Greetings TRB H+T Subcommittee Friends,
A recent effort by the Subcommittee is the development of a TRB Circular on Health and Transportation. For more general info on TRB Circulars, see this website, but typically they are 20+ page overviews of a timely topic: http://www.trb.org/Publications/Public/PubsTransportationResearchCirculars.….
We have developed the general outline below, as a start, and are looking for support from our Subcommittee friends in developing content. Keep in mind that transportation professionals are the main readership for TRB Circulars.
If you would like to support work on this effort, please reply to me at eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org (***do NOT reply to this email***).
Please let me know 1) which area interests you and 2) any details about the nature of your interest/expertise in that area.
Thank you,
Eloisa
Main content:
* What should a transportation professional need to know about public health? Include typical areas like safety/injury prevention, air quality, and equity/vulnerable populations as well as increasing physical activity opportunities through ped/bike infrastructure and increasing food access via transit and p/b routes.
* How are public health organizations organized? What do they do? Add more health agencies perspective (if possible), for instance in the case study: what have public health agencies done; e.g. how some are including transportation metrics as performance measures.
* How could a transportation professional build relationships with public health practitioners (e.g., inviting PH practitioner to sit on a transportation planning board, including PH in inter-agency meetings or status updates, jointly applying for a funding opportunity).
* Address motivation. Why should transportation professionals care about public health? What are the benefits of building relationships with public health professionals? How does working towards the goals of public health help transportation agencies achieve their goals?
* How should transportation professionals communicate about public health? What are the key terms and concepts to know?
Other sections:
* How are urban sprawl and cancer linked?
* How health impact assessments can be used to promote healthy transportation with a few brief success stories
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How transportation departments can work with ped/bike/transit advocacy groups with a few brief success stories
* Case studies: what have State DOTs done? What have MPOs done? What have transit organizations done? Etc. Show how some are including health as a performance measure.
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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Thought some of you might be interested in this conference. There are going
to be many health and transportation-related sessions, including one
featuring collaboration between 3 state DOH’s and state DOTs, one on the
role of hospitals, and a session on opportunities for active transportation
through the Affordable Care Act.
--Kate
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Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place <http://www.prowalkprobike.org/> features:
--More than 100 breakout
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panel discussions, and Pecha Kucha presentations focused on the latest
trends, research, and best practices
--Mentoring sessions with experts in the field
--Mobile sessions by foot, bike, and kayak to see how active transportation
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--Fun networking events
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Active Transport: why and where do people (not) walk or cycle?
Guest Managing Editor: Seraphim Alvanides (Northumbria University, UK) S.Alvanides(a)Northumbria.ac.uk<mailto:S.Alvanides@Northumbria.ac.uk>
Submission deadline: May 25th 2014, this is immutable; manuscripts submitted after 23.59 (UK time) on 25th May 2014 will be considered for general issues of the journal.
The increasing emphasis on active forms of transport as a result of health threats and environmental concerns is slowly finding its way into policy initiatives. Yet, the modal shift from motorised to active transport is slower than expected and for some cities and countries it is stagnating. Clearly, more needs to be done to encourage walking and cycling, in recognition of the potential health and environmental benefits, but the evidence base for interventions is still relatively weak.
Why and where do people choose to walk or travel and what constraints are facing those who do not? Do people walk and cycle because of the perceived health benefits, because it is seen as sustainable and environmentally friendly or is it simply a necessity for some people, especially in the current economic climate? For this special issue we seek submissions encompassing transport and health research on walking and/or cycling, with an emphasis on geographical and spatial perspectives. Much of the interest on active transport comes from outside of geography, with public health and built environment professionals and researchers exploring the role of non-motorised modes on health outcomes.
We invite researchers and professionals from the fields of transport or health to consider a geographical perspective on active transport. We also invite colleagues from the fields of transport / social / health geography and spatial sciences to consider how we can influence public policy and more theoretically the role of geography.
Topics of interest include all aspects of active transport with an emphasis on space. Notably, the social and spatial distribution of active forms of transport, the impact of walking and/or cycling on health outcomes, the constraints restricting further modal shift towards non-motorised transport, as well as theoretical considerations on the geography of active transport.
All contributions will be peer reviewed according to the usual standards of the journal.
Submission: Please submit your manuscript online via http://ees.elsevier.com/jth/default.asp When choosing Manuscript “Article Type” of the submission procedure, click “SI: Walking & Cycling” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript.
Dr Jennifer Mindell
Clinical senior lecturer
Health and Social Surveys Research Group
Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
UCL
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Web: IRIS web page<http://iris.ucl.ac.uk/research/personal/index?upi=JMIND63>
Journal of Transport and Health: www.elsevier.com/locate/jth<http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jth>
Dear Friends of the Health and Transportation Subcommittee -
We are pleased to announce that the proceedings from the session "Raising Public Health Issues to a Higher Level in the Transportation Sector" from this year's TRB Annual Meeting are now available on our website (http://www.trbhealth.org/) :
* Direct Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14663201/2014_CEO_Session.pdf
The session was a panel discussion where we heard the perspective from three senior state transportation officials and a state health commissioner on raising public health issues to a higher level in the transportation sector, moderated by our Subcommittee's own Ed Christopher.
Panelists were:
Richard Davey: Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts DOT
Cheryl Bartlett: Commissioner, Massachusetts State Health Department
Michael Lewis: Director, Rhode Island DOT
Kathleen Davis: Director, Washington DOT Department of Highways and Local Programs
Thank you!
Best,
Megan
*** Please note that I work Tuesday - Friday. Thank you! ***
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Megan L. Wier, MPH
Epidemiologist and Lead - Health, Transportation and Equity
Environmental Health Branch, Population Health Division
San Francisco Department of Public Health
1390 Market Street, Suite 210
San Francisco, CA 94102
phone: 415-252-3972, fax: 415-252-3964
Megan.Wier(a)sfdph.org<mailto:Megan.Wier@sfdph.org>; www.sfhealthequity.org<http://www.sfhealthequity.org>
New Health Care Options under the Affordable Care Act
Three easy ways for San Francisco residents to learn more and enroll:
1. Online www.CoveredCA.com
2. Call Covered California (800) 300-1506
3. Visit SF Benefits Net at 1440 Harrison Street. M-F 8am-5pm
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Today's Topics:
1. Archived webinar: Preventing Deadly Distracted Driving
(Eloisa Raynault)
2. NEW! Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse
(Eloisa Raynault)
3. Call for papers on active transport (Eloisa Raynault)
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Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 16:25:52 +0000
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Subject: [H+T--Friends] Archived webinar: Preventing Deadly Distracted
Driving
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Dear TRB H+T Subcommittee friends,
This may be of interest to some of you:
In honor of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, The Honorable Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and Jay Winsten, Frank Stanton Director of the Center for Health Communication at Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Dean for Health Communication, explored how to keep Americans safer on the road through approaches such as education campaigns, smart technology, and law enactment and enforcement. See the webinar at http://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/preventing-deadly-distracted-driving/
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 16:37:54 +0000
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Subject: [H+T--Friends] NEW! Built Environment and Public Health
Clearinghouse
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This new clearinghouse may also be of interest:
The Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse<https://email.apha.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> has been in planning and coding for several months and we are now very excited to unveil our new home at www.bephc.gatech.edu<https://email.apha.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>. The Built Environment and Pubic Health Clearinghouse is home to training at the university and professional levels and as a source for relevant news at this critical intersection of health and place. Training, news and other resources are available for planning, architecture, transportation engineering and health impact assessment.
* University training resources offer a full academic semester or individual modules instruction for planning and public health, architecture and public health and health impact assessment
* Professional training resources direct individuals to primers, tools and other online resources to facilitate self directed learning including a multidisciplinary glossary of over 1000 public health and community design terms
* Additional resources address current and emerging design and health issues through informative videos, news and topical conversations
* Coming soon: an interactive map highlighting institutions, faculty and degree programs
The Built Environment and Pubic Health Clearinghouse<https://email.apha.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> was supported by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Office of the National Prevention Strategy<http://www.cdc.gov/policy/nps/> and Healthy Community Design Program<http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/> and made possible through additional support from the American Public Health Association<http://www.apha.org/programs/cba/CBA/default>, the National Network of Public Health Institutes<http://www.nnphi.org/>, the American Planning Association's Planning and Community Health Research Cen<https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/>ter<https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/>, and the American Public Health Association<http://www.apha.org/>.
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From: Eloisa Raynault <eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org>
Subject: [H+T--Friends] Call for papers on active transport
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The Journal of Transport & Health is calling for papers for a forthcoming special issue on 'Active Transport: why & where do people (not) walk or cycle?'
Submit by 18 May. Learn more at http://ow.ly/w1mDa.
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The Journal of Transport & Health is calling for papers for a forthcoming special issue on 'Active Transport: why & where do people (not) walk or cycle?'
Submit by 18 May. Learn more at http://ow.ly/w1mDa.
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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This new clearinghouse may also be of interest:
The Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse<https://email.apha.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> has been in planning and coding for several months and we are now very excited to unveil our new home at www.bephc.gatech.edu<https://email.apha.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>. The Built Environment and Pubic Health Clearinghouse is home to training at the university and professional levels and as a source for relevant news at this critical intersection of health and place. Training, news and other resources are available for planning, architecture, transportation engineering and health impact assessment.
* University training resources offer a full academic semester or individual modules instruction for planning and public health, architecture and public health and health impact assessment
* Professional training resources direct individuals to primers, tools and other online resources to facilitate self directed learning including a multidisciplinary glossary of over 1000 public health and community design terms
* Additional resources address current and emerging design and health issues through informative videos, news and topical conversations
* Coming soon: an interactive map highlighting institutions, faculty and degree programs
The Built Environment and Pubic Health Clearinghouse<https://email.apha.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> was supported by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Office of the National Prevention Strategy<http://www.cdc.gov/policy/nps/> and Healthy Community Design Program<http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/> and made possible through additional support from the American Public Health Association<http://www.apha.org/programs/cba/CBA/default>, the National Network of Public Health Institutes<http://www.nnphi.org/>, the American Planning Association's Planning and Community Health Research Cen<https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/>ter<https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/>, and the American Public Health Association<http://www.apha.org/>.
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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Dear TRB H+T Subcommittee friends,
This may be of interest to some of you:
In honor of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, The Honorable Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, and Jay Winsten, Frank Stanton Director of the Center for Health Communication at Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Dean for Health Communication, explored how to keep Americans safer on the road through approaches such as education campaigns, smart technology, and law enactment and enforcement. See the webinar at http://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/preventing-deadly-distracted-driving/
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation
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