Project Grant R21CA280503

This Project Grant award of $140,828, made by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) under the Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research program (CFDA 93.394), aims to establish evidence-based, community-driven implementation strategies to increase the uptake of built environment approaches that promote physical activity in the National Cooperative Extension System. The primary awardee, CHN Nebraska, will work with a sub-grantee, Montana State University, to systematically select and tailor implementation strategies, and then pilot test them through an iterative, mixed-methods approach. The goal is to build the capacity of Extension professionals to select, adapt, and implement built environment interventions that address locally identified needs, ultimately improving population-level physical activity and reducing cancer risk. This effort is innovative in its incorporation of key community partners to develop contextually appropriate implementation strategies rather than top-down approaches.