The round seven call for proposals is open from Active Living Research, which will inform the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. Responses are invited on topics concerning environmental perceptions, including “Children’s and parents’ perceptions of community and recreation environments” and “Evaluations of policy interventions in schools.”

Studies funded by Active Living Research have emphasized using objective measures of attributes of community, transportation and recreation environments, and assessing their relation to physical activity. Numerous studies have assessed simple perceptions of these environments by asking people to report on the presence, absence and qualities of environmental attributes. However, there has been little study of people’s subjective evaluations of environmental attributes and how those perceptions may be independently related to physical activity and use of specific places within communities.

The chief aim of the Active Living Research program is to identify environmental factors and policies that could substantially increase levels of physical activity among Americans. Both resources can be found from the Active Living Research website at www.activelivingresearch.org

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