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Recent blog post I wrote for the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living about the importance of out-of-school activity promotion and 24hr movement behavior guideline adherence among children and adolescents. sph.uth.edu/research/cen...

Yeah - this is really interesting. We did something similar (but on a much smaller scale) with public health-related data and found differences in data handling strategies have implications for how subsequent interpretations of results are made. doi.org/10.1186/s441...

Finally, it’s not impossible to get R01 funding without having had a previously-funded NIH grant. You just need to demonstrate strong prelim. evidence for your project (plus all the other stuff they’re looking for). If you’re coming up on losing your ESI status I would go for the R01 if you can.

If you’re a good grant writer and are already on several other projects, I would go the R21 route. Here’s an article we wrote about the struggles of getting preliminary funding if you’re interested :) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

R03s, as someone else mentioned as well, are a good option for smaller projects, but your funding will be limited.

As someone else mentioned, K01s are a good mechanism as well. They require an additional training component to be written and you need ~75% protected time for them. They can be up to 5 years and are a good jumping off point for your R01.

I’ve tried to develop 2-3 R21s and have them cycle through the submission and resubmission process. They’re typically 2 years of funding to establish some preliminary evidence for a R01 submission, but the writing process is good practice for the R01.

For sure! Let me know if you ever want to chat. Happy to share more resources.

Here's one with adult participants from the UK Biobank, however. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Unfortunately, there isn't much out there about how walking/biking to school might play a role in the broader 24hr cycle... but that's a good idea for a study.

There are also approaches like WOS and CSPAP that factor in active commuting as an effective way to promote PA among children.

The National Center for Safe Routes to School is a great place to start for broader resources: www.saferoutesinfo.org

There is a ton of literature out there about active commuting to school. A review published last year that found if kids actively commuted to/from school, it could contribute to about 50% of meeting PA guidelines: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37497601/

New(ish) #openaccess article exploring food label usage and healthy eating among adolescents. doi.org/10.3390/nu16...

New study out in AJPM. We investigated out-of-school and weekend activities that contribute to meeting 24-hour movement guidelines among US adolescents. Alongside sports, community service/volunteering was a standout.
www.ajpmonline.org/article/S074...

Check out our new publication about context and physical activity among 4th graders in Texas!
doi.org/10.3389/fpub...

Our consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies is out today!
doi.org/10.1186/s408...

Follow-up from the pre-print I posted awhile back. If you work with 24hr movement behavior data, our newest publication might be of interest! In it, we demonstrate how decisions made before analyzing 24hr data influence guideline adherence and health outcomes.
doi.org/10.1186/s441...

New pre-print up! We took a look at how data handling decisions influence interpretations around meeting 24hr movement guidelines and associations with health outcomes in children.