TRBHealth September 2012

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[H+T--Friends] Article: Link Between Lack of Walkability and Diabetes

by Eloisa Raynault

A new article on this link may be of interest to you and your networks: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/09/alarmingly-strong-link -between-diabetes-and-walkability/3326/ "Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences examined data from more than one million residents of Toronto and concluded that people who lived in less walkable neighborhoods were significantly more likely over time to develop diabetes. The effect was particularly strong for immigrants to the city, many of whom live with a high-risk combination of genetic predisposition to diabetes, poverty and poor walkability. In the most startling finding, the study found that a new immigrant in a less walkable neighborhood was more than 50 percent more likely to develop diabetes than a long-term resident of Toronto living in one of the most walkable areas, regardless of neighborhood income. The study looked at just about everyone in Toronto aged 30-64 - the population experiencing the most rapid rise of diabetes incidence - and singled out those who did not have diabetes as of March 31, 2005. The study followed these people over the next five years: in all, 1,239,262 of them, including 214,882 who appeared to be recent immigrants based on registration in the province's healthcare plan. By March of 2010, 58,544 of these people had developed diabetes. And the walkability of the communities in which they lived turned out to be closely linked to that outcome (given the complex factors that affect health, the researchers acknowledge that they can't definitively say this relationship is directly causal)." (shorter URL: http://goo.gl/FgYwW) (study URL: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2012/08/24/dc12-0777.abst ract)

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[H+T--Friends] Rajiv Bhatia/DPH/SFGOV is out of the office.

by Rajiv Bhatia

I will be out of the office starting 09/14/2012 and will not return until 09/24/2012. For urgent issues, please contact karen yu at karen.yu(a)sfdph.org or ana carcamo at ana.carcamo(a)sfdph.org

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[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Elizabeth Sanford is out of the office (returning 09/17/2012)

by Elizabeth Sanford

I am out of the office until 09/17/2012. If you have any immediate needs for assistance, please contact Joanna Hite (jhite(a)camsys.com), who can direct you in my absence. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] Rural isolation + obesity" sent on 9/15/2012 6:47:41 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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[H+T--Friends] Agency rules on personnel using social media

by Phyllis Orrick

Hi everyone, We in the Health and Transportation Communications group are mulling which social media platforms to use (as would be apparent to all of you who filled out our surveys--thanks!) and one of our members remarked that USDOT policy has the effect of strongly discouraging employees from including their agency affiliation if they engage in social media as individuals, e.g., not as a social media staffer, but in a work-related context, e.g., a LinkedIn group for health and transportation. I posted that observation to the Facebook group, Transportation Social Media <transportationsocialmedia(a)groups.facebook.com>, (which, by the way, is a great sounding board and resource for any of you trying to get a grasp on social media in our field). Here are some excerpts from the replies I received. The main message seems to be that if you note that your opinions are your own and do not reflect that of your agency, you should be okay. I would be most interested to hear others' thoughts, not just on federal policies but those of states and local agencies. Best, Phyllis Phyllis, in my opinion, your friend should only worry about the issue if he is going to try to open social media accounts that are related to his transportation/federal government interests. For instance, if he wanted to start a twitter feed that focused and connected with transportation policy folks - he would want to note in his profile that his comments and opinions are his own and do not represent the thoughts and opinions of the federal agency for which he works. Phyllis Orrick<http://www.facebook.com/n/?phyllis.orrick&mid=6b4312dG433c96e1G2ed4072G85&b…>6:15am Sep 7 I guess the question my colleague had was how does USDOT define "make sure it's clear"? He seems to feel that he can't show his affiliation at all. Anyone else have thoughts? Or is there a written guidance, with examples of acceptable social media accounts that include USDOT affiliations--and not accounts run on behalf of an agency? [image: Todd Solomon]<http://www.facebook.com/n/?todd.solomon3&mid=6b4312dG433c96e1G2ed4072G85&bc…> Not true. USDOT has a social media policy like other fed agencies that asks employees to make sure it's clear they are not representing the agency in their personal social media activities--unless they are assigned to work on one of USDOT's 32 social accounts. -- Phyllis Orrick Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/> (SafeTREC) University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net/> (UCTC) Institute for Urban and Regional Development <http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu/> (IURD) California Active Transportation Safety Information Pages<http://catsip.berkeley.edu/> (CATSIP) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-1779 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC> @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley> @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#!/trbhealth>

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[H+T--Friends] Agency rules on social media-official USDOT policy

by Phyllis Orrick

Hi all, Here's a page on official USDOT policy on social media participation. If anyone can translate, that would be great. Phyllis On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM, <h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net> wrote: > Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to > h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > h+t--friends-request(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of H+T--Friends digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Agency rules on personnel using social media (Phyllis Orrick) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:50:33 -0700 > From: Phyllis Orrick <phylliso(a)berkeley.edu> > Subject: [H+T--Friends] Agency rules on personnel using social media > To: h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net > Message-ID: > < > CAJHERgvdXg_KC-00H0OoxG0zBDqP7nitGUwsBPYT7NXi7F+KqA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi everyone, > > We in the Health and Transportation Communications group are mulling which > social media platforms to use (as would be apparent to all of you who > filled out our surveys--thanks!) and one of our members remarked that USDOT > policy has the effect of strongly discouraging employees from including > their agency affiliation if they engage in social media as individuals, > e.g., not as a social media staffer, but in a work-related context, e.g., a > LinkedIn group for health and transportation. > > I posted that observation to the Facebook group, Transportation Social > Media <transportationsocialmedia(a)groups.facebook.com>, (which, by the way, > is a great sounding board and resource for any of you trying to get a grasp > on social media in our field). Here are some excerpts from the replies I > received. > > The main message seems to be that if you note that your opinions are your > own and do not reflect that of your agency, you should be okay. > > I would be most interested to hear others' thoughts, not just on federal > policies but those of states and local agencies. > > Best, > > Phyllis > > > > > Phyllis, in my opinion, your friend should only worry about the issue if he > is going to try to open social media accounts that are related to his > transportation/federal government interests. For instance, if he wanted to > start a twitter feed that focused and connected with transportation policy > folks - he would want to note in his profile that his comments and opinions > are his own and do not represent the thoughts and opinions of the federal > agency for which he works. > > Phyllis Orrick< > http://www.facebook.com/n/?phyllis.orrick&mid=6b4312dG433c96e1G2ed4072G85&b… > >6:15am > Sep 7 > I guess the question my colleague had was how does USDOT define "make sure > it's clear"? He seems to feel that he can't show his affiliation at all. > Anyone else have thoughts? Or is there a written guidance, with examples of > acceptable social media accounts that include USDOT affiliations--and not > accounts run on behalf of an agency? > [image: Todd Solomon]< > http://www.facebook.com/n/?todd.solomon3&mid=6b4312dG433c96e1G2ed4072G85&bc… > > > Not true. USDOT has a social media policy like other fed agencies that asks > employees to make sure it's clear they are not representing the agency in > their personal social media activities--unless they are assigned to work on > one of USDOT's 32 social accounts. > > > > > > > > -- > Phyllis Orrick > Communications Director > Safe Transportation Research and Education > Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu/> > (SafeTREC) > University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net/> > (UCTC) > Institute for Urban and Regional Development < > http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu/> > (IURD) > California Active Transportation Safety Information > Pages<http://catsip.berkeley.edu/> > (CATSIP) > 2614 Dwight Way > UC Berkeley > Berkeley CA 94720-7374 > 510-643-1779 > @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> > @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC> > @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley> > @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#!/trbhealth> >

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Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 17, Issue 1I'll

by Tony Mendoza

Ll Thanks, Tony Sent from my phone 503.764.8558 On Sep 1, 2012, at 10:00 AM, h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net wrote: > Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to > h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > h+t--friends-request(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of H+T--Friends digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 (Mindell, Jenny) > 2. Re: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 (Mindell, Jenny) > 3. Re: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 (Ed Christopher) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:55:48 +0000 > From: "Mindell, Jenny" <j.mindell(a)ucl.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 > To: "h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net>, > "h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net" <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net> > Message-ID: > <D84CCF61C426354FA562D307FA34E00B21F174C4(a)DB3PRD0104MB104.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I think I must have missed the initial email in the conference thread. > What conference are you discussing? > > We are hoping to hold an (international) transport and health conference next year sometime in England, though the details have yet to be agreed. > > Jenny > > Dr Jennifer Mindell > Research Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health > UCL (University College London) > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:55:48 +0000 > From: "Mindell, Jenny" <j.mindell(a)ucl.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 > To: "h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net>, > "h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net" <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net> > Message-ID: > <D84CCF61C426354FA562D307FA34E00B21F174C4(a)DB3PRD0104MB104.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I think I must have missed the initial email in the conference thread. > What conference are you discussing? > > We are hoping to hold an (international) transport and health conference next year sometime in England, though the details have yet to be agreed. > > Jenny > > Dr Jennifer Mindell > Research Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health > UCL (University College London) > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:57:40 -0500 > From: Ed Christopher <edc(a)berwyned.com> > Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 16, Issue 8 > To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> > Message-ID: <50410924.1040509(a)berwyned.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > just disregard that email. It was sent to the list by mistake. > > Mindell, Jenny wrote: >> I think I must have missed the initial email in the conference thread. >> What conference are you discussing? >> >> We are hoping to hold an (international) transport and health conference next year sometime in England, though the details have yet to be agreed. >> >> Jenny >> >> Dr Jennifer Mindell >> Research Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health >> UCL (University College London) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> H+T--Friends mailing list >> H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net >> http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends >> > > -- > Ed Christopher > 708-283-3534 (V) > 708-574-8131 (cell) > > FHWA RC-TST-PLN > 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 > Matteson, IL 60443 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > H+T--Friends mailing list > H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > > > End of H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 17, Issue 1 > *******************************************

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