in September 2009

A Coordinated Comprehensive Professional Development Training's Effect on Summer Day Camp Staff Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Promoting Behaviors

scientific article published on August 2014

A Physician Fitness Program: Enhancing the Physician as an "Exercise" Role Model for Patients

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A Tale of 2 Teachers: A Preschool Physical Activity Intervention Case Study

scientific article published on January 2016

A comprehensive professional development training's effect on afterschool program staff behaviors to promote healthy eating and physical activity

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Advancing health promotion through massage therapy practice: A cross-sectional survey study.

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An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 4-Year-Olds in Preschools

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

An overview of "The Active by Choice Today" (ACT) trial for increasing physical activity

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Are We There Yet? Compliance with Physical Activity Standards in YMCA Afterschool Programs

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

Assessing levels of adaptation during implementation of evidence-based interventions: introducing the Rogers-Rütten framework

scientific article published on 04 November 2010

Assessing sustainability of Lifestyle Education for Activity Program (LEAP)

scientific article published on December 8, 2011

Associations Between Home Environment and After-School Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Among 6th Grade Children

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

Associations among food insecurity, acculturation, demographic factors, and fruit and vegetable intake at home in Hispanic children

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Associations between self-reported and objective physical environmental factors and use of a community rail-trail

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Change in Children's Physical Activity: Predictors in the Transition From Elementary to Middle School

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Childcare Center Characteristics Moderate the Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention

scientific article published on 22 December 2019

Clarifying Definitions for the Massage Therapy Profession: the Results of the Best Practices Symposium

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Commercial facilities, social cognitive variables, and physical activity of 12th grade girls

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Comparison of barriers self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control for explaining physical activity across 1 year among adolescent girls

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Comparison of dietary and smoking habit changes in physical fitness improvers and nonimprovers

scientific article published on 01 July 1984

Comparison of social variables for understanding physical activity in adolescent girls

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Compliance With the Healthy Eating Standards in YMCA After-School Programs

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Conceptualizing, Implementing, and Monitoring a Structural Health Promotion Intervention in an Organizational Setting

scientific article published on November 16, 2012

Construct validity of selected measures of physical activity beliefs and motives in fifth and sixth grade boys and girls

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Correlates of availability and accessibility of fruits and vegetables in homes of low-income Hispanic families.

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Correlates of physical activity among U.S. young adults, 18 to 30 years of age, from NHANES III.

scientific article published in August 2003

Correlates of recreational and transportation physical activity among adults in a New England community

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Correlates of self-regulation for physical activity among older adults

scientific article published in November 2006

Developing Scales to Assess Parental Instrumental Social Support and Influence on Provision of Social Support for Physical Activity in Children

scientific article published on June 30, 2011

Development of a framework for HIV/AIDS prevention programs in African American churches.

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Development of questionnaires to measure psychosocial influences on children's physical activity

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Differences in physical activity between black and white girls living in rural and urban areas

scientific article published on August 2002

Double dose: the cumulative effect of TV viewing at home and in preschool on children's activity patterns and weight status.

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Effects of a structural intervention and implementation on physical activity among youth in residential children's homes

scientific article published on 4 June 2014

Enjoyment mediates effects of a school-based physical-activity intervention

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Environmental Determinants of Children’s Physical Activity in Residential Children’s Homes

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Evaluating and Refining the Conceptual Model Used in the Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES) Intervention

scientific article published on January 2017

Evaluation of Internal Medicine Residents as Exercise Role Models and Associations With Self-Reported Counseling Behavior, Confidence, and Perceived Success

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Evaluation of a Community-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Youth: Lessons from Active Winners

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Evaluation of a comprehensive school physical activity program: Be a Champion!

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

Evaluation of a statewide dissemination and implementation of physical activity intervention in afterschool programs: a nonrandomized trial

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Examining social-cognitive determinants of intention and physical activity among black and white adolescent girls using structural equation modeling

scientific article published in September 2002

Examining the link between program implementation and behavior outcomes in the lifestyle education for activity program (LEAP)

scientific article published on 11 October 2006

Factorial Invariance and Latent Mean Structure of Questionnaires Measuring Social-Cognitive Determinants of Physical Activity among Black and White Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Factorial Validity and Invariance of Questionnaires Measuring Social-Cognitive Determinants of Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Factors Influencing Implementation of a Physical Activity Intervention in Residential Children's Homes

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

Factors associated with exercise participation in adults with arthritis

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

Factors associated with physical activity literacy among foster parents

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Factors influencing implementation of a preschool-based physical activity intervention

scientific article published on February 2017

Factors that influence exercise among adults with arthritis in three activity levels

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Faith, Activity, and Nutrition Randomized Dissemination and Implementation Study: Countywide Adoption, Reach, and Effectiveness.

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

Formative evaluation of a motivational intervention for increasing physical activity in underserved youth.

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Gender differences in social influence on physical activity at different stages of exercise adoption

scientific article published in November 1998

Goals and intentions mediate efficacy beliefs and declining physical activity in high school girls

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

Health risk behaviors of rural sixth graders.

scientific article published in December 1998

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Interventions in Faith-Based Settings: A Systematic Review Using the Reach, Effectiveness/Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance Framework

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Identifying Strategies Programs Adopt to Meet Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards in Afterschool Programs.

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Implementation Monitoring of a Promotora-Led, Home-Based Obesity Prevention Pilot Study With Latino Preschool Children and Their Mothers

scientific article published on 03 November 2020

Implementation of a faith-based physical activity intervention: insights from church health directors

scientific article published in October 2008

Long-term effects of a physical activity intervention in high school girls.

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Longitudinal Associations Between Psychosocial, Home, and Neighborhood Factors and Children's Physical Activity

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Making healthy eating and physical activity policy practice: process evaluation of a group randomized controlled intervention in afterschool programs

scientific article published on December 2015

Making healthy eating and physical activity policy practice: the design and overview of a group randomized controlled trial in afterschool programs

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Measuring physical activity self-regulation strategies in older adults.

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Motivation and Behavioral Regulation of Physical Activity in Middle School Students

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Naturally-occurring changes in social-cognitive factors modify change in physical activity during early adolescence.

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New Perspective on Factors Related to Coalition Success: Novel Findings From an Investigation of Physical Activity Coalitions Across the United States

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Operationalizing and Testing the Concept of a Physical Activity Desert

scientific article published on 30 March 2021

Organizational member involvement in physical activity coalitions across the United States: development and testing of a novel survey instrument for assessing coalition functioning

scientific article published on 12 November 2014

Perceived environmental church support and physical activity among Black church members

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Perceived physical environment and physical activity across one year among adolescent girls: self-efficacy as a possible mediator?

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Perceptions of physical and social environment variables and self-efficacy as correlates of self-reported physical activity among adolescent girls

scientific article published on 17 May 2006

Personal, Social, and Environmental Influences on Physical Activity in Groups of Children As Defined by Different Physical Activity Patterns

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Physical activities and sedentary pursuits in African American and Caucasian girls.

scientific article published in December 2004

Physical activity and sedentary pursuits of children living in residential children's homes

scientific article published in March 2009

Physical and Social Contexts of Physical Activity Behaviors of Fifth and Seventh Grade Youth

scientific article published in February 2018

Physical self-concept and self-esteem mediate cross-sectional relations of physical activity and sport participation with depression symptoms among adolescent girls

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Predictors of implementation in the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition dissemination and implementation study: application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) in a statewide initiative

scientific article published on 28 March 2020

Process Evaluation of Making HEPA Policy Practice: A Group Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 22 May 2016

Process evaluation methods, implementation fidelity results and relationship to physical activity and healthy eating in the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) study

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Process evaluation of a preschool physical activity intervention using web-based delivery

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

Process evaluation of an intervention to increase child activity levels in afterschool programs

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Process for massage therapy practice and essential assessment.

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Promoting physical activity in girls: a case study of one school's success

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Promotion of physical activity among high-school girls: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in September 2005

Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in white and African-American girls

scientific article published in September 2002

Psychosocial mediators of a faith-based physical activity intervention: implications and lessons learned from null findings.

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Regional comparisons of walking or bicycling for fun or exercise and for active transport in a nationally distributed sample of community-based youth

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Relationship between physical activity level and cigarette, smokeless tobacco, and marijuana use among public high school adolescents.

scientific article published on December 1995

Results of the “Active by Choice Today” (ACT) randomized trial for increasing physical activity in low-income and minority adolescents

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Role of Organizational Support on Implementation of an Environmental Change Intervention to Improve Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: a Randomized Cross-Over Design

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Sedentary behaviors in fifth-grade boys and girls: where, with whom, and why?

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Self-efficacy moderates the relation between declines in physical activity and perceived social support in high school girls

scientific article published on 23 September 2008

Self-efficacy partially mediates the effect of a school-based physical-activity intervention among adolescent girls.

scientific article published on May 2004

Self-efficacy, beliefs, and goals: Moderation of declining physical activity during adolescence

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Self-regulation and physical activity: the relationship in older adults

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Sport participation, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the transition from middle school to high school

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Statewide dissemination and implementation of physical activity standards in afterschool programs: two-year results.

scientific article published on 3 July 2018

Structured physical activity and psychosocial correlates in middle-school girls

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES): Study protocol for a randomized trial evaluating a multi-component physical activity intervention in preschool children

scientific article published on August 7, 2013

Support for school-based reproductive health services among South Carolina voters.

scientific article published in February 2001

Sustainability of physical activity promoting environments and influences on sustainability following a structural intervention in residential children's homes

scientific article published on 03 March 2016

Systematic dissemination of a preschool physical activity intervention to the control preschools

scientific article published on April 2016

The 3-year evolution of a preschool physical activity intervention through a collaborative partnership between research interventionists and preschool teachers

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The Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) Dissemination and Implementation Study, Phase 1: Implementation Monitoring Methods and Results

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

The Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) Dissemination and Implementation Study: 24-Month Organizational Maintenance in a Countywide Initiative

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

The Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) dissemination and implementation study: changes in and maintenance of organizational practices over 24 months in a statewide initiative

scientific article published in 2022

The Faith, Activity, and Nutrition program: a randomized controlled trial in African-American churches

scientific article published on February 2013

The Relationship of Physical Activity and the Built Environment within the Context of Self-Determination Theory

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

The Role of Pastor Support in a Faith-Based Health Promotion Intervention

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

The Tug-of-War: Fidelity Versus Adaptation Throughout the Health Promotion Program Life Cycle

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

The faith, activity, and nutrition (FAN) program: design of a participatory research intervention to increase physical activity and improve dietary habits in African American churches

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The relationship between the food environment and fruit and vegetable intake of adolescents living in Residential Children's Homes

scientific article published on 5 November 2008

The translation of an evidence-based preschool physical activity intervention from in-person to online delivery of professional development to preschool teachers

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Tracking of avoidance of alcohol use and smoking behavior in a fifth grade cohort over three years

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Translating policies into practice: a framework to prevent childhood obesity in afterschool programs

article by Michael W Beets et al published March 2013 in Health Promotion Practice

Using process evaluation for program improvement in dose, fidelity and reach: the ACT trial experience

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Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a physical activity intervention in churches

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Validity of social-cognitive measures for physical activity in middle-school girls

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