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by Gurganus, Stephen J (Steve) - HEU

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 (F) (919) 212-5785 ------------------------------------ -----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: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:00 PM To: h+t--friends(a)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 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. 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.

13 years, 10 months

[H+T--Friends] math & obesity

by Gurganus, Stephen J (Steve) - HEU

13 years, 10 months

[H+T--Friends] FW: Call for Abstracts: 2012 Health Disparities Summit

by erik.weber＠dot.gov

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/> Follow the United We Ride National Resource Center: @NRCtrans<http://twitter.com/NRCtrans> www.fta.dot.gov<http://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 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. Presentation Categories Abstracts will be accepted in three categories: posters, oral presentations, and integrated panel presentations. Applicants may submit abstracts to more than one category, but each submission must be based on a separate research project. Additional information about each category is available below. Poster Presentations Abstracts accepted in this category will be presented during the poster session on either November 1st or November 2nd, 2012. You will receive further details about the scheduled presentation date if your abstract is accepted. Word Limit: Please limit poster abstracts to 300 words. Oral Presentations Oral presentations will take place in a roundtable panel format. Each panel will have an assigned moderator in order to promote dialogue and stimulate discussion. Abstracts that are accepted for oral presentations will be presented as concurrent sessions. There is also the option of submitting an abstract in this category with the option to be considered for a poster presentation if the abstract is not accepted for oral presentation. Word Limit: Please limit oral presentation abstracts to 300 words. Integrated Panel Presentations Integrated panel presentations are designed to allow a group of presenters from diverse disciplines (i.e., Science, Practice, and Policy) to discuss health disparities and related findings on a similar theme. Abstracts for this category should focus on science, practice, policy, and include a community component or discuss societal issues that influence health disparities. Word Limit: Please limit integrated panel presentation abstracts to 500 words. This should also include the presentation title for each panelist. Presentation Tracks Proposals, regardless of category, should also fall under one of three tracks: Track 1: Translational and Transdisciplinary Research These presentations should promote the integration of science, practice and policy. * Science or research abstracts might include basic and applied, health services, patient-oriented, epidemiological, environmental, behavioral, and social sciences research related to health disparities. * Policy-oriented abstracts delve into policies linked to health or healthcare, or other areas impacting health such as public, social, and economic policies. * Practice abstracts examine public health practice related to community health, healthcare, or social services delivery, and education and training. Applicants must clearly articulate how findings lead to new knowledge in science, practice, or policy interventions in health disparities. For example, policy abstracts should include the scientific evidence or practice concept that led to the policy. If the submission is a science abstract, then applicants should indicate how the science translates into either practice or policy. Themes: The following themes fall under Track 1: Translational and Transdisciplinary Research * Integrating Biological, Social, Behavioral and Environmental Determinants of Health * Health Disparity Populations, Disease Conditions and Risk Factors * Primary Prevention and Health * Discrimination, Racism and Stress * Healthcare Disparities and Quality Research * Best Practices and Approaches for Community Engagement * Health Information Technology * Global Population Health Track 2: Capacity-Building and Infrastructure Abstracts submitted under Track 2: Capacity-Building and Infrastructure, will explore the challenges and opportunities associated with building capacity for research, public health and primary care practice, services delivery, training, and education. These presentations will also investigate the implementation and sustainability of infrastructure and economic development in disparate communities. Themes: The following themes fall under Track 2: Capacity-Building and Infrastructure * Multi-sectoral Capacity-Building * Health Workforce * Community Capacity-Building and Sustainable Economic Development * Data and Research Evaluation Track 3: Outreach, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities Eliminating health disparities requires effective outreach, partnerships, and collaborations across federal agencies, academic institutions, foundations, non-profit and private organizations. Track 3: Outreach, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities, provides a venue for representatives from various agencies and organizations to showcase their innovative partnerships, outreach, and dissemination efforts, including successful collaborations on addressing health disparities. Themes: The following themes fall under Track 3: Outreach, Partnerships, Collaborations, and Opportunities * Public Public-Private Partnerships * Community Partnerships * Outreach Dissemination * Global Health Networks General Guidelines * Abstracts will be peer reviewed * Authors must select the track and theme under which their abstracts should be considered. Abstracts may be submitted under only one Summit theme, and must be related to one or more of the topics listed under the selected theme. * General selection criteria will be based on: (1) quality of abstract; (2) implications for health disparities research, policy, or practice, or its application; (3) new insights for health disparities research or its application; (4) clarity and completeness of abstract; and (5) relevance to specified theme. * Applicants may submit abstracts to more than one category, but each submission must come from a distinct research project. * All abstract submissions are final, no changes or modifications will be permitted. Abstract Awards/Recognition: Abstracts will be considered for recognition in the following award categories: outstanding scientific poster, outstanding policy poster, outstanding public health practice poster, outstanding clinical practice poster, and outstanding community-based health disparities research or intervention poster. Early investigators, junior faculty, community researchers, and policy professionals are eligible for recognition. More details to come. For additional inquiries, please contact 2012Summit(a)mail.nih.gov<mailto:2012Summit@mail.nih.gov> [cid:image002.png@01CCFD1D.89670210] ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the NIMHD-INFO-L list, click the following link: http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=NIMHD-INFO-L&A=1

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[H+T--Friends] New health measurements site from HHS

by Phyllis Orrick

All, I would be interested in Health and Transportation friends' thoughts about this. I haven't had time to test it out, but it would seem that crash data would be something to add. Other thoughts? Phyllis [edited] Press release from HHS http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/05/20120515b.html: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the launch of a new web-based tool that will make it easier for all Americans to monitor and measure how the nation's health care system is performing. The web-based tool, known as the Health System Measurement Project, will allow policymakers, providers, and the public to develop consistent data-driven views of changes in critical U.S. health system indicators. ... To access the Health System Measurement Project, go to <https://healthmeasures.aspe.hhs.gov/>HealthMeasures.aspe.hhs.gov<http://healthmeasures.aspe.hhs.gov/> . ... The Project focuses on ten critical dimensions of our health care system covering the availability, quality, and cost of care, the overall health of Americans, and the dynamism of the system. The Project examines the evolution of these aspects of our system over time. It also assesses the status of these dimensions of the system with respect to subgroups of the population, with a particular emphasis on vulnerable populations. ... One important purpose of the Project is to track the consequences of implementation of The Affordable Care Act across this broad set of dimensions of the health system.... The measures are divided into the following ten topical areas: * Access to Care * Cost and Affordability * Coverage * Health Information Technology * Innovation * Population Health * Prevention * Quality * Vulnerable Populations * Workforce ... With this web tool you can: * Quickly view data on a given topic from multiple sources * Compare national metrics with the same metrics measured at the regional and state level * See time trends for up to 10 years * Compare data across variables such as income, race, age, and insurance coverage type * View data in both graphical and table format * Explore the data, create custom visualizations, and export to other media Measures Measures that are included the Health System Measurement Project are updated annually or as new data becomes available. Look for recent and upcoming data updates on the home page. Where possible, measures were selected to align with existing HHS strategic planning and performance measurement efforts including the <http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/priorities.html>Department's Strategic Plan, the <http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/mgmt-gpra/index-gpra>Government Performance and Results Act, <http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx>Healthy People 2020 and the <http://www.healthcare.gov/prevention/nphpphc/strategy/>National Strategies for Quality and < http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/2012/04/national-quality-strategy… >Prevention. About the Data Sources The Health System Measurement Project builds primarily on data collected from existing HHS and other Federal surveys. Data have been provided by the following agencies: * <http://www.ahrq.gov/>Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) * <http://www.cdc.gov/>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) * <http://www.cms.gov/>Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) * <http://www.fda.gov/>Food and Drug Administration (FDA) * <http://www.hrsa.gov/index.html>Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) * <http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/index.cfm>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) * < http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthit_hhs_gov__onc/12… >Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) * <http://www.samhsa.gov/>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) https://healthmeasures.aspe.hhs.gov/about -- 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] Mathematician ties obesity to food, not activity

by Phyllis Orrick

I'd be interested to heart other folks' response to this. I also tweeted it on the trbhealth feed Phyllis http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/a-mathematical-challenge-to-obesi… -- 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] TRB 2013 call for papers on health and transportation is live

by Eloisa Raynault

The Call for Papers on Health and Transportation for TRB 2013 is officially live. Please visit http://pressamp.trb.org/CallForPapers/CFPDetail.asp?cid=1485 for more information. Thank you.

13 years, 10 months

[H+T--Friends] African American bicycle riders

by Sara Zimmerman

The 2011 Pucher study on bicycle riding in the US and Canada supports the statistics re roughly similar levels of biking among whites and African Americans. http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/pucher/TRA960_01April2011.pdf. The study shows that for whites the % of all trips that are by bike in 2009 was 1.1, whereas for African Americans it was 1.0. (These numbers might not translate directly into the bike trips per day discussed in this chain because different racial groups may have different average number of trips per day.) One reason that there may seem to be fewer African Americans bike riders is just because African Americans are only around 12% of the population. Of course, neighborhood segregation also means that people of one race may not see much at all of people of another race. I can't find any statistics on the reason for bike trips broken down by race, but there are stats showing whites and upper income individuals are more likely to bike for recreation and lower income individuals are more likely to bike for basic transportation, so the trip purpose may also affect the numbers of people you see out and about on bikes while you are biking. For example, when I bike home from work in Oakland, I see lots more African Americans on bikes if I leave early than if I go at 5 pm work commute time. ________________________________________ Sara Zimmerman, Senior Staff Attorney National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity Public Health Law & Policy (510) 302-3303 www.phlpnet.org<http://www.phlpnet.org> The information in this message is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Public Health Law and Policy and its projects do not enter into attorney-client relationships.

13 years, 10 months

[H+T--Friends] Friendly reminder: inform our TRB 2013 workshop proposal

by Eloisa Raynault

This serves as a friendly reminder to inform our Subcommittee's TRB 2013 Workshop Proposal. ***Please email me (eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org) and Megan Wier (megan.wier(a)sfdph.org) with your thoughts and ideas by Friday, May 4th, 2012. NOTE: to limit the volume of emails in all of our inboxes, do not reply directly to this thread.*** The Health & Transportation Subcommittee is proposing a half-day workshop for the January 2013 TRB Annual Meeting - and we are looking to our friends for help generating ideas regarding its focus. As many of you know, at the 2012 TRB Annual Meeting there was a full-day workshop entitled "Intersection of Health and Transportation: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and How We Can Better Integrate Health Considerations into Transportation Decisions." More information regarding this workshop is available at the following link: http://pressamp.trb.org/conferenceinteractiveprogram/EventDetails.aspx?I D=22489. The workshop was a great success - and generated a lot of ideas regarding research needs at the intersection of health and transportation - many of which are summarized here: http://www.trbhealth.org/research/research-needs. Examples include: - Effects of travel and travel environments on social cohesion - Parking policy as a mechanism for increasing physical activity - Access needs of different populations - Road safety disparities - Health effects of new and improved infrastructure networks for active transportation modes (e.g., bike ways, sidewalks, trails) - Local impacts of freight movement - Health-related indicators in transportation planning - Creating partnerships between transportation and other health-related sectors As the Subcommittee moves forward with its work, what topics (listed at the above link - OR new ideas that you may have) do you think warrant a deeper exploration and discussion at the upcoming meeting? Are there particular areas or speakers that you think would help the subcommittee to advance research, education, and professional practice in health and transportation? 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 <http://www.apha.org/transportation> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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[H+T--Friends] active transportation access to health care facilities

by Phyllis Orrick

Eric, Your comments (pasted in below) to the TRB health and transportation subcommittee are really interesting and useful. David Ragland, here at SafeTREC, has done some preliminary work on non-emergency health transportation systems, which he presented at a separate workshop around the time of TRB. (He is cc'ed and might have something to add, as I am not familiar with the specifics of his findings.) In terms of health care facilities' "friendliness" to active transportation access, as someone who thinks about bicycle-oriented design and has done 2 papers for TRB on the subject in the last two years, I am struck by the lack of access--and not just for patients and visitors, but for employees. Even our Oakland Kaiser campus, which has a longstanding shuttle service connecting its buildings to BART, falls pretty short in this area. There is bike parking in the garage, but it's for employees only and in a dark and sort of scary place, with no signage or wayfinding. The patient parking area, when I finally found it, is pretty enough, but very small. And this from a company whose leadership enthusiastically embraces the 10,000 steps program. Part of the difficulty is that building owners and operators don't have a "cookbook" for these designs and, unless they are bicycle riders themselves, have problems understanding some of the unique needs and opportunities. (Imagine a changing room, showers and safe and secure bike parking for staff to avail themselves of lunchbreak bike rides.) I'm attaching a paper I did with Karen Frick of the University of California Transportation Center on 4 Berkeley building owners and their decisions to invest in this "infrastructure that extends beyond the door." A policy brief is also attached for quicker reading. As part of my work developing the CATSIP website on active transportation safety in California, I also am in contact with bike and ped planners across the state. Some notable activity is taking place in SF and Silicon Valley, the latter, I am hearing anecdotally, a hotbed of innovative ways to incorporate bicycle riding and walking into their campuses (Google, Facebook and Apple, to name a few). I can't help but think it would be of value to collect their design solutions, along with costs, challenges and opportunities, into a central toolkit. Anyway, sorry for the long comments, but it seems like a potentially small shift in design thinking that could alter the fabric of the built environment to raise awareness of and participation in active transportation modes (though we would have to evaluate the response to be certain). Best, Phyllis -- 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> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: <erik.weber(a)dot.gov> Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] Help inform our Subcommittee's TRB 2013 Workshop Proposal! In preparing a DOT presentation on Transportation and Health at a panel about social determinants of health and health disparities at NIH for Nation Minority Health Month, I sketched an outline that I think could be informative to planning next year: Transportation's impact on health * Transportation availability & access to care * Transportation options & livable communities * Transportation planning & environmental justice As I mentioned back at the annual meeting, there is nowhere near enough research being done on bullet #1, while nos 2&3 get covered by a lot of disciplines. This subcommittee can help fill that gap. There is a need to look not only at "transportation decisions" which imply planning of projects & future impacts, but transportation use and availability and their impact on individual health outcomes. Arguably, transportation has a much larger impact on health when considered in the immediate term and on an individual scale. To use two specific examples: certainly planning decisions can have large future aggregate impacts on air quality and respiratory health as a result - but how many people in the past year have ended up in emergency care, or, sadly, died because they were unable to get to a preventive appointment like dialysis or other chronic disease treatment? That's a much more immediate and measurable impact, yet no one can really say for sure. That's where, in my opinion, this committee has the biggest opportunity to contribute. I think TCRP made a good foray into this area with B-27 "Cost Benefit Analysis of Providing Non-Emergency Medical Transportation,"< http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/156625.aspx> but this was really only a beginning, and happened 7 years ago now. I would argue that the Public Health sector is pretty strongly engaged in the transportation discussion and it's time now to engage more people in the Health Care & Services sectors. In the long term, I think, that engagement will have benefits for all of the other questions the subcommittee considers. As hospitals, insurance companies, and other care providers better understand the direct impact of transportation on their missions and their bottom lines, the more they will support transportation options and better transportation planning. I mean how many hospitals are built today to enable, much less encourage, walking to and from? I sure haven't seen one recently. To what extent to providers consider transportation access (beyond driving & parking garages) when placing and planning new facilities? These are all very important issues which are not being researched.

13 years, 10 months

[H+T--Friends] email overload suggestions

by Phyllis Orrick

Hello, all, At the risk of adding to the email overload, as communications co-coordinator for the subcommittee, I'd like to let you know that your thoughts and concerns means a great deal to us, and we will explore the various suggestions. If folks prefer, they can email me and my fellow coordinator, Carey McAndrews (cc'ed) directly with ideas...in order to reduce email overload. In the meantime, I am so excited to hear these various discussions taking place in such a collegial manner. We definitely want people to feel comfortable taking part or simply observing or opting out of inbox clutter. Best, Phyllis -- 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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