TY - JOUR AU - Zwald, Marissa AU - Jernigan, Jan AU - Payne, Gayle AU - Farris, Rosanne PY - 2013 TI - Developing Stories From the Field to Highlight Policy, Systems, and Environmental Approaches in Obesity Prevention T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E23 VL - 10 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - As obesity prevention initiatives increasingly shift toward approaches focused on policy, systems, and environmental change, opportunities to share experiences from the field and lessons learned are growing. Stories are a tool to illustrate processes and outcomes of initiatives that can complement quantitative results. The use of stories, however, is not widely recognized, and the methods and tools available to develop stories are limited. Therefore, we describe the methods used to collect, develop, and disseminate stories featuring comprehensive obesity prevention efforts that various state health departments are planning and implementing. We also discuss potential challenges and provide recommendations that public health practitioners may consider when developing similar stories. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120141 DO - 10.5888/pcd10.120141 ER -