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Research Interests
Dr. Becker has extensive training and experience in the practice of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and has written a number of book chapters and articles on this approach to examining and addressing public health problems. He has applied this methodology to examine and address the impact of stressful community conditions on the health of women raising children, youth violence prevention, and the impact of the social and physical environment on physical activity. In his role as executive director of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, he is currently exploring the role that social determinants of health play in children's nutrition and physical activity opportunities and behaviors.
In addition to Dr. Becker's role as executive director of CLOCC, he is currently applying a social determinants of health approach to asthma prevention in urban youth and is co-Principal Investigator on a CBPR relationship development seed grant to explore and address the intersections of housing, the environment, and health.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Michigan
… → 1999
MPH, University of Michigan
… → 1994
Research interests
- Obesity
- Public Health
- Public Policy
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Grants
Exploring and Addressing the Role of the Transportation Environment in Health and Resilience
7/1/19 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
Proviso Partners for Health (PP4H) and the Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI)
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago, Trinity Health
7/1/18 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
Proviso Partners for Health (PP4H) and the Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI)
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago, Trinity Health
7/1/18 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
Healthy Chicago 2.0 Seed Grant
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago Department of Public Health
5/1/19 → 12/30/19
Project: Research project
Assessing Impact of Healthy CPS on Student Outcomes at the School Level
Northwestern University, Spencer Foundation
4/1/19 → 1/31/20
Project: Research project
Research Output
Assessing and Mobilizing Faith Organizations to Implement Childhood Obesity Prevention Advocacy Strategies
Bozlak, C. T., Kenady, J. M. & Becker, A. B., Sep 1 2018, In : Health Promotion Practice. 19, 5, p. 724-729 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An intergovernmental approach to childhood obesity
Bozlak, C., Becker, AB., Herd, J., Teitelman, A., Viola, J., Olson, B. & Choucair, B., Jan 2015, In : International Public Health Journal. 7, 1, p. 7-15 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Environmental factors associated with child physical activity at childcare
Kwon, S., Mason, M. & Becker, AB., Jul 2015, In : Health Behavior and Policy Review. 4, p. 260-267 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Society of Behavioral Medicine position statement: early care and education (ECE) policies can impact obesity prevention among preschool-aged children
Buscemi, J., Kanwischer, K., Becker, A. B., Ward, D. S. & Fitzgibbon, M. L., Jan 1 2015, In : Translational behavioral medicine. 5, 1, p. 122-125 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
23
Scopus
citations
The Relationship Between the Social Environment and Lifestyle-Related Physical Activity in a Low-Income African American Inner-City Southern Neighborhood
Andersen, L., Gustat, J. & Becker, A. B., Oct 4 2015, In : Journal of Community Health. 40, 5, p. 967-974 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
16
Scopus
citations