Dear TRB health and transportation subcommittee friends,
APHA and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) have
scheduled a free webinar that will explore what health impact
assessments are and how they can be used to connect bicycle and
pedestrian safety and health. Registration is now open. It is scheduled
for Tuesday July 24th starting at 3:30 PM Eastern.
http://www.walkinginfo.org/training/pbic/lc_webinar_07-24-2012.cfm
More details: Bethany Rogerson, senior associate for the Health Impact
Project, a collaboration of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
Pew Charitable Trusts, will provide an overview of HIA programs and how
they can add value to a decision-making process. Her presentation will
be followed by two case studies of how HIAs were successfully used.
Brendan Haggerty, a planner within Clark County, Wash. public health
department, will discuss how HIAs were used in the Clark County Bicycle
and Pedestrian Master Plan in 2010 and the lessons learned from that
process. The county's HIA was recognized as a model practice by the
National Association of County and City Health Officials and won the
2012 Translating Research to Policy Award from Active Living Research.
Finally Jim Skoog, Community Health Specialist with St. Louis County
Public Health and Human Services in NE Minnesota, and Ellen Pillsbury,
Senior Planner with the Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC)
Regional Planning Division, will discuss how HIAs have been used within
St. Louis County.
Dear TRB health and transportation subcommittee friends,
Two health impact assessment (HIA) funding opportunities were announced
today. Both ASTHO and the Health Impact Project have released calls for
proposals; see details below.
ASTHO Request for Proposals
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in
conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
Healthy Community Design Initiative, will fund and support up to four
state or territorial health agencies (STHA) to conduct one Health Impact
Assessment (HIA) by May 31, 2013. The primary purpose of this RFP is to
build capacity for conducting HIA among STHAs through a hands-on,
project-oriented approach. HIA targets can originate from a variety of
sectors, but those with an environmental health focus will be given
preference (i.e. transportation, land use). ASTHO must receive
applications by 5 pm PT on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. For more information,
please visit
http://www.astho.org/Programs/Environmental-Health/Built-and-Synthetic-E
nvironment/Health-Impact-Assessments/Health-Impact-Assessments/.
Health Impact Project
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, announced a call for proposals
for grants to conduct health impact assessments (HIAs). HIAs identify
and address the health impacts of decisions in other sectors. The call
for proposals will support two kinds of awards: demonstration project
grants of up to $75,000, which will each fund a single HIA to inform a
specific upcoming decision on a proposed policy, program, plan, or
project; and HIA program grants of up to $250,000, which will allow
organizations with prior experience to conduct at least two new HIAs and
to develop stable HIA programs that endure beyond the conclusion of the
grant period. More information, including frequently asked questions,
registration information for webinars, details about eligibility, and
other resources are available at
http://www.healthimpactproject.org/project/opportunities.
The NARC report is a great overview of some of the MPOs programs that promote public health. As part of MTC's Regional Transportation Plan, we included a performance measure to increase the number of active individuals as the result of different projects. We monetized the savings due to health care costs and lost productivity due to individuals achieving increased physical activity from a transit, bicycle or pedestrian project. You can see the results and description of the various targets here:
http://www.onebayarea.org/plan_bay_area/targets.htm
Sean
Sean Co
Active Transportation Planner
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4700
510-817-5748 Phone
510-817-5848 Fax
sco(a)mtc.ca.gov
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Good point Marc!
We worked on a report with TransForm for the California Department of
Public Health that does try to address those important issues.
"Creating Healthy Regional Transportation Plans: A Primer for California's
Public Health Community on Regional Transportation Plans and Sustainable
Communities Strategies"
http://transformca.org/resource/creating-healthy-regional-transportation-pl…
Its mostly focused on California but is hopefully interesting for others to
read as well.
Feel free to contact me or Stuart Cohen from TransForm (cc-ed above)
directly if you have any questions.
Thanks,
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:01 PM, <mbrenman001(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> It is fascinating and dismaying to me that a report like this can be
> written, with no mention whatsoever of equity, environmental justice,
> disadvantaged people, discrimination, health disparities, etc.
> Marc Brenman
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> A new report from the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) might
> be of interest to you and your networks:
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> *NARC Report Released, Integrating Public Health and Transportation
> Planning: Perspectives for MPOs and COGs: *
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> NARC recently released a summary report of efforts made by metropolitan
> planning organizations (MPOs) to integrate public health factors and
> considerations into their transportation plans. Additionally, the report
> offers options through which an MPO can work with its Council of Government
> (COG) to integrate non-transportation planning activities into the
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I was contacted last year by a BBC radio programme called 'More or Less' and asked about relative risks of cycling, walking and driving.
I failed the 10 second test! In fact, by the time I'd explained about overestimating numerators, underestimating denominators, and not making like for like comparisons, they agreed with my initial comment that it's not simple. So they came to my office and recorded a 5min item. I should add that this programme is all about use and misuse of numbers and statistics and metrics. Eg two politicians recently spoke about nursing. One said numbers of nurses are up. One said staffing levels are down. Both were right because there had been a decrease in fulltime and an increase in part time staff.
Jenny Mindell
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Our own subcommittee Secretary Megan Wier (and David Ragland, a friend of
the subcommittee and SafeTREC Director) make a valiant effort at explaining
risk and exposure in under 10 seconds.
Seriously, though, it's a good exercise in seeing how media interprets
data. Perhaps we could have a reporter on our panel at TRB?
Phyllis
http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/special-report-sf-county-ranks-most-dangero…
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A new report from the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC)
might be of interest to you and your networks:
NARC Report Released, Integrating Public Health and Transportation
Planning: Perspectives for MPOs and COGs:
NARC recently released a summary report of efforts made by metropolitan
planning organizations (MPOs) to integrate public health factors and
considerations into their transportation plans. Additionally, the report
offers options through which an MPO can work with its Council of
Government (COG) to integrate non-transportation planning activities
into the transportation and public health discussion.
Click for the report:
http://narc.org/wp-content/uploads/Public-Health-and-Transportation-Info
-0606121.pdf