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Re: [H+T--Friends] Health performance measures H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 15, Issue 1

by Sean Co

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 Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> <h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net> 7/3/2012 10:00 AM >>> 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: New report on pub. health + transp. planning (Beth Altshuler) 2. Re: New report on pub. health + transp. planning (Erika Young) 3. Re: New report on pub. health + transp. planning (Jason Meggs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:32:22 -0700 From: Beth Altshuler <beth(a)raimiassociates.com> Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] New report on pub. health + transp. planning To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net>, ejT6GoogleGp <ej--title-vi(a)googlegroups.com>, TomSanchezNUvtu <tom.sanchez(a)vt.edu>, RichardMarcantonio <Rmarcantonio(a)publicadvocates.org>, erika(a)narc.org, jenee(a)narc.org Cc: Stuart Cohen <stuart(a)transformca.org> Message-ID: <CAG5xnAKtkESMEr-sA_VL7drOoVERmFLA_oS=fFepnWjLf6SF0Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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, Beth *Beth Altshuler,** **MCP, MPH* 2000 Hearst Avenue, Suite 306 Berkeley, CA 94709 main: 510.666.1010 direct: 510.200.0522 mobile: 415.516.2715 *www.raimiassociates.com * *BERKELEY* | LOS ANGELES | RIVERSIDE* * ** ** 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 > mbrenman001(a)comcast.net > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Eloisa Raynault" <eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org> > *To: *h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net > *Sent: *Monday, June 25, 2012 10:45:36 AM > *Subject: *[H+T--Friends] New report on public health and > transportation planning > > 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-06… > > > > _______________________________________________ > H+T--Friends mailing list > H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > > _______________________________________________ > H+T--Friends mailing list > H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > >

13 years, 8 months

Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2

by Mindell, Jenny

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 Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net" <h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net> To: "h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net" <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net> Subject: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2 Date: Wed, Jul 4, 2012 6:01 pm 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. Megan Wier on SF County road safety stats (Phyllis Orrick) 2. Re: Megan Wier on SF County road safety stats (Susan Herbel) 3. Re: New report on pub. health + transp. planning (mbrenman001(a)comcast.net) 4. Re: New report on pub. health + transp. planning (Mccreedy, Malisa) 5. Re: New report on pub. health + transp. planning (mbrenman001(a)comcast.net) 6. Re: Megan Wier on SF County road safety stats (John Eberhard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:00:23 -0700 From: Phyllis Orrick <phylliso(a)berkeley.edu> Subject: [H+T--Friends] Megan Wier on SF County road safety stats To: h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net Cc: David Ragland <davidr(a)berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <CAJHERgs1xnDLeJ3su3WSEJTWaxcu3+ow9vE-uqDEYAhBRMdj4w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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… -- 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>

13 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] Megan Wier on SF County road safety stats

by Phyllis Orrick

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… -- 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>

13 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] New report on public health and transportation planning

by Eloisa Raynault

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

13 years, 8 months

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

by Rajiv Bhatia

I will be out of the office starting 06/21/2012 and will not return until 07/09/2012. For urgent issues, please contact karen yu at karen.yu(a)sfdph.org or ana carcamo at ana.carcamo(a)sfdph.org

13 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] Call for content for next h+t subcommittee enewsletter

by Eloisa Raynault

Greetings TRB Subcommittee Friends, As you may know, the TRB health and transportation subcommittee developed a newsletter a few months ago as a way to stay up to date: http://www.trbhealth.org/newsletter We're now looking for content for the late summer/early fall edition. Send any pertinent updates from your organization or beyond (e.g., new reports, new research, upcoming conferences or events) for consideration via email by July 20 to me (eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org). If you would like to help develop the newsletter, we'd welcome your assistance; please send me an email (eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org). Thank you, Eloisa Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

13 years, 9 months

[H+T--Friends] FW: APHA Webinars on Health and Equity in Transportation: Promising Methods and Modes to Improve Health Outcomes

by Eloisa Raynault

Dear subcommittee friends, The registration information on the 2012 APHA webinar series on health and equity in transportation is below. Any help in sharing this information with your networks, members and peers would be great. Please note: by registering, participants will be registered for the whole webinar series. Cheers, Eloisa Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street NW, Washington DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From: American Public Health Association [mailto:APHA@apha.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:46 AM To: Eloisa Raynault Subject: APHA Webinars on Health and Equity in Transportation: Promising Methods and Modes to Improve Health Outcomes If you are unable to view the message below, Click Here <http://action.apha.org/site/R?i=JooDmo8gd_NV0GuKQX5a_Q> to view this message on our website APHA Invites You to a Webinar Series on: Health and Equity in Transportation: Promising Methods and Modes to Improve Health Outcomes APHA will host a free webinar series on critical health and equity issues within the transportation sector. These three, 60-minute APHA webinars will explore the ties between public health and: * Increased use of public transportation; * Reduced injuries, particularly for children and young drivers; * Increased access to goods and services, such as healthy foods, jobs, employment and health care, for all communities; and * Other topics within transportation, such as updates on the federal surface transportation authorization. We invite professionals in public health, transportation and other related sectors to participate in our 2012 webinar series. Webinar dates and times, as well as guest speaker details, are provided below. Participants must register to join the webinar. Registration is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For those who are unable to participate in the live webinar, it will be archived on the APHA website <http://action.apha.org/site/R?i=g7TS133UE8AhlZGBz9UCPQ> . Visit https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/showReg?udc=vygakw13f15q <http://action.apha.org/site/R?i=L0wmTFEI6I_fazGa49kjkg> or click on the Register Now button below to register. <http://action.apha.org/site/R?i=yZAjvHZMiUpkOHX7LfCSXw> Webinar Details Date / Time Webinar 1: What Public Transit Means for Public Health Explore how public transit may impact health, via increased physical activity, improved air quality and reduced risk of injuries from crashes. Hear about health impact assessments that estimated how increased spending on public transportation and sustainable modes of transportation can both benefit health and reduce social inequities. Introductory remarks by APHA Associate Executive Director Susan Polan, PhD, and presentations by: * Tracy Buck, MS, RD, Nashville Metro Public Health * Brian Cole, DrPH, UCLA School of Public Health Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2-3 p.m. EDT Webinar 2: What Role Injury Prevention Plays in Transportation Learn about state efforts to strengthen young driver licensing systems, and how such policies can most effectively be promoted to save lives and reduce injuries. Also find out more about how pediatricians can collaborate with other child health care providers to raise the profile of transportation as a public health issue and help children live to their full potential. Part of the injury prevention strategy includes the three 'Es' of injury prevention-education, engineering, and enforcement-to keep children safe. Presentations by: * Phyllis Agran, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital of Orange County * Robert Foss, PhD, University of North Carolina, Highway Safety Research Center Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2-3 p.m. EDT Webinar 3: What Health Impact Assessments Can Do for Health Inequities The health impact assessment, or HIA, is gaining huge momentum as a tool to address the social and environmental determinants of health, particularly on transportation-related projects and policies. Learn about HIAs conducted on transportation corridors with high rates of poverty and unemployment, on a new public transportation line and on a city's master plan. Some of the most important health risks or outcomes addressed are healthy food availability, physical activity through multi-modal transportation and safety. Presentations by: * Alyssa Auvinen, RiverStone Health * Karen Nikolai, MCP, MPH, and Crystal Myslajek, MPP, Hennepin County Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2-3 p.m. EDT Please forward this invitation to other interested colleagues. We look forward to your participation! 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13 years, 9 months

[H+T--Friends] math and obesity

by Sara Zimmerman

Hi all, I'm weighing in a little late on the math and obesity discussion. Obviously, there are lots of great reasons to support active transportation beyond obesity -- the role of physical activity and active transportation in reducing cancer and other chronic diseases, assisting in smoking cessation, preventing transportation injuries, addressing climate change, etc. But I too was a little troubled by this article's blithe dismissal of physical activity having any role in obesity. Poking around today, I found this fascinating journal article, which noted and hotly (for a journal article) disputed the claim that physical activity doesn't have a role in obesity. Church TS, Thomas DM, Tudor-Locke C, Katzmarzyk PT, Earnest CP, et al. (2011) Trends over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation-Related Physical Activity and Their Associations with Obesity. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19657. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0019657. The authors analyzed occupational physical activity levels in a nationally representative sample over the past 50 years, and found that daily energy expenditure related to work has dropped by more than 100 calories per day in men and women. They conclude that this decrease likely plays a significant factor in the increase in obesity levels, and they note specific flaws in the assumptions that food intake alone accounts for obesity levels. The most interesting quote to me was: Given that it is unlikely that there will be a return to occupations that demand moderate levels of physical activity; our findings provide further strong evidence of the public health importance of promoting physically active lifestyles outside of the work day. Our estimation of a reduction of more than 100 calories per day in occupation-related energy expenditure over the last 50 years would have been adequately compensated for by meeting the 2008 federal physical activity recommendations of 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity activity or 75 minutes per week of vigorous intensity activity. There are many, many articles assessing the relationship between obesity and physical activity levels and interventions, with various results - e.g. http://www.activelivingresearch.org/files/ALR_Brief_ActiveTransportation.pdf, http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/resourcecenter/research/impact-of-phys…, etc. But this was one of the few articles that directly addressed the notion that physical activity levels had been unchanged over the last several decades, and I found it particularly convincing. That said, it would definitely be interesting to hear researchers in the field hash out the eating versus physical activity debate. If anyone can find a resource featuring such a discussion among knowledgeable individuals, please share! Sara ________________________________________ Sara Zimmerman Senior Staff Attorney and Program Director National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) ChangeLab Solutions 2201 Broadway, Suite 502 Oakland, CA 94612 510.302.3302 www.changelabsolutions.org ChangeLab Solutions - formerly known as Public Health Law & Policy - is a national nonprofit creating law and policy innovation for the common good. We help transform neighborhoods, cities, and states with laws and policies that make communities more livable, especially for those with the fewest resources. The content in this message is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. ChangeLab Solutions and its projects do not enter into attorney-client relationships. -----Original Message----- From: h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:h+t--friends-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:00 AM To: h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net Subject: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 13, Issue 5 Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@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<mailto:h+t--friends-request@ryoko.chrispy.net> You can reach the person managing the list at h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends-owner@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. math & obesity (Gurganus, Stephen J (Steve) - HEU) 2. math & obesity (Gurganus, Stephen J (Steve) - HEU) 3. FW: Call for Abstracts: 2012 Health Disparities Summit (erik.weber(a)dot.gov<mailto:erik.weber@dot.gov>) 4. Re: math & obesity (John Eberhard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 17:48:17 +0000 From: "Gurganus, Stephen J (Steve) - HEU" <sjgurganus(a)ncdot.gov<mailto:sjgurganus@ncdot.gov>> Subject: [H+T--Friends] math & obesity To: "h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@chrispy.net>" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@chrispy.net>>, "h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@ryoko.chrispy.net>" <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@ryoko.chrispy.net>> Message-ID: <F416BE16FCE30D41A820C05CFF0E0B194EAC70(a)NCWWDITMXMBX32.ad.ncmail<mailto:F416BE16FCE30D41A820C05CFF0E0B194EAC70@NCWWDITMXMBX32.ad.ncmail>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" That's all well and good, but it does not override the documented benefits of physical activity for people of all weights. -Steve ------------- (O) 919.707.6070 ------------- Stephen J (Steve) Gurganus - MPA, AICP Community Studies Team Leader & ICE Permitting Coordinator Human Environment Section, PDEA NC Dept of Transportation ------------- Mailing Address: Physical Address: 1598 Mail Service Center 1020 Birch Ridge Drive, Bldg. B Raleigh, NC 27699-1598 Raleigh, NC 27610 ------------- mailto: sjgurganus(a)ncdot.gov<mailto:sjgurganus@ncdot.gov> (F) (919) 212-5785 ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends-bounces@chrispy.net> [mailto:h+t--friends-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends-request@chrispy.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:00 PM To: h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@ryoko.chrispy.net> Subject: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 13, Issue 3 Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@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<mailto:h+t--friends-request@ryoko.chrispy.net> You can reach the person managing the list at h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends-owner@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. Mathematician ties obesity to food, not activity (Phyllis Orrick) 2. Re: Mathematician ties obesity to food, not activity (Sheryl Gross-Glaser) ******************************** ________________________________ Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 17:48:17 +0000 From: "Gurganus, Stephen J (Steve) - HEU" <sjgurganus(a)ncdot.gov<mailto:sjgurganus@ncdot.gov>> Subject: [H+T--Friends] math & obesity To: "h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@chrispy.net>" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@chrispy.net>>, "h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@ryoko.chrispy.net>" <h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@ryoko.chrispy.net>> Message-ID: <1337276911334-013-01110617.sjgurganus.ncdot.gov(a)smtp.mail.nc.gov<mailto:1337276911334-013-01110617.sjgurganus.ncdot.gov@smtp.mail.nc.gov>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" That's all well and good, but it does not override the documented benefits of physical activity for people of all weights. -Steve ------------- (O) 919.707.6070 ------------- Stephen J (Steve) Gurganus - MPA, AICP Community Studies Team Leader & ICE Permitting Coordinator Human Environment Section, PDEA NC Dept of Transportation ------------- Mailing Address: Physical Address: 1598 Mail Service Center 1020 Birch Ridge Drive, Bldg. 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Today's Topics: 1. Mathematician ties obesity to food, not activity (Phyllis Orrick) 2. Re: Mathematician ties obesity to food, not activity (Sheryl Gross-Glaser) ******************************** ________________________________ Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:54:10 +0000 From: <erik.weber(a)dot.gov<mailto:erik.weber@dot.gov>> Subject: [H+T--Friends] FW: Call for Abstracts: 2012 Health Disparities Summit To: <H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:H+T--Friends@chrispy.net>> Message-ID: <77853A2D0C7F5741A18188632DD23B349E7D29(a)DOTHQNWMS351VG.ad.dot.gov<mailto:77853A2D0C7F5741A18188632DD23B349E7D29@DOTHQNWMS351VG.ad.dot.gov>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" This major conference in the fall may be of interest to some of you. The NIH Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, which is sponsoring the summit, has taken an increasing interest in transportation determinants of health disparities. The Summit website is now online: http://www.nimhd.nih.gov/summit_site/. They are accepting abstracts for another month. Erik Weber United We Ride -- Office of Program Management Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, E44-431 Washington, DC 20590 Ph: 202.366.0705 On the Web: www.unitedweride.gov<http://www.unitedweride.gov/<http://www.unitedweride.gov%3chttp:/www.unitedweride.gov/>> Follow the United We Ride National Resource Center: @NRCtrans<http://twitter.com/NRCtrans> www.fta.dot.gov<http://www.fta.dot.gov/<http://www.fta.dot.gov%3chttp:/www.fta.dot.gov/>> Follow FTA on Twitter: @FTA_DOT<http://twitter.com/FTA_DOT> P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: NIMHD News and Announcements list [mailto:NIMHD-INFO-L@LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of 2012 Summit (NIH/NIMHD) Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:59 PM To: NIMHD-INFO-L(a)LIST.NIH.GOV<mailto:NIMHD-INFO-L@LIST.NIH.GOV> Subject: Call for Abstracts: 2012 Health Disparities Summit [cid:image001.png@01CCFD1D.89670210] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities is now accepting abstracts for program sessions. All abstracts must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 15, 2012. The abstract submission website will be available within the next few days with more detailed information. You will receive a follow-up e-mail as soon as the site is available for abstract submissions. The Summit is organized around the core principle of integrating science, policy, and practice, and offers a forum to advance scholarship and translate new knowledge into action. 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[H+T--Friends] Health Impact Assessment included in Humboldt County General Plan-public reaction

by Phyllis Orrick

This is a 2008 story about the "history making" effort to include a Health Impact Assessment in Humboldt County General Plan. It's of interest in terms of the telling reactions from developers and real estate professionals, as well as the public health official's sense of where it would take them in terms of decision-making. http://bit.ly/LkzXw5 Phyllis

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[H+T--Friends] Webinar on Health and Active Transportation in Rural Communities

by Phyllis Orrick

All, I found this from our Southern California Safe Routes to School coordinator. Phyllis http://www.dialogue4health.org/webforums/4_24_12.html Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Promoting Active Transportation in Rural Areas Available online for listening. Also some slides and many useful links to rural active transportation groups and resources Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Pacific There are unique barriers to active modes of transportation in rural communities. Rural environments typically lack pedestrian facilities and bike lanes; stores, schools, jobs, and services are sometimes located far apart from homes; and parks and recreation facilities are rare. In addition, some small town and rural residents see "active transportation" - the ability for people to be physically active in the course of daily life, e.g. walking to school or the supermarket or bicycling to work - as out of place in the rural context. Understanding these barriers is the first step towards finding opportunities to remove them. In fact, the active living movement is gaining momentum in small towns, rural and tribal communities in every region of the US. This Web Forum will feature a frank roundtable discussion of how, through persistence and inspiration, small towns can implement policies, programs, and environmental changes that support walking and biking. Learn about strategies, tools, and resources that you can use to improve your community so that children and adults can be more physically active and healthier on a daily basis. Join us for what will surely be a dynamic and thought-provoking forum on how rural communities can support walking and biking. Unlike our traditional events, this Web Forum will feature an entirely unscripted, round table conversation with five leaders in the field of promoting Active Transportation. We look forward to your comments and questions to help shape our open discussion. -- 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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