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[H+T--Friends] Tell your health story and win $$$

by Ed Christopher

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2017 Culture of Health Prize. The annual award celebrates communities that have created powerful partnerships to improve the lives of residents. Apply now to receive up to $25,000 and have your stories and successes celebrated broadly to inspire others toward locally-driven change. For more information see http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/features/culture-of-health-prize.html?cid=xs… -- Ed Christopher Transportation Planning Consultant 708-269-5237

9 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Fwd: PhD HIA Fellowship Re: PATH Web-Pages

by Kara E. MacLeod

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Nieuwenhuijsen <mark.nieuwenhuijsen(a)isglobal.org> Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 1:57 PM Subject: PhD HIA Fellowship Re: PATH Web-Pages To: kara.e.m(a)gmail.com Thanks for email Next year we have a PhD studentship available for Health impact Assessment for Healthy Living as part of the TransGlobal Health network (see below). If you know of anyone interested in applying, please forward this email and/or get in contact with me, and also please put it on your notice boards, or send it to Master´s courses - The call: http://www.transglobalhealth. org/#/joint-phd-degree/call-2017/ - The 10 available research projects: http://www.transglobalhealth.org/#/joint-phd-degree/research-projects/ *Project 9:** Health Impact Assessment for Healthy Living* (Host Institute: ISGlobal) Urbanisation is occurring at unprecedented rates worldwide, and will present important challenges to protect and promote population health. The United Nations projects that nearly all global population growth from 2016 -2030 will be absorbed by cities, about 1.1 billion new urbanites over the next 14 years. In the face of rising non-communicable diseases, climate change impacts, potential epidemics, new tools and mechanisms to work across health and urban planning and transport sectors are urgently needed. There is currently a lack of use of quantitative Health Impact Assessment (HIA) models to assess the overall burden of mortality and morbidity related to urban and transport development and planning in cities that can be used by policy makers to mitigate harms and increase health benefits, estimate effects on health equity and economic costs. HIA is a novel approach that combines mixed-methods to systematically judge the potential health effects a proposed policy, programme or particular intervention might have on population health and the distribution of those effects within a population (healthy equity). The aim of the proposed research is to bring health into the agenda of urban and transport planning by developing participatory HIA methods, models and tools for evidence-based decision making whilst involving citizens and other stakeholders to overcome political and cultural barriers of implementation. The hypothesis is that HIA is a method that can be applied to different urban contexts to assess policy scenarios on their health consequences, and create indicators and recommendations that can optimise health and equity in cities. We will construct a framework to identify urban and transport related exposures with health relevance and consider demographic, economic or geographical factors. We will develop a comprehensive quantitative HIA model to assess scenarios of the health benefits and risks. Quantitative sources will be supplemented by qualitative interview, focus groups, and community network assessment techniques to contextualise public health implications across different urban political, socio-economic, and spatial contexts. Estimated health impacts and will be compared to health impacts implied by business as usual. The modeling will include a health equity assessment to help identify and target vulnerable population groups in order to narrow the health gap, and reduce inequities throughout the whole population. The HIA model will be developed in Barcelona, and then be refined for applicability and application in cities worldwide, making this a project with significant potential for global impact. This project is transdisciplinary by nature, and aims to bring health, transport and planning sectors together in collaboration to bridge sectorial gaps methodological approaches, as well as to maximise impact in society. -- Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD Research Professor in Environmental Epidemiology Director Air pollution and Urban Environment Director Urban planning, Environment and Health Initiative *IS**Global* Barcelona Institute for Global Health - Campus MAR Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) Doctor Aiguader, 88 08003 Barcelona, Spain Tel. +34 93 214 7337 | + 34 606 05 08 14 mark.nieuwenhuijsen(a)isglobal.org Skype: mark.nieuwenhuijsen Assistant: Mar Ferrer: (++34) 93 2147330 Project websites: TAPAS http://www.tapas-program.org/ <http://www.tapas-program.org/%20> PASTA http://www.pastaproject.eu/home/ <http://www.pastaproject.eu/home/%20> EXPOsOMICs http://www.exposomicsproject.eu/ HELIX http://www.projecthelix.eu/ <http://www.projecthelix.eu/%20> ICEPURE http://www.icepure.eu/ <http://www.icepure.eu/%20> CITI-SENSE http://citi-sense.eu/ <http://citi-sense.eu/%20> PHENOTYPE http://www.phenotype.eu/ BlueHealth *www.bluehealth2020.eu <http://www.bluehealth2020.eu/>/* ESCAPE http://www.escapeproject.eu/ <http://www.escapeproject.eu/%20> Urban and Transport planning, Exposures and Health: http://www.ehjournal.net/content/15/S1/38 <http://www.ehjournal.net/content/15/S1/38%20> This message is intended exclusively for its addressee and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and protected by professional privilege. 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9 years, 4 months

[H+T--Friends] Opportunity in HIA-related research

by Ann Hartell

Interesting opportunity here in Vienna: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/workingatiiasa/vacancies/160217_AIR_R… (short deadline . . . Sept 30) -- Doctoral Candidate Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development Department of Socioeconomics WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria WU: www.wu.ac.at/mlgd/en Personal: annhartell.com

9 years, 5 months

Re: [H+T--Friends] sidewalk registry

by Sarah O'Brien

Hi Jeff, We aren't working on developing a national registry, but we did help North Carolina launch the Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure Network (PBIN) for the state's Department of Transportation. It's a geodatabase that houses all known existing and planned bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the state. It isn't perfect, but it's a good start. See more about the PBIN, the data catalog, and a glossary of terms at https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/BikePed/Pages/PBIN.aspx. Good luck, Sarah ________________________________________________ Sarah Worth O'Brien Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager Institute for Transportation Research and Education NC State University 919-515-8703 On 9/16/2016 2:32 PM, Whitfield, Geoffrey P. (CDC/ONDIEH/NCCDPHP) wrote: Hello all, We at CDC are interested in developing a national sidewalk registry with an accompanying application that assists cities/towns in creating sidewalk GIS layers. Is anyone aware of others working on a similar project? Thanks for any info. Feel free to reply directly to xdh5(a)cdc.gov<mailto:xdh5@cdc.gov> Geoffrey "Jeff" Whitfield, PhD MEd Epidemiologist Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Physical Activity and Health Branch Voice: 770-488-3976 _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:H+T--Friends@chrispy.net> https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends -- Ed Christopher Transportation Planning Consultant 708-269-5237

9 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] Sidewalk registry

by Whitfield, Geoffrey P. (CDC/ONDIEH/NCCDPHP)

Hello all, We at CDC are interested in developing a national sidewalk registry with an accompanying application that assists cities/towns in creating sidewalk GIS layers. Is anyone aware of others working on a similar project? Thanks for any info. Feel free to reply directly to xdh5(a)cdc.gov Geoffrey "Jeff" Whitfield, PhD MEd Epidemiologist Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Physical Activity and Health Branch Voice: 770-488-3976

9 years, 5 months

[H+T--Friends] Transportation Health Tool in the news

by Ed Christopher

Yesterday, in the Sustainable City Network newsletter there was a article about the Transportation Health Tool (THT). The newsletter and article can be found at http://www.sustainablecitynetwork.com/. It is the lead article. If you are curious what the THT is check out the article or go to the Tool's site and check it out for yourself. https://www.transportation.gov/transportation-health-tool -- Ed Christopher Transportation Planning Consultant 708-269-5237

9 years, 6 months

[H+T--Friends] Re Arterial Roads

by Mindell, Jenny

Ed, I don't have time but you may find useful information on our project website www.ucl.ac.uk/street-mobility especially publications including working papers. Please let us know if you use anything, as it helps in our reporting to funders. Regards Jenny Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone ---- h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net wrote ---- Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net You can reach the person managing the list at h+t--friends-owner(a)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. TRB Arterial health Task Force~~Special Request (Ed Christopher) 2. Re: TRB Arterial health Task Force~~Special Request (Amy Ingles) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 11:17:11 -0500 From: Ed Christopher <edc(a)berwyned.com> Subject: [H+T--Friends] TRB Arterial health Task Force~~Special Request To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> Message-ID: <942ac720-3e32-f972-85a8-729cf4d051a9(a)berwyned.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed I am writing you to see if you have time and interest to help the TRB Arterial Health Task Force with a small project. Earlier this year, FHWA published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that seeks comments on the National Performance Management Measures. This rule making will create national performance management measures and standards to be used by the States to meet the national transportation goals identified in section 1203 of MAP-21. This rule making also establishes the process to be used by States to set performance targets that reflect their performance measures. The FHWA anticipates issuing up to three rule makings in this area. This rule making also covers Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Freight issues. As of this writing, August 9, there were 7,780 comments submitted. So why is the Arterial Health Task Force interested in this. After looking though the NPRM and reading some of the comments submitted it became clear that some of the comments might help contribute to the mission of the Task Force. The Arterial Health Task Force was established to inform the planning, design and operation of arterials while considering public and population health. The Task Force will achieve its mission by developing a catalogue of research problem statements where we have unanswered questions, points of disagreement or only anecdotal evidence. An example might be to try to answer the questions of the impacts of living close to major roadways form a health perspective. Evidence suggests that there may be some negative health implications, but there is disagreement on issues of roadway size, proximity and health severity. With that as background, the comment period on these proposed performance measures ends August 20, 2016. As part of the comment process, the general public is allowed to read the comments submitted to the docket. The proposed rules and the docket can be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FHWA-2013-0054 What we are looking for are for people to scan through the comments and see if there are any ?research? type questions that we can tease out of the comments and discuss with the Task Force Members. For example, the League of American Bicyclists and others have pointed out that ?the rule proposes that congestion mitigation be measured by delay for drivers and vehicles". They note that "it fails to measure people not adding to that congestion because they are biking, walking or taking transit?. From the Task Force perspective, this raises questions about what the metric(s) should be and how do we develop metrics that account for all the modes--some of which have more positive health benefits than others. I know this might sound like a daunting task, but if this is an area where you have an interest, you are working on your own comments or you want to just help out, I am hoping that you can spend some time and look through the Docket. In the coming days I suspect that more and more comments will be added. If you go through the docket and generate any ?research? type questions relevant to the Task Force, or have any questions of your own, feel free to pass them along to me. To view the docket go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FHWA-2013-0054. Also, if you are interested in learning more about the Task Force visit our website at http://www.trbarterialhealth.org/. We have had three meeting since we began in January and our notes are posted. For this exercise we are not looking for comments or a discussion of the proposed rules--that should be left for the Docket. Instead we are looking for research questions that the comments may evoke. Thank you Ed Christopher, Task Force Chair edc(a)berwyned.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 12:34:21 -0400 From: Amy Ingles <amyingles888(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] TRB Arterial health Task Force~~Special Request To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> Message-ID: <CAO15osVJoX6hoVAT0Unck8t=MFvxu_CL-VOmE2D0eRWhpeqF2g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, Ed. When would you like this to be completed? I'd like to help but the next two weeks are going to be pretty hectic for me. On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Ed Christopher <edc(a)berwyned.com> wrote: > I am writing you to see if you have time and interest to help the TRB > Arterial Health Task Force with a small project. Earlier this year, > FHWA published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that seeks > comments on the National Performance Management Measures. This rule > making will create national performance management measures and > standards to be used by the States to meet the national transportation > goals identified in section 1203 of MAP-21. This rule making also > establishes the process to be used by States to set performance targets > that reflect their performance measures. The FHWA anticipates issuing up > to three rule makings in this area. This rule making also covers > Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Freight issues. As of > this writing, August 9, there were 7,780 comments submitted. > > So why is the Arterial Health Task Force interested in this. After > looking though the NPRM and reading some of the comments submitted it > became clear that some of the comments might help contribute to the > mission of the Task Force. > > The Arterial Health Task Force was established to inform the planning, > design and operation of arterials while considering public and > population health. The Task Force will achieve its mission by > developing a catalogue of research problem statements where we have > unanswered questions, points of disagreement or only anecdotal > evidence. An example might be to try to answer the questions of the > impacts of living close to major roadways form a health perspective. > Evidence suggests that there may be some negative health implications, > but there is disagreement on issues of roadway size, proximity and > health severity. > > With that as background, the comment period on these proposed > performance measures ends August 20, 2016. As part of the comment > process, the general public is allowed to read the comments submitted to > the docket. The proposed rules and the docket can be viewed at > https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FHWA-2013-0054 > > What we are looking for are for people to scan through the comments and > see if there are any ?research? type questions that we can tease out of > the comments and discuss with the Task Force Members. For example, the > League of American Bicyclists and others have pointed out that ?the rule > proposes that congestion mitigation be measured by delay for drivers and > vehicles". They note that "it fails to measure people not adding to that > congestion because they are biking, walking or taking transit?. From > the Task Force perspective, this raises questions about what the > metric(s) should be and how do we develop metrics that account for all > the modes--some of which have more positive health benefits than others. > > I know this might sound like a daunting task, but if this is an area > where you have an interest, you are working on your own comments or you > want to just help out, I am hoping that you can spend some time and look > through the Docket. In the coming days I suspect that more and more > comments will be added. > > If you go through the docket and generate any ?research? type questions > relevant to the Task Force, or have any questions of your own, feel free > to pass them along to me. To view the docket go to > https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FHWA-2013-0054. Also, if you are > interested in learning more about the Task Force visit our website at > http://www.trbarterialhealth.org/. We have had three meeting since we > began in January and our notes are posted. > > For this exercise we are not looking for comments or a discussion of the > proposed rules--that should be left for the Docket. Instead we are > looking for research questions that the comments may evoke. > > Thank you > Ed Christopher, Task Force Chair > edc(a)berwyned.com > _______________________________________________ > H+T--Friends mailing list > H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net > https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends >

9 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] TRB Arterial health Task Force~~Special Request

by Ed Christopher

I am writing you to see if you have time and interest to help the TRB Arterial Health Task Force with a small project. Earlier this year, FHWA published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that seeks comments on the National Performance Management Measures. This rule making will create national performance management measures and standards to be used by the States to meet the national transportation goals identified in section 1203 of MAP-21. This rule making also establishes the process to be used by States to set performance targets that reflect their performance measures. The FHWA anticipates issuing up to three rule makings in this area. This rule making also covers Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Freight issues. As of this writing, August 9, there were 7,780 comments submitted. So why is the Arterial Health Task Force interested in this. After looking though the NPRM and reading some of the comments submitted it became clear that some of the comments might help contribute to the mission of the Task Force. The Arterial Health Task Force was established to inform the planning, design and operation of arterials while considering public and population health. The Task Force will achieve its mission by developing a catalogue of research problem statements where we have unanswered questions, points of disagreement or only anecdotal evidence. An example might be to try to answer the questions of the impacts of living close to major roadways form a health perspective. Evidence suggests that there may be some negative health implications, but there is disagreement on issues of roadway size, proximity and health severity. With that as background, the comment period on these proposed performance measures ends August 20, 2016. As part of the comment process, the general public is allowed to read the comments submitted to the docket. The proposed rules and the docket can be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FHWA-2013-0054 What we are looking for are for people to scan through the comments and see if there are any “research” type questions that we can tease out of the comments and discuss with the Task Force Members. For example, the League of American Bicyclists and others have pointed out that “the rule proposes that congestion mitigation be measured by delay for drivers and vehicles". They note that "it fails to measure people not adding to that congestion because they are biking, walking or taking transit”. From the Task Force perspective, this raises questions about what the metric(s) should be and how do we develop metrics that account for all the modes--some of which have more positive health benefits than others. I know this might sound like a daunting task, but if this is an area where you have an interest, you are working on your own comments or you want to just help out, I am hoping that you can spend some time and look through the Docket. In the coming days I suspect that more and more comments will be added. If you go through the docket and generate any “research” type questions relevant to the Task Force, or have any questions of your own, feel free to pass them along to me. To view the docket go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FHWA-2013-0054. Also, if you are interested in learning more about the Task Force visit our website at http://www.trbarterialhealth.org/. We have had three meeting since we began in January and our notes are posted. For this exercise we are not looking for comments or a discussion of the proposed rules--that should be left for the Docket. Instead we are looking for research questions that the comments may evoke. Thank you Ed Christopher, Task Force Chair edc(a)berwyned.com

9 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] Hot off the Presses

by Ed Christopher

The APA recently released a report on "The State of Health Impact Assessment in Planning". The 53 page report can be downloaded free of charge from https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/planninghia/. To follow all of the APAs Health activities visit https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/. -- Ed Christopher Transportation Planning Consultant 708-269-5237

9 years, 7 months

[H+T--Friends] 500 Cities Project: Recording of June webinar

by Ann Hartell

ICYMI: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will host a webinar on June 30 from 2-3 p.m. EST discussing the 500 Cities Project. The project is a first-of-its-kind data analysis of 27 chronic disease measures for the 500 largest American cities, and the census tracts within. The project is intended to bolster the availability of health data for small areas within cities, and aid the development and implementation of effective and targeted public health prevention efforts. During the webinar, staff from the CDC, CDC Foundation, and RWJF will orient participants to the project, including the measures, cities, and methodology, and discuss the formats in which the estimates will be presented to the public. *Learning objectives:* · Define the purpose and scope of the 500 Cities Project; · Identify the 500 Cities methodology and understand the difference between modeled and direct estimates; · Describe the final products of the project; and · Discuss the application of small area health data to the design and implementation of effective and targeted public health strategies. Link to recorded webinar: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/playback/Playback.do?id=62n3ay -- Doctoral Candidate Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development Department of Socioeconomics WU/Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria WU: www.wu.ac.at/mlgd/en Personal: annhartell.com

9 years, 7 months

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