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By Cindy Brach, Senior Health Care Researcher, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) The Healthy People 2020 initiative includes objectives to improve heart health through prevention, detection, and treatment of risk factors. You can learn how to advance these objectives — as well as objectives related to other topics — by visiting EvidenceNOW Tools for Change, a curated collection of more than 100 tools and resources designed to help primary care practices improve quality by providing evidence-based care...

The National Physical Activity Plan Alliance recently completed research on physical education attendance and policies/practices supporting quality physical education. Key findings and recommendations are presented in this blog post.

In 2018, ODPHP created the Move Your Way campaign to promote the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Now, ODPHP is developing an implementation strategy to help health departments and community organizations use Move Your Way campaign resources in their local physical activity initiatives...