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[H+T--Friends] Fwd: [NNIPNews] Feb 26 Webcast : In Solidarity: The Role of Public Health in Social Justice

by Ann Hartell

Upcoming event that may be of interest. *From:*Minority_Health@unc.edu [mailto:Minority_Health@unc.edu] *Sent:* Friday, February 05, 2016 11:07 AM *To:* Minority Health Project announcements *Subject:* [mhpannounce] Coming Feb 26: Interactive Webcast from the UNC Minority Student Caucus' 37th Annual Minority Health Conference cid:image002.jpg@01D15ED5.6EF88200 Please join us for the *interactive webcast* of the 18th Annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture from the 37th Annual Minority Health Conference <http://minorityhealth.web.unc.edu> presented by the Minority Student Caucus, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. */In Solidarity: The Role of Public Health in Social Justice/* Founded in 1977, the Minority Health Conference aims to raise awareness regarding health disparities and mobilize students, academics, researchers, and community members to take action for change. This year's theme explores the intersection of public health and social justice. The conference will highlight opportunities for public health researchers and practitioners and social justice advocates to learn from each other and identify best practices for prioritizing minority health and fostering inclusive strategies for change. */The 18^th annual William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture /**will be presented by Crystallee Crain., Ph.D*., educator, small business owner, and advocate for human rights. Although the conference is full, you can still hear Dr. Crain’s lecture in an *interactive webcast, with live captioning and questions via email, Facebook, and Twitter.* *_Information about Dr. Crain and the conference, including a 3-minute video history, are at minorityhealth.web.unc.edu <http://minorityhealth.web.unc.edu/>_* *Interactive webcast Friday, February 26, 2016, 2:00-3:30pm EST*. *_Please register for the webcast at _*http://minorityhealth.web.unc.edu/conference/keynote-webcast/*The webcast will be recorded*.*Advance registration is recommended. * *Interested in hosting a partner conference?*** Partner conferences arrange a group viewing with additional activities such as a discussion, speakers’ panel, or additional presentations at their school or organization. For information about partner conferences, write to*mhc.broadcast(a)gmail.com <mailto:mhc.broadcast@gmail.com>* or visit theWebcast webpage <http://minorityhealth.web.unc.edu/conference/keynote-webcast/>. Please share this announcement with your colleagues and friends! Best regards, Vic Schoenbach, http://go.unc.edu/vjs Visit my *“virtual library” on social justice and equality,* http://go.unc.edu/sjae *Featured events in 2016*: *February 19, 2016*: Inaugural *Diversity in Stem Conference* hosted by UNC Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with the Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program and the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity. http://diversity.unc.edu/spring-diversity-experience-to-discuss-practices-i… *February 26, 2016: Interactive webcast by Crystallee Crain* from the**37^th Annual Minority Health Conference (see above), http://go.unc.edu/mhc <http://go.unc.edu/mhc>** ** *February 27, 2016*: 20^th Annual UNC Law Conference on Race, Class, Gender and Ethnicity, */Cruel and Unusual: How the United States Punishes Persons with Mental Illness/*. More information at http://studentorgs.law.unc.edu/crcge/ *June 7, 2016*: *22nd National Health Equity Research Webcast*, topic: */TBA/* (1:30-4:00pm ET. More information soon, at http://go.unc.edu/nherw <http://go.unc.edu/nherw>)** *June 21, 2016*: American College of Epidemiology (free) 2016 Minority Affairs Committee Annual Workshop, */Closing the US Health Disparities Gap: An International and National Epidemiological Perspective/* at the Epidemiology Congress of the Americas, Miami FL. (8:30am-12:30pm ET. More information soon, athttp://www.acepidemiology.org/) *Visit www.minority.unc.edu <http://www.minority.unc.edu> for archived webcasts*from the annual Minority Health Conference and the National Health Equity Research Webcast, including presentations by Pamela Jumper Thurman, Frank Perez, Leon Andrews Jr., William Darity, Jr., Anthony Peguero, Melina Healey, Gary Flowers, Gail Christopher, Sarah Kastelic, Portia Kennel, Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, Victor Schoenbach, Leandris Liburd, Brian Smedley, Camara Jones, Ronny Bell, Aida Giachello, Nina Wallerstein, Ana Diez Roux, Krista Perreira, Jeffrey Henderson, Bonnie Duran, Mayra Alvarez, Ralph Forquera, Tony Whitehead, Robert Fullilove, Reginald Weaver, Dina Castro, Nicholas Freudenberg, Lillian Sparks, Barbara Wallace, Claudia Baquet, Spero Manson, Abel Valenzuela, Frank Wong, Nancy Krieger, Karina Walters, Gilbert Gee, Luisa Borrell, David Williams, Joseph Graves, Jr., Michael Bird, and many others. Highly recommended*:***www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/san-francisco-schools-transfor… <http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/san-francisco-schools-transformed-power…> (3 min.) Please join me in supporting the David Lynch Foundation <http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/>, www.davidlynchfoundation.org/ <http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/> ________________

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[H+T--Friends] Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities- Washington DC June 1-3, 2016

by Teresa Townsend

Call for Abstracts Announced for 2016 URISA GIS and Health Symposium Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with the American Public Health Association (APHA), invites abstract submissions for the 2016 GIS and Health Symposium. The theme for this year's Symposium is “Mapping the Way to Healthy Communities”. The event will take place June 1-3, 2016 in Washington, DC. Abstract submissions are due on March 15, 2016. The Symposium program will be developed, in large part, from abstracts submitted by the community through this Call. The Committee welcomes the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, and panel discussions on a variety of topics. We are specifically interested in abstracts related to the following topics. * Connecting health with spatial relationships (and data) - thinking about health in a more spatial format * Tools for policy-makers, planners, researchers. * Role of GIS in communicating health information/issues * Health impact assessments * Metrics/measuring health outcomes through GIS * Creating synergy between the public health realm and urban and regional entities carrying out planning, research and policy. * Focused policy session – cross-sector session addressing the Surgeon General’s National Prevention Strategy “Health in All Policies” approach * Access to healthcare / health facilities and services * Agriculture and food systems (access to healthy foods, food safety) * Active living, recreation, and physical activity from transportation; obesity strategies and interventions * Health equity (include income considerations, minority groups, aging, persons with disabilities, etc.) * Urban ecology/urban health – natural and human systems (social ecology; humans and environment) * Climate change/resiliency - effects on natural and human health/systems * Emergency preparedness and response * Health and hazards * Crime, violence, personal safety/health * Injuries, disabilities, risk * Built environment – land use, transportation, resource management systems, Complete Streets, infrastructure, “Healthy Communities” (Applying GIS to Build a Healthy Community); also livability; active communities (transportation and recreation) * Epidemiology; disease vectors; spread of infectious diseases – emerging technologies and health issues (Ebola response, Zika virus/PAHO) * Exposures (air quality, water quality, lead, etc.) * Chronic diseases and the environment, including cancers, diabetes and obesity * Mobile field data collection mobile field data collection (examples: homeless point in time counts, food safety/restaurant inspections, facility inspections that includes things like hospitals, nursing homes, foster care sites, etc.) * Community mapping; crowd-sourcing health-related data * Data privacy, confidentiality * Other related topics For further details and the online abstract submission form, http://www.urisa.org/URISAHealth

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[H+T--Friends] Walking speed and 'true age'

by Ann Hartell

From a Vienna colleague: https://blog.iiasa.ac.at/2016/02/10/what-does-your-walking-say-about-your-t… snip: "Did you ever notice that you walk faster than your friends, or are you the one lagging behind? Your walking speed doesn’t only reveal how fast you walk; it can predict survival and the “slowing down process” and – according to a recent study – it can tell how old you are in terms of your physical fitness. If you are highly educated, or work in a non-manual job, you could be up to 15 years younger when it comes to your “walking age”—the age you are supposed to be according to your physical performance." -- Doctoral Student 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.weebly.com

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[H+T--Friends] Call for Abstracts - 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality Conference - deadline extended to Feb 15, 2016

by Eloisa Raynault

Greetings subcommittee friends, This call for abstracts may be of interest to you and your networks. If you have any questions regarding the 2016 TPAQ Conference, please contact Dr. Jane Lin at janelin(a)uic.edu. Best, Eloisa Raynault ADD50-1 Co-Chair *** Call for Abstracts 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality Conference "The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Air Quality: Confronting the Challenges at the Global, Regional, and Local Scales" (Conference webpage: http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq) <http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq> The Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality Committee (ADC20) invite you to submit an extended abstract for the 2016 Transportation Planning and Air Quality (TPAQ) Conference. The spotlight theme in 2016 will be "The Changing Landscape of Transportation and Air Quality: Confronting the Challenges at the Global, Regional, and Local Scales." We are specifically interested in abstracts related to the following topics: Multi-modal passenger transportation and air quality issues Freight and non-road transportation and air quality issues Greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies Cost-effectiveness analysis for emission control measures Emissions and air quality impacts of alternative fuels Co-benefits of transportation emissions control, air quality mitigation, and climate change strategies Innovative vehicle and information technology solutions to transportation air quality problems Near-road air quality Dispersion modeling methods and tools Exposure and health effects of air pollution Data for air quality analysis: unconventional sources, collection methods, quality, scarcity, uncertainty, and novel statistical tools for data analytics State-of-the-practice transportation and air quality program implementation and evaluation Other emerging topics in transportation and air quality Extended Abstract Requirements: All extended abstracts must be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Each extended abstract must provide sufficient detail for reviewers to judge its merit, but cannot exceed 5 pages (including figures, tables, and references) in length, single-spaced, with no less than 11 font size. An extended abstract template is available at http://register.extension.iastate.edu/2016tpaq/call-for-abstract. Submission Method: Extended abstracts must be submitted electronically to upload.2016_Tr.vrhqkopmhx(a)u.box.com. Submission Deadline: Extended abstracts must be submitted by Monday, February 15th, 2016. Each extended abstract will be reviewed and comments will be provided to the author(s) by Thursday, March 31st, 2016. Conference Co-sponsors: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Minnesota Department of Transportation Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)’s Planning, Economics and Finance Committee, TRB Committee on Alternative Transportation Fuels and Technologies (ADC80) Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Eastern Research Group, Inc. ICF International Resource Systems Group, Inc. Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Conference History The TPAQ Conference, formerly Transportation/Land Use Planning and Air Quality (TLUPAQ), has been held in the past at different locations: 1993 - Danvers, Massachusetts 1997 - Lake Tahoe, California 1998 - Portland, Oregon 1999 - Lake Lanier, Georgia 2001 - Irvine, California 2007 - Orlando, Florida 2009 - Denver, Colorado 2011 - San Antonio, Texas 2014 - Charlotte, North Carolina Please fee free to distribute to interested individuals and groups. Thank you.

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[H+T--Friends] Ken Wiwa Jr at UCB Geo, 9 Feb. 630pm

by IURD-UC Berkeley

*Film Screening:* *The Yar' Adua Foundation's:* *Nowhere to Run: Nigeria's Climate and Environment Crisis * *Panel Discussion: Michael Watts and Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr. * *February 9th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm* *Blum 100, Blum Centre for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley* **

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[H+T--Friends] IURD February 2016 Newsletter

by IURD

F E A T U R E D I U R D A N N O U N C E S T H E L A U N C H O F T H E U R B A N E Q U I T Y C O M M U N I T Y F E L L O W S P R O G R A M The IURD Urban Equity Community Fellows Program aims to build a movement of activist scholars working for urban equity in the Bay Area, nationally and around the world. The program connects community leaders to one another as well as students and faculty at UC Berkeley, with the idea that strong networks, mentoring, classroom interactions and university-community action-research partnerships can proactively support urban equity. The program intentionally supports underrepresented students (from undergrads through PHD) and offers them a professional mentor, colloquiums, and other opportunities to link scholarship to practice and prepare for a social justice career. Please visit the IURD website (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) to learn more. 2 0 1 6 U R B A N E Q U I T Y C O M M U N I T Y F E L L O W S: * Devone Boggan, Community Services Director for the City of Richmond * Gloria Bruce, Executive Director at East Bay Housing Organizations * Brett Cook, Artist and Educator * Shasa Curl, Administrative Chief for the City of Richmond * Juliet Ellis, Executive Director for SF Water * Margaretta Lin, Attorney * Fernando Marti, Community Planner, Architect and Artist * Dawn Phillips, Program Co-Director at Causa Justa * Roy Robles, Filmmaker and Artist * Olis Simmons, CEO of Youth UpRising S P R I N G 2 0 1 6 I U R D L U N C H S P E A K E R S E R I E S B E G I N S L U N C H S P E A K E R: I U R D D I R E C T O R J A S O N C O R B U R N Wednesday, February 17th 12-1pm 316 Wurster Habitat III, a global UN conference on the ‘New Urban Agenda’, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are two landmark events with the potential to shape the urban and global development agenda for years to come. Each have set lofty goals, such as ending poverty, improving the lives of the almost 1 billion people living in informal settlements, and promoting sustainable development that both mitigates and helps cities to adapt to climate change. What are some implications of these landmark events for urban planners and those interested in the global practice of equitable, inclusive and healthy cities? This talk will give a brief overview of progress to date on these efforts and discuss implications for research and practice. U P C O M I N G E V E N T S G R E E N T . O . D. T A L K: P R O F E S S O R K A N G L I T O N Y W U Wednesday, February 10th 12-1pm 316 Wurster I C U H P R E - C O N F E R E N C E W O R K S H O P: F U T U R E O F H E A L T H Y C I T I E S: P E D A G O G Y A N D A C T I O N R E S E A R C H Thursday, March 31st 12-1pm UC Berkeley The 21st century challenges of urban health range from addressing the health impacts of inequitable burdens of neighborhood-based stressors, climate change and displacement of racial, ethnic and other socially and economically marginalized groups. How might urban health research and pedagogy best respond to these complex challenges? In this pre-conference workshop, academics, practitioners and activists will come together to discuss innovative strategies to link urban health equity research, action and training. Examples of university-based healthy city training from North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa will be featured. Facilitated workshop dialogues will focus on training by/for Global south practitioners, South-South collaborations, and south-north academic and professional exchanges. To learn more about the ICUH Pre-Conference Workshop, please click here (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe811…) . H E A L T H Y C I T Y P L A N N I N G S H O R T C O U R S E June 6th-9th, UC Berkeley The Healthy Cities Planning Short Course offers practitioners, academics and activists an opportunity to learn about innovative strategies to promote more healthy, equitable and sustainable cities in the US and around the world. The intensive course will combine lectures from leading academics and practitioners, workshops and participatory exercises, field visits and case studies of projects, plans and policies used in cities around the world to promote more healthy cities. The course will pay particular attention to methods, practices and evaluation strategies to promote more inclusive, equitable and fair cities, and how healthy equity can act as the guiding principle for healthy cities. To learn more about the Healthy City Planning Short Course, please click here (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) . R E C E N T N E W S N E W P U B L I C A T I O N F R O M I U R D A S S O C I A T E D I R E C T O R M A L O H U T S O N T H E U R B A N S T R U G G L E F O R E C O N O M I C , E N V I R O N M E N T A L , A N D S O C I A L J U S T I C E: D E E P E N I N G T H E I R R O O T S IURD Associate Director, Malo Hutson, just completed a book entitled The Urban Struggle for Economic, Environmental, and Social Justice: Deepening Their Roots, which explores how coalitions of residents, community leaders, unions, and others are trying to resist displacement as a result of neighborhood change and transform their communities to sustainable healthy communities (defined as economically strong, environmentally clean, and socially just communities). He did case studies on four major U.S. cities--Boston, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.. His book is part of Rutledge's Equity, Justice, and the Sustainable City (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) series, which, according to Rutledge, "...[I]ntroduces critical perspectives and new approaches to the practice and theory of urban planning and policy that ask how the world's cities can become ‘greener’ while becoming more fair, equitable and just". F A L L 2 0 1 5 L U N C H S P E A K E R S E R I E S The Fall 2015 Lunch Speaker Series has ended, and it was a great success! This semester's speakers included: * John Taylor, Director and Co-Founder of NGO Kota Kita * Patricia A. Wilson, Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas, Austin * Liliana de Simone, a Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago and at the Universidad de Diego Portales * Kristin Aarland, a researcher at NOVA To learn more about the presenters and talks given during the Fall 2015 lunch speaker series, please click here (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) . R E C E N T B L O G P O S T: I N T E G R A T I N G P U B L I C A N D P R I V A T E M A S S T R A N S P O R T A T I O N By: Ulises Hernandez, Abigail Cochran, and Dan Chatman The world is becoming increasingly urbanized. Governments and transportation authorities face the challenge of accommodating rapidly growing urban transport demand with efficient, safe, affordable and sustainable transport, whether privately or publicly provided. At the “BRT and private transit: Integration in domestic and international contexts” symposium held at UC Berkeley on October 20th, a number of academics, researchers and other experts in the field discussed topics relating to the integration of public and private transport modes in domestic and international contexts. To continue reading, please click here (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) . S C H O L A R S P O T L I G H T Steve Yiu IURD is excited to welcome visiting scholar Steve Yiu, Head of Town Planning at MTR Corporation in Hong Kong. Steve has 20 years of experience in initiating and managing the corporation's property development planning for transit-oriented development, under Hong Kong's unique "rail-plus-property" model for implementing new urban railway lines. The model is a leading international example of how land value capture can be used to deliver development projects, including some that are large and complex, by world standards. One such example is the 1 million square meter mixed-use complex at Kowloon Station, which features a 118-story building and a LOHAS Park, built above a railway depot, to house some 68,000 people. He also contributes to Hong Kong's overall planning of new development areas and railway extensions. Steve received his planning education at the University of Liverpool in the UK and is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Hong Kong Institute of Planners. Before joining the MTR Corporation, he worked in the Planning Department of the Hong Kong Government for 11 years. There, he worked as a senior planner, mainly planning new towns. R E S E A R C H U P D A T E S Our analysis of school facility spending by California school districts finds that many districts- particularly those serving high-need students- risk grossly underfunded facilities budgets, deteriorating schools, and declining educational outcomes if they are left on their own, without state support for capital needs. Here are our key findings: THE MAJORITY OF SCHOOLS UNDERSPEND ON FACILITIES WEALTHY DISTRICTS SPEND MORE ON FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY ON THE CAPITAL SIDE DISTRICTS SERVING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS DISPROPORTIONATELY DRAW MORE FROM THIER OPERATING BUDGETS TO FUND FACILITIES When poor facility conditions disproportionately affect students and educators in low-wealth communities, it undermines California's educational equity priorities in the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Download the Report (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) This fall, CC+S launched the Y-PLAN Healthy Cities Institute to engage schools and young people as critical actors in building equitable, healthy, and sustainable cities. Building on over a decade of action research, CC+S is deepening work in targeted cities - Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and NYC while maintaining a robust global digital learning network of Y-PLAN youth, teachers and civic leaders. Last year, over 200 students in the Richmond High Health Academy conducted community action research to generate youth recommendations for the Richmond Climate Action Plan. Read more about Y-PLAN here (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) ** New peer reviewed article/field report published on this exciting work: Engaging Students in Transforming Their Built Environment via Y-PLAN: Lessons from Richmond, California (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) in the Journal of Children, Youth and Environments. The Center for Cities + Schools (CC+S) (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) was launched in IURD in 2004 to harness the potential of urban planning to close the opportunity gap and improve education. CC+S works to create opportunity-rich places where young people can be successful in and out of school. We conduct policy research, engage youth in urban planning, and cultivate collaboration between city and school leaders to strengthen all communities: Our policy research seeks out practical, proven federal, state, and local solutions for creating opportunity-rich places for young people and families. Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now!) (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) is our award-winning educational strategy that engages youth in urban planning and empowers them to create change in their community. Through our PLUS Leadership Initiative (http://berkeley.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6ad4efdcd076fc732bfe8114…) , we provide tools and best practices to help cities and schools create a structure for strong, ongoing joint policymaking. 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[H+T--Friends] Fw: ICTH 2016 USA - Registration is Now OPEN!

by Mindell, Jenny

Please forward to your networks. Thanks, Jenny Dr Jennifer Mindell Reader in Public Health Health and Social Surveys Research Group Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health UCL 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 6BT Tel. 020 7679 1269 (Internal x41269) Survey doctor: 07770-537238 Fax 020 3108 3354 Email: j.mindell(a)ucl.ac.uk<mailto:j.mindell@ucl.ac.uk> Web: IRIS web page<http://iris.ucl.ac.uk/research/personal/index?upi=JMIND63> Journal of Transport and Health: www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/<http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/> Health lead for the UCL Transport Institute<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/transport-institute> ________________________________ From: Karyn M. Warsow <kwarsow(a)tphlink.com> Sent: 27 January 2016 13:09 Subject: RE: ICTH 2016 USA - Registration is Now OPEN! Register Early - Space is Limited Registration<http://www.tphlink.com/registration.html> ICTH 2016 USA Overview<http://www.tphlink.com/2016-transport--health-conference---usa.html> [https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/c1d41bb7501/09ae93f7-b554-42a3-83cf-f…] Courageous. Dynamic. Creative. A Stand on the Table Kind of Event! The International Conference on Transport and Health (ICTH) 2016 - USA is designed to be a direct participatory experience. Policy-makers, practitioners and academics from multiple disciplines involved with transport planning and engineering, public health, urban planning, spatial and architectural design, environmental planning, economics and beyond will convene at Mineta Transportation Institute/San Jose State University located in San Jose, California, 13-15 June 2016, to share their stories of success and failure; build world-wide collaborative friendships; but most importantly, leave inspired! ICTH 2016 - USA is the only conference dedicated to transport and its impact on health. Throughout this conference experience, interactive Hot Topic Workshops and abstract presentations (oral, pecha kucha and poster) will be led by cross-disciplinary teams in an effort to demonstrate “how” non-traditional thinking can lead to creative problem solving. The afternoon of Sunday, 12 June 2016, has been set aside as Camp ICTH with a special road trip session on cross-disciplinary communication. This is an opportunity to have fun and meet new friends. Keynote Moderator: Confirmed Norman Yoshio Mineta Retired US Secretary of Transportation US Department of Transportation Please note that ICTH does not follow the status quo. The keynote address is no exception. Expect the unexpected! [https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/c1d41bb7501/0b1e3a8c-dea9-4596-850f-1…] Keynote Speakers: INVITED [https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/c1d41bb7501/b0d69830-921f-4680-af20-5…] Anthony Foxx US Secretary of Transportation US Department of Transportation [https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/c1d41bb7501/8b3cd850-f227-4fcf-969e-f…] Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy Surgeon General of the United States Operational Head of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Registration Overview ICTH is held in different host countries throughout the world. As part of the international community, the United States will host ICTH every other year. Please Click HERE<http://www.tphlink.com/icth-schedule-2015-2020.html> for a tentative schedule. If you are interested in being a host, please email Karyn at kwarsow(a)tphlink.com<mailto:kwarsow@tphlink.com> Please note that ALL social activities, lunches and refreshment breaks are included in the cost of the Full/Speaker and Student registration fees. One day registration fees include the social activities, lunch and refreshment breaks only on the designated day. Registration fees are in United States Dollars (USD). There will be NO on-site registration. 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[H+T--Friends] New research: How policies can encourage walking & bicycling

by ALR

Greetings: Active Living Research<http://activelivingresearch.org/> would like to share with you a brand new ALR product titled Moving Toward Active Transportation: How Policies Can Encourage Walking and Bicycling<http://activelivingresearch.org/ActiveTravelreview>. The research review summarizes current research on the health benefits and safety of active travel, and examines policies and programs that can help to increase walking and biking rates. The research review shows that: * The health benefits of physical activity in general have been well-documented by hundreds of studies. More recently, a growing number of studies have confirmed that these benefits are linked to walking and cycling specifically. * The health benefits of active transportation exceed its risks of injury and exposure to air pollution. * Safety is a key consideration for promoting active travel. Importantly, places with higher levels of walking and cycling also have greater safety for pedestrians. * Provision of convenient, safe, and connected walking and cycling infrastructure is at the core of promoting active travel. * Aside from specific infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians, the way neighborhoods and communities are built affects levels of active travel. * Walking or biking for daily travel needs can be promoted as a convenient and competitive option through programs that shift travel behavior. * Policies that improve public transport, or make car use less attractive, increase the competitiveness of active travel modes. * Policies to promote active travel will work best when implemented in comprehensive packages; these may include infrastructure and facility improvements, pricing policies, and education programs to achieve substantial shifts towards active modes. You can download the review here: http://activelivingresearch.org/ActiveTravelreview We hope that you will find the review useful in your work and request that you please share with your networks and/or constituents. We will soon release a new infographic based on findings from this research review. Please forgive cross-postings and let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, Active Living Research ---- Active Living Research University of California, San Diego 3900 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310 San Diego, CA 92103 Website: www.activelivingresearch.org<http://www.activelivingresearch.org/> Promoting activity-friendly communities.

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[H+T--Friends] Fwd: HIA Practitioner Workshop Registration + Webinars on Equity and Community Participation

by Ann Hartell

Apologies for any cross-posting . . . ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Human Impact Partners" <dawn(a)humanimpact.org> Date: Jan 22, 2016 6:55 PM Subject: HIA Practitioner Workshop Registration + Webinars on Equity and Community Participation To: "Ann" <ahartell(a)gmail.com> - About Us <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…> - New to HIA? <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…> - Our Impact <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> - Projects <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> - Capacity Building <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> - From the HIP Blog <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…> - News <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> Dear friends and colleagues, We knew you wouldn’t want to miss these timely announcements about the HIA Practitioners Workshop (formerly HIA of the Americas) and two webinars on key components of the HIA process: community participation and incorporating equity. We hope to build on these conversations with future webinars on equity approaches to Heath Impact Assessment and Healthy Public Policy research. Stay tuned for announcements about future webinar topics! *Equity and HIA Webinar* Please join us for a webinar we’ll be conducting on Equity and HIA on *January 27 from 1pm-2:30pm ET l 10am-11:30am PT*. Although equity is a core value of Health Impact Assessment, practitioners and evaluators have found that many HIAs could be improved by taking a more intentional and thorough approach to advancing equity. To help guide HIA practitioners, evaluators, and equity advocates, the Equity Workgroup of the Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment (SOPHIA) recently released *Equity Metrics for Health Impact Assessment Practice* <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> . The interactive webinar will introduce the theoretical underpinnings that guide an equity-focused approach to HIA practice. Participants will learn about measurable ways that equity can be integrated into each step of the HIA, as described in the *Equity Metrics*, and will discuss how an intentional focus on equity would change the approach to conducting an HIA and those engaged in the process. Examples from HIAs that have addressed equity concerns will also be presented. Click here to register for this webinar <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…> hosted by the Health Impact Project. *Webinar on Newly Released Community Participation in HIA Evaluation* Please join us for an upcoming webinar about a just released report on the *Community Participation in Health Impact Assessments: A National Evaluation* [check out the executive summary <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…>, full report <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…>, and appendices <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…> ]. The first of its kind study provides new insights on the level of community participation in HIAs in the U.S., the impact of community participation on the success of HIAs, and the use of HIA as a means to enhance civic agency. Our findings - based on survey and in-depth case study analysis - send a strong message to the HIA field that investment in higher levels of community participation pays off in higher levels of civic agency, such as improved individual civic skills and increased capacity for collective action. This evaluation also found that higher levels of community participation showed greater odds of an HIA impacting decision-making. The evaluation intends to inform the work of HIA practitioners, and is relevant to researchers and organizations intending to authentically engage community members in addressing policy, program, or planning solutions. HIP is hosting a webinar to share the evaluation’s very exciting and insightful findings on *January 28 from 2pm-3:30pm ET **l** 11am-12:30pm PT* . Please register here for the webinar <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…>, and we’ll follow-up with details soon. *Register Now: HIA Practitioner Workshop* SOPHIA's HIA Practitioner Workshop <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> (formerly HIA of the Americas) will take place March 7-8, 2016 at The California Endowment in Oakland, CA. The Workshop is intended for current practitioners of Health Impact Assessment interested in strategic field building. Attendees at the two-day workshop will learn and share ideas through presentations, and further the practice of HIA in small working groups. The draft agenda <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf…> is now available on the SOPHIA website. The objectives of this two-day workshop are to: - Build a community of HIA practitioners by offering an intimate forum to network and share ideas and tools that elevate the practice of HIA; and - Promote excellence in HIA by sharing best practices, tackling challenging HIA related issues, and disseminating resources and work products developed by the working groups. Registration is now open through *February 1, 2016*. Please click here <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> to register! Scholarships for travel and/or registration are available for *representatives from community-based organizations with HIA experience.* Registration Links *Equity and HIA Webinar* January 27, 2016 1p-2:30p ET | 10a-11:30a PT Register <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> *Community Participation in HIA Evaluation Webinar* January 28, 2016 2p-3:30p ET | 11a-12:30p PT Register <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> *HIA Practitioner Workshop* March 7-8, 2016 Oakland, CA Register by Feb. 1 <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…> follow on Twitter <https://www.twitter.com/HumanImpact_HIP/> | friend on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/100002383138808/> | forward to a friend <http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0591&id=ca0…> *Copyright © 2016 Human Impact Partners, All rights reserved.* You are receiving this email because you opted in through the HIP website, at an event, or through a HIP staff person. *Our mailing address is:* Human Impact Partners 304 12th Street Suite 3B Oakland, CA 94607 Add us to your address book <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0591&i…> unsubscribe from this list <http://humanimpact.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=72f79fddff7ad7db65acf0…>

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[H+T--Friends] Reminder: Call for Papers for special issue on walkability in Journal of Transport and Health - DEADLINE Monday February 29, 2016

by Andrew Dannenberg

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-transport-and-health/call-for-p… Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Transport and Health: Walking and Walkability: A review of the evidence on health _____ This special issue is documenting the health effects of walking and walkable communities in a wide range of areas and exploring the policy and environmental changes that can result in sustaining these effects. Although the specific examples listed below are mostly from the USA, submissions are sought from any country. Manuscripts are requested in the following areas: 1. Evaluation of or testing a new or unique program, policy, or project that aims to increase the number of individuals walking for recreation and/or transport. This can include both projects working to increase active transportation/modal shift and/or efforts to improve population health through broad reaching walking initiatives. We are looking for unique and innovative approaches that are underpinned by a good theoretical basis. Manuscripts will be considered whether they examine positive or negative impacts. Examples include: * Complete Streets – status of policies across US and experiences with implementing such policies, recognizing that implementing complete streets may be more complicated than passing the policy. What has been the experience of communities and states in the implementation? How have these policies influenced resource allocation and participation in active transportation? * Walk Friendly Cities – status of program and impacts from having that certification. * Update on interactions between walking and use of transit * Role of legislation and litigation in making communities more walkable, including accommodations for persons with disabilities as a means to improve walkability for all * Examples of health institutions and medical care providers who facilitate walking, such as Walk with a Doc (http://walkwithadoc.org/who-we-are/), Arkansas’s Medical Mile (www.americantrails.org/resources/health/medmile06.html), and walking prescriptions (https://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/The-Walking-Club/Walking-Prescription-Pad.…) - what is the impact of such interventions on walking, and on health? 2. Define and assess walk-friendly policies, provide evidence that the policy or policies result in more pedestrian activity and can be implemented in other places. For example: * Comparison of walking facilities and policies by 50 states and 50 major cities using data from Benchmarking report (www.bikewalkalliance.org/resources/benchmarking <file:///\\%5C%5Cad.ucl.ac.uk%5Chome%5Crmjdjmi%5CDocuments%5CPublications%5CElsevier%5CSIs%5Cwww.bikewalkalliance.org%5Cresources%5Cbenchmarking> ) * Interaction of walk friendly and bike friendly policies – where are they synergistic, where are they in conflict? 3. Examine benefits or unintended consequences of walking and walkability. We would be interested in papers showing the associations between walking and walkability with variables such as physical health, behavioral health, cognitive ability, environment, crime, safety, social cohesion, happiness and well-being. Other possible associations might include economic, productivity, resiliency, stress and vitality measures. Creative and advanced measures of walkability are encouraged, especially those that consider network connectivity and accessibility. For example: * International comparisons examining national well-being measures and walking and walkability, based on individual level data. These could include cross national comparisons or from a single country. Submission method (Submission via EES) All papers should be submitted via the Journal of Transport and Health online system <http://ees.elsevier.com/jth/> . While submitting a paper to the special issue, please choose the article type “SI: Walking & walkability” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript. All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, and scientific merit, as well as being within scope. For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal at https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-transport-and-health/2214-1405… Key dates Submission is now open. The deadline for submission is Monday February 29th, 2016. The deadline for resubmission of revised manuscripts will be July 31st 2016. Final decisions will be made by November 2016. All manuscripts will be published online (as e-prints) as soon as they receive final acceptance and have been processed for publication, prior to being collated in the special issue. Publication of the Special Issue is planned for early 2017. Guest Editor contact information: Kate Kraft, kkraft(a)americawalks.org Tracy Hadden Loh “tracy(a)railstotrails.xn--org-9o0a Andrew Dannenberg “adannenberg2(a)gmail.xn--com-9o0a

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