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What is the relationship between health and the way we are settling our landscape? Can we prove that “sprawl is making us fat”? The articles and web sites in this portion of the library focus on several major issues related to this question:
What is the relationship between land use and travel behavior? Are people more likely to walk in “mixed-use” environments where places to live, work, shop and play are all near each other? Are people more likely to drive in gated communities with many cul-de-sacs as opposed to a well-connected street network?
What do we mean by sprawl? Is it density, appearance, location?
Websites
www.activelivingbydesign.org/
Homepage of Active Living by Design, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a part of the UNC School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, North Carolina designed to establish and evaluate innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies.
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sprawlindex/sprawlindex.html
Links to a PDF of a report by Reid Ewing of Rutgers University and Rolf Pendall of Cornell University that is the most comprehensive effort yet undertaken to define, measure and evaluate metropolitan sprawl and its impacts.
www.planning.org/physicallyactive/index.htm
American Planning Association website detailing the work they are doing on Planning and Designing the Physically Active Community funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
www.cnu.org/
Homepage of Congress of the New Urbanism
www.trailsandgreenways.org/
The clearinghouse provides technical assistance, information resources and referrals for trail and greenway advocates and developer across the nation.
www.railtrails.org/
Homepage of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a group that aims to enrich America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.
www.sierraclub.org/sprawl
The Sierra Club is calling attention to the problem of sprawl with yearly reports, providing resources for activists across the country, and exploring how transportation patterns can be improved to make our neighborhoods safer and more convenient.
www.sonic.net/abcaia/narrow.htm
This database includes communities that have recently adopted reduced street width standards as one of the fist steps to achieving more livable street design. Also included are contact and resource lists.
www.walkable.org/
Homepage of Walkable Communities, Inc., a non-profit group established in 1996 to help communities and neighborhoods become more walkable.
www.planning.org
Homepage of the American Planning Association.
www.pps.org
Homepage for Project for Public Spaces, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities.
www.pps.org/issue_papers/Health_and_community_design.htm
A site explaining Project for Public Spaces’ belief that great public spaces – those that allow for physical activity – can turn around the declining situation in public health.
www.sprawlwatch.org
The Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse mission is to make the tools, techniques, and strategies developed to manage growth, accessible to citizens, grassroots organizations, environmentalists, public officials, planners, architects, the media and business leaders.
www.walkinginfo.org
A website with resources to help make your community walkable.
www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/walking/06_00/index.htm
The United Kingdom’s Department of Transport website describing their guidelines for providing journeys on foot.
www.plainfieldnjk12.org/pcp/
Website of the Plainfield, New Jersey schools system describing their smart growth initiatives in school design and renovation.
www.concordia.com
Homepage of Concordia Architecture and Urban Planning, a nationally recognized planning and architectural design firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana with offices in Pasadena, California whose work emphasizes community participation and integration.
www.fhwa.dot.gov/tcsp/studies.html
A list of selected references evaluating the relationship between travel and land use compiled by the US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration as part of their Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program.
www.friends.org/resources/lutraq.html
Website of 1000 Friends of Oregon describing how they helped Portland grow, say no to a big highway and stay healthy.
www.smartgrowth.org/library/gore_schools.html
Website describing and providing links about the Clinton-Gore Livability Agenda to build livable communities for the 21st century, concentrating on schools as centers of community.
www.pegasuscom.com/levpoints/bingler.html
A brief synopsis of an interview with Steven Bingler entitled Building Community Through "Healthy Chaos.”
www.tcaup.umich.edu/facultystaff/faculty/stricklandrprofile.html
Biographical information page for Roy Strickland, Associate Professor and Director of Urban Design at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan.
www.sprawlcity.org/index.html
A website about consumption growth and population growth and their roles in the urban sprawl that destroys natural habitat and farmland around U.S. cities.
www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/
The Center for Disease Control website concerned with the interaction between people and their environments, natural as well as human-made, and how this relationship continues to emerge as a major issue concerning public health
www.njfuture.org
The homepage of New Jersey Future, the state's largest smart-growth advocacy group.
Published Works:
American Journal of Public Health. “Built Environment and Health.” September 2003; 93:1369-1608. (special issue.)
Beaumont, Constance E. and Elizabeth G. Pianca. “Historic Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl: Why Johnny Can’t Walk to School.” Prepared for the National Trust for Historic Preservation: November, 2000.
Boarnet, Marlon G. and Sharon Sarmiento “Can Land Use Policy Really Affect Travel Behavior? A Study of the Link Between Non-Work Travel and Land Use Characteristics,” prepared for the 1996 Lincoln Land Institute TRED Conference, October 11-12, 1996. Can be found at www.uctc.net/papers/342.pdf
Bray, Paul. “Cities Should Encourage Walking,” Times Union: March 11, 2001.
Cervero, Robert and Roger Gorham. “Commuting in Transit Versus Automobile Neighborhoods,” in Journal of the American Planning Association. Volume 61, Number 2: Spring 1995.
Connecticut Smart Growth Study: Draft Summary Report. Prepared by: Elizabeth Adams, Jerome Chou, Sarah Karlinsky, Elizabeth Miller, and Julio Poblete of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University
Crane, Randall and Richard Crepeau. “Does Neighborhood Design Influence Travel? A Behavioral Analysis of Travel Diary and GIS Data,” can be found at www.uctc.net/papers/374.pdf
Design for Efficient Suburban Activity Centers: Phase I Report. Prepared by Calthorpe Associates with Fehr & Peers Associates, Inc., COMSIS Corporation, The Edge City Group and T.Y. Lin International: March 1997.
Ewing, Reid H. “Characteristics, Causes, and Effects of Sprawl: A Literature Review,” in Environmental and Urban Issues. Winter 1994.
Ewing, Reid and Robert Cervero. “Travel and the Built Environment: A Synthesis,” in the Transportation Research Record 1780, Paper No. 01-3515, p.87-106.
Frank, Lawrence D. and Mr. Peter Engelke. “How Land Use and Transportation Systems Impact Public Health: A Literature Review of the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Built Form.”
Frank, Lawrence D. and Gary Pivo. “Impacts of Mixed Use and Density on Utilization of Three Modes of Travel: Single-Occupant Vehicle, Transit, and Walking,” in Transportation Research Record 1466.
Frumkin, Howard. “Urban Sprawl and Public Health,” in Public Health Reports. Volume 117: May-June, 2002.
Frumkin, Howard et. al. Healthy and the Built Environment in the Southeastern United States, Rebuilding the Unity. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. 2002.
Greenberg, Michael, Peyton Craighill, Henry Mayer, Cliff Zukin and Jan Wells. “Brownfield Redevelopment and Affordable Housing: A Case Study of New Jersey,” in Housing Policy Debate. Volume 12, Issue 3: 2001.
“Growing Pains: The Impact of Urban Sprawl.” Public Health: Rollins School of Public Health Magazine Emory University, Spring, 2001.
Hamilton, William L. “Helping Paterson Get Better Grades in Urban Renewal”
Healthy Place, Healthy People: Promoting Public Health and Physical Activity Through Community Design. A Report of an Experts’ Meeting November 27-28, 2000 in Washington D.C. sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Hirschhorn, Joel S. and Paul Souza. “New Community Design to the Rescue: Fulfilling Another American Dream.”
Increase Physical Activity Through Community Design: A Guide for Public Health Practitioners. Prepared by the National Center for Bicycling and Walking: May 2002.
Jackson, Richard J. and Chris Kochtitzky. “Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health,” as part of the Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monography Series.
Killingsworth, Richard E, Audrey de Nazelle, and Richard H. Bell. “A New Role for Public Health in Transportation Creating and Supporting Community Models for Active Transportation,” prepared for by the Active Living by Design National Program Office at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Land Use and Health. A presentation from A Conference Hosted by the Milbank Memorial Fund May 2, 2002.
“Making the Health Connection,” in New Urban News. January/February 2001.
McCann, Barbara and Roy Kienitz. “Physical Activity, Community Design and Transportation: Lessons from the Surface Transportation Policy Project’s Transportation Reform Campaings.” A report prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation November, 2000.
New Urban News. Volume 7, Number 1; January/February 2002
Planning. “Fat City: Are You an Enabler?” Journal of the American Planning Association June 2001
Reed, Julian and Karen Stabiner. “Urban Transit: Three Women. Three Cities. One new device that confirms what we’ve always suspected: Where we live can make us fit or fat.” In Vogue May, 2001.
Rodrigues, Carlos Macedo. “SPRAWL – The Search for Meaning” prepared for the New Jersey Office of State Planning.
Saelens, Brian E., James F. Sallis, and Lawrence D. Frank, “Environmental Correlates of Walking and Cycling: Findings From the Transportation, Urban Design, and Planning Literatures,” in Environment and Physical Activity. Volume 25, Number 2: 2003.
Swaney, Chriss. “Houses Are to Replace a Pittsburgh Slag Heap,” in The New York Times: Sunday, January 28, 2001.
The New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan: Draft Final Plan. Prepared by the New Jersey State Planning Commission. October, 2000.
The New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan: Executive Summary. Prepared by the New Jersey State Planning Commission. Adopted March 1, 2001.
The Role of Transit in Creating Livable Metropolitan Communities: TCRP Report 22. Prepared by the Transit Cooperative Research Program. Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration. National Academy Press: 1997.
West Side Story: West Side Vision Action Strategy, Stamford, Connecticut. Prepared by Hutton Associates Inc., R. G. Roesch Landscape Architects PC, and APPS Inc. for the Mutual Housing Association of Southwest Connecticut, the Westside Action Movement, and the City of Stamford Community Development Office.
The following list contains useful web links and publications on file at the Regional Plan Association that concern alternative methods of transportation and the links between transportation mode choice and public health. The list includes literature that discusses transportation oriented planning, the advantages of walking and biking and the links between community design, transportation and public health.
Websites
www.trailsandgreenways.org
The clearinghouse provides technical assistance, information resources and referrals for trail and greenway advocates and developer across the nation.
www.railtrails.org
Homepage of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a group that aims to enrich America's communities and countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors.
www.walkable.org
Homepage of Walkable Communities, Inc., a non-profit group established in 1996 to help communities and neighborhoods become more walkable.
www.walkinginfo.org
A website with resources to help make your community walkable.
www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/walking/06_00/index.htm
The United Kingdom’s Department of Transport website describing their guidelines for providing journeys on foot.
www.fhwa.dot.gov/tcsp/studies.html
A list of selected references evaluating the relationship between travel and land use compiled by the US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration as part of their Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program.
www.bikewalk.org
Homepage for the National Center for Bicycling and Walking, a non-profit group whose mission is to create bicycle-friendly and walkable communities.
policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/pedbike/council.html
Website of The New Jersey Bicycle Advisory Council (NJBAC), a component of the New Jersey Pedestrian and Bicycle Resource Project whose goals and objectives are to promote policies, practices and attitudes to increase bicycling for transportation and recreation throughout the entire state.
Published Works:
Advances: Issue 2 2001, “America, Get Moving: A Call to Action.”
Bicycle and Pedestrian Data: Sources, Needs, and Gaps. Prepared by the United States Department of Transportation.
Boarnet, Marlon G. and Sharon Sarmiento “Can Land Use Policy Really Affect Travel Behavior? A Study of the Link Between Non-Work Travel and Land Use Characteristics,” prepared for the 1996 Lincoln Land Institute TRED Conference, October 11-12, 1996.
Bray, Paul. “Cities Should Encourage Walking,” Times Union: March 11, 2001.
“Bye Bye Bus, Hello Feet” in Mothering March/April 2001
Cervero, Robert and Roger Gorham. “Commuting in Transit Versus Automobile Neighborhoods,” in Journal of the American Planning Association. Volume 61, Number 2: Spring 1995.
Crane, Randall and Richard Crepeau. “Does Neighborhood Design Influence Travel? A Behavioral Analysis of Travel Diary and GIS Data,”
Frank, Lawrence D. and Mr. Peter Engelke. “How Land Use and Transportation Systems Impact Public Health: A Literature Review of the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Built Form.”
Frank, Lawrence D. and Gary Pivo. “Impacts of Mixed Use and Density on Utilization of Three Modes of Travel: Single-Occupant Vehicle, Transit, and Walking,” in Transportation Research Record 1466.
“Healthy Heart Program: Pedestrian Access and Safety Initiatives.” State of New York Department of Health.
Increase Physical Activity Through Community Design: A Guide for Public Health Practitioners. Prepared by the National Center for Bicycling and Walking: May 2002.
Kids Walk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School. Prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
McCann, Barbara and Roy Kienitz. “Physical Activity, Community Design and Transportation: Lessons from the Surface Transportation Policy Project’s Transportation Reform Campaings.” A report prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation November, 2000.
Miller, Johanna. “Hey Kid, Try Walking!: Communities Win When Schools are Close to Home”
Reed, Julian and Karen Stabiner. “Urban Transit: Three Women. Three Cities. One new device that confirms what we’ve always suspected: Where we live can make us fit or fat.” In Vogue May, 2001.
Saelens, Brian E., James F. Sallis, and Lawrence D. Frank, “Environmental Correlates of Walking and Cycling: Findings From the Transportation, Urban Design, and Planning Literatures,” in Environment and Physical Activity. Volume 25, Number 2: 2003.
Safe Routes to Schools: A Project of nonprofits Multi-Mobile and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition Volume 1, Issue 1.
Walk to School: National Walk to School Evaluation Project Description by the CDC.
One of the centerpieces of the healthy communities movement is to better connect schools to the health agenda for youth populations. This includes physical connections – promoting walking to school - as well as programmatic connections – making the school itself a healthier place and a center for advocacy.
Websites
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/
RWJ Website
www.nsbn.org
Website for New Schools/ Better Neighborhoods, a civic advocacy organization formed to promote a 21st Century vision for California's urban school districts: new schools should be centers of neighborhoods and likewise, neighborhoods and communities should serve as centers of learning.
www.smartgrowth.org/library/gore_schools.html
Website describing and providing links about the Clinton-Gore Livability Agenda to build livable communities for the 21st century, concentrating on schools as centers of community.
cfpub.epa.gov/schools/index.cfm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Healthy Schools Environments webpage.
www.state.nj.us/njded/facilities/
New Jersey Department of Education’s website on their school facilities with information about current projects and the state facilities program on the whole.
www.schoolconstructionnews.com/archives/ja2001/feature1ja01.html
An article from January, 2001 entitled “Applying Green Roofs to Schools: A New Roofing Concept Takes Root.”
Published Works:
Beaumont, Constance E. and Elizabeth G. Pianca. “Historic Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl: Why Johnny Can’t Walk to School.” Prepared for the National Trust for Historic Preservation: November, 2000.
“Bye Bye Bus, Hello Feet” in Mothering March/April 2001
Kids Walk-to-School: A Guide to Promote Walking to School. Prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Miller, Johanna. “Hey Kid, Try Walking!: Communities Win When Schools are Close to Home”
Safe Routes to Schools: A Project of nonprofits Multi-Mobile and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition Volume 1, Issue 1.
Walk to School: National Walk to School Evaluation Project Description by the CDC.
What role does our civic infrastructure play in promoting healthy lifestyles? The publications in this portion of the library focus less on the physical environment and more on the political and social characteristics of our environment, focusing on several issues:
• What is the policy framework for creating healthy communities? What government actions are needed? What legislative changes are required?
• How do perceptions about such things as safety and empowerment affect the willingness of residents to participate in the civic life of their neighborhood – an essential question for healthy communities advocates.
Websites
www-cta.ornl.gov/npts/1995/doc/index.shtml
Website for the National Personal Transportation Survey.
www.wsdot.wa.gov/TA/T2Center/T2PUBS.HTM
A list of publications concerning highways and local programs prepared by the Washington State Department of Transportation.
www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/heart/contract.htm
Website for the State of New York Department of Health “Healthy Heart” Program.
alpes.ws/REFERENCES.htm
Active Living Policy and Environmental Studies website containing a listing of related references.
alpes.ws/LINKS.htm
Active Living Policy and Environmental Studies website containing links to related websites.
www.thecommunityguide.org
Homepage of the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide), a group convened in 1996 by the Department of Health and Human Services to provide leadership in the evaluation of community, population, and health care system strategies to address a variety of public health and health promotion topics such as physical activity.
www.naccho.org
Homepage of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, a non-profit organization representing local public health agencies containing some community assessment tools.
policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/pedbike/council.html
Website of The New Jersey Bicycle Advisory Council (NJBAC), a component of the New Jersey Pedestrian and Bicycle Resource Project whose goals and objectives are to promote policies, practices and attitudes to increase bicycling for transportation and recreation throughout the entire state.
Published Works:
Bochner, Brian S. “Smart Growth Tools for Transportation,” in ITE Journal November, 2000.
Burden, Dan and Peter Lagerwey. Road Diets: Fixing the Big Roads. Walkable Communities Inc., March 1999.
Charter on Transport, Environment and Health
Fawcett, Stephen B, Vincent T. Francisco, Adrienne Paine-Andrews, and Jerry Schultz. “Working Together for Healthier Communities: A Framework for Collaboration Among Community Partnerships, Support Organizations, and Funders,” Ed. Jenette Nagy and Stephen B. Fawcett.
Frank, Robert H. “Traffic and Tax Cuts,” in The New York Times OP-Ed Friday May 11, 2001.
Greenberg, Michael, R. “Elements and Test of a Theory of Neighborhood Civic Participation,” in Human Ecology Review. Volume 8, Number 2: 2001.
Greenberg, Michael R. “Neighborhoods: Slow Places in a Fast World?,” in Society. Volume 38, Number 1: November/December 2000.
Greenberg, Michael R. “Improving Neighborhood Quality: A Hierarchy of Needs,” in Housing Policy Debate. Volume 10, Issue 3: 1999.
Greenberg, Michael R. “Geographical Dimensions and Correlates of Trust,” in Risk Analysis. Volume 19, Number 2: 1999.
“Healthy Heart Program: Pedestrian Access and Safety Initiatives.” State of New York Department of Health. More information can be found at www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/heart/contract.htm
Moudon, Anne Vernez Evaluation of Existing Environmental Audit Instruments. Urban Form Lab, University of Washington: June, 2002.
Our Nation’s Travel: 1995 NPTS Early Results Report.
Ronkin, Michael. “Reasons for Highway Shoulders.” Oregon Department of Transportation.
Sallis, James F., Adrian Bauman, and Michael Pratt. “Environmental and Policy Interventions to Promote Physical Activity,” in American Journal of Preventive Medicine: 1998; 15 (4).
Sociological Methodology Volume 29, 1999 American Sociological Association.
State and Local Governments Partnering for a Better New York. Prepared by the Quality Communities Interagency Task Force. Lieutenant Governor Mary O. Donohue, Chair and Secretary of State Alexander F. Treadwell, Vice Chair.
Trends, Implications and Strategies for Balanced Growth in the Atlanta Region. A Synthesis Report of the SMARTRAQ Outreach Program prepared by The SMARTRAQ research program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Robert Charles Lesser & Co.
Do you live in a healthy community? Researchers at RPA and across the country are in the process of developing and testing surveys and other “auditing instruments” that can be used to answer this question. Tools range from the most user-friendly, advocacy-oriented surveys - such as the Walk America Check List - to highly quantitative instruments for measuring such things as street connectivity and “levels of service” for bikeways and sidewalks. Several of the summary articles in this part of the library profile in detail the range of assessment tools available.
Websites
www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/cycle/0798/
www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadnetwork/ditm/tal/walking/06_00/index.htm
www.bikefed.org/assessmenttools.htm
www.bikewalk.org/alpes.htm
www.bicyclinginfo.org/bikeability_checklist.htm
ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/tped.html
www.walkinginfo.org/cpq/checklist.htm
Published Works:
A Guide to Assessing the Suitability of Your Community for Bicycling and Walking. Prepared by the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Cardiovascular Health Project: November, 1999.
Audit Tool Analytic Version.
Bicycle Level of Service (BLOS) Evaluation Methodology
Bicycle Suitability Data Collection Form
Bradshaw, Chris, “Creating and Using a Rating System for Neighborhood Walkability.”
Brownson, Ross C., Robyn A. Housemann, David R. Brown, Jeannette Jackson-Thompson, Abby C. King, Bernard R. Malone and James F. Sallis, “Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Communities: Walking Trail Access, Use and Effects,” in American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Volume 18, Number 3: 2000.
Checklist: Footpaths, Walkways, and Cyclepaths. Prepared by NSW Health, the Centre for Population Health, and the Macquarie Area Health Service with the support of a grant from the Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, NSW Health Department.
Connecticut Community Health Asset Profiler (CHAP) For Physical Activity and Nutrition. Developed by the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center; In collaboration with The CT DPH Obesity Prevention Program.
Creating Communities for Active Aging: A Guide to Developing a Strategic Plan to Increase Walking and Biking by Older Adults in Your Community.
Creating Supportive Environments for Physical Activity Toolkit.
Crump, Carolyn E., E. Blair Benson, and Jane C. Stutts, “Assessing Community Policies and Environmental Support for Physical Activity: Pilot Test of Methods,” The University of North Carolina Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: July, 1998.
How Walkable is Your Community: Walkability Cheklist.
How Walkable is Your Community: Walkable America Checklist, Prepared by the Partnership for a Walkable America.
Indicators for Expert Panel Review.
Katz, David L. “A Systematic Assessment of Urban Design Feature that Influence Recreational and Transportation-related Walking and Bicycling,” conducted by the Yale and University of South Carolina Prevention Research Centers.
Massachusetts Pedestrian Transportation Plan, “Potential to Increase Walking.”
Moudon, Anne Vernez “Evaluation of Existing Environmental Audit Instruments.” Urban Form Lab, University of Washington: June, 2002.
NJ Future, Smart Growth Scorecard – Municipal Review
NJ Future, Smart Growth Scorecard – Proposed Developments
Performance Measures
Pilot Test: Active Communities Award Community Self-Assessment, prepared by the Regional Fitness Councils of Michigan.
Promoting Active Communities Award: Community Self-Assessment Inventory. Prepared by the Michigan Fitness Foundation and the Governor’s Council.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Developing Indicators for Activity Friendly Communities: Pases 4-6, Delphi Process, Quantitative Findings.
Safe Ways to School “Tool Kit” Developed by The Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education Program: A Safety Program of the Florida Department of Transportation.
Sisiopiku, Virginia P, “Synthesis of Walkability Indices.”
Schulz and Northridge “Social Determinants of Health and Environmental Health Promotion/ ATSDR
Stamford Health Department: The Center for Research and Public Policy, Questionnaire.
Stamford West Side Project: Possible Survey Questions.
Stapleton, Rosemary, Jacqueline Campbell, and Kate Butler, “A Checklist for Auditing Open Space,” Prepared for the Public Health Unit, Mid Western Area Health Service, NSW, Australia.
Telephone Questionnaire: Walking Activity in Rural Communities.
Telephone Questionnaire: Community Core Indicators of Activity Friendliness.
Troped, Philip J., Ruth P. Saunders, Russell R. Pate, Belinda Reininger, John R. Ureda and Shirley J. Thompson, “Associations between Self-Reported and Objective Physical Environmental Factors and Use of a Community Rail-Trail,” in Preventive Medicine. Volume 32: 2001.
Walk A Child To School Day, California 1999: Walkability Checklist by the Center for Health Training.
Walk Sacramento: Neighborhood Walkability Checklist.
Walkable Routes to School Assessment.
Websites
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp
Center for Disease Control’s webpage for their National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nchs
Center for Disease Control’s webpage for their National Center for Health Statistics.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr
Center for Disease Control’s webpage for their Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
prevention.sph.sc.edu/main.htm
Homepage for the Arnold School of Public Health Prevention Research Center at the University of South Carolina providing resources and information about physical activity to researchers, public health practitioners, and others who are interested in promoting physical activity in their communities.
www.wkkf.org
Website of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, an organization founded by Will Keith Kellogg to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations.
healthfullife.umdnj.edu/index.htm
The Healthful Life Project website is designed to help individuals maximize their chances for leading a longer and healthier life.
www.acpm.org
Homepage of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
www.atpm.org
Homepage of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine.
www.shapenews.com
Robert Wood Johnson Web site that functions as a companion to "The Shape We're In," a five-part series appearing in newspapers across America.
Published Works
National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity – Partners List.
Advances: Issue 2 2001, “America, Get Moving: A Call to Action.”
Covino, Jennifer K. “Cancer book author reveals ‘startling picture.’”
Increasing Physical Activity: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. An edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Volume 50, Number RR-18: October 26, 2001.
Increasing Physical Activity Among Adults Age 50 and Older. Prepared The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics: The Public’s Health and the Law in the 21st Century: A Partnership Conference on Public Health Law. Special Supplement to Volume 30:3 (Fall 2002).
The New York City Public Health Agenda: A Plan For Action: January 1, 2000. A Proposal Developed by Turning Point and The NYC Public Health Partnership.
Wakin, Daniel J. “Breathless: Asthma looms so large in East Harlem that medical sleuths are flocking there to pursue the mysterious, elusive ailment,” The New York Times Sunday, May 13, 200?.
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