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Re: [H+T--Friends] AUTO: Elizabeth Sanford is out of the office (returning 07/08/2013)

by Rajiv Bhatia

I am away from the office on leave. For Environmental Health Program matters please contact Richard Lee at 415-252-3992 or richard.lee(a)sfdph.org. For questions regarding the Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability please contact June Weintraub at 415-252-3973 or june.weintraub(a)sfdph.org

12 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] July 18 webinar: Neighborhood Planning through a Health Equity Lens

by Eloisa Raynault

Hi everyone, A new APHA webinar may be of interest to you and your networks. Register today at https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=hxzwibj2i1lk. Healthy Communities: Neighborhood Planning through a Health Equity Lens Webinar: July 18, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT The Community Transformation Grant program creates healthier communities by making healthy living easier and more affordable where people work, live, learn and play. Communities are encouraged to make structural changes to the built environment and establish policies that facilitate healthier living through the development and implementation of initiatives that prevent chronic diseases. This approach is particularly critical in communities with the greatest health and economic disparities. This webinar will feature stories of successful collaboration between public health and planning in Seattle and Fort Worth, Texas, and demonstrate the positive impact attention to health equity has in neighborhood planning. Register now: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=hxzwibj2i1lk Learning objectives: Understand the importance of equity considerations in planning and how a focus on health can serve as a way to engage the community in the planning process and be a guide for prioritizing planning strategies. Discuss the Healthy Living Assessment developed in Seattle and its use as a tool to include health in the planning process at the neighborhood level and use health as the guide for developing the neighborhood plan. Identify the various strategies the Fort Worth Planning Department has utilized in neighborhood planning, particularly regarding equity concerns, and discuss the sustainable urban villages the department has been working on. Demonstrate how the Tarrant County Public Health Department has been a partner in the planning process. Explain how planning is integral to improving health throughout the county and what kind of capacity needs to be developed so that planners and health professionals can better work together. This webinar will be recorded and archived on APHA's website If you have any questions, please contact emma.din(a)apha.org<mailto:emma.din@apha.org>. Cheers, Eloisa Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street NW, Washington DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://apha.org/transportation

12 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Elizabeth Sanford is out of the office (returning 07/08/2013)

by Elizabeth Sanford

I am out of the office until 07/08/2013. I will be checking email intermittently. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] Health and Transportation" sent on 6/27/2013 4:19:49 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

12 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] Health and Transportation

by Ed Christopher

One of my transit friends sent me this article today. This is a side of the Health and Transportation interchange (and collaboration) that we do not always think about. Rail News: Passenger Rail RTD's board agrees to relocate proposed rail station The Regional Transportation District of Denver's (RTD) board agreed earlier this week to approve a request to move the planned Montview Station on the Interstate-225 Rail Line to a new location on Fitzsimons Parkway. The request came from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, which asked that the station be moved due to concerns about adequate mitigation of electromagnetic interference and vibration near sensitive research equipment at existing and future medical buildings, RTD officials said in a press release. http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/RTDs-board-agrees… -- Ed Christopher 708-283-3534 (V) 708-574-8131 (cell) FHWA RC-TST-PLN 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443

12 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] July 11 Web Forum on Ways to Increase Walking and Bicycling

by Lou, Deborah

Please share with your members and networks. Thank you, Debbie www.activelivingresearch.org (619) 260-6336 From: Dr. Carmen Nevarez [mailto:drcarmennevarez=phi.org@mail101.us4.mcsv.net] On Behalf Of Dr. Carmen Nevarez Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:38 PM To: Debbie Lou Subject: Is Your Community Putting Prevention to Work? view online<http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=9035fd8c1c…> forward<http://us5.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=903…> subscribe<http://phi.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=14…> [Public Health Institute]<http://phi.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=d…> [Support PHI]<http://phi.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=…> June 17, 2013 [Dialogue4Health] Is Your Community Putting Prevention to Work? Ways to Increase Walking and Bicycling register now!<http://phi.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=7…> THURSDAY, JULY 11 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM PACIFIC<http://phi.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=a…> connect: [twitter]<http://phi.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=…> [facebook]<http://phi.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=1…> [Like Is Your Community Putting Prevention to Work? on Facebook]<http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=9035fd8c1c…>[share on Twitter]<http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FA5645&text=Is+Your+C…> Communities that support walking and biking help people be physically active, promote health and can lower health care costs. This Web Forum will showcase different “active transportation” initiatives that make walking and biking for daily travel an easier and more attractive option for children and adults. Presenters will highlight projects that had received funding from Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)<http://phi.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a84b40a6e55f8e0b7cdf36a9d&id=…> grants focused on increasing physical activity and preventing obesity. Nick Sims will discuss the Jefferson County, Alabama CPPW initiative which involved several concurrent efforts focused on creating walkable communities. This included the adoption of a SmartCode zoning ordinance, Complete Streets resolutions, a new County-wide Greenway Master Plan, and policies supportive of Safe Routes to School. Much of this work continues today through the County’s Health Action Partnership, its member organizations, and specifically the Livable Communities Priority Group. Vikrant Sood will provide an overview of policy, systems, and environmental strategies undertaken in San Diego, California to promote active living. These included the development of innovative technical tools and assistance and incentive programs. One highlight was the development of San Diego’s Healthy Communities Atlas, a tool which enables communities to see the specific relationships between numerous neighborhood characteristics that impact the health of their communities. Vikrant will highlight initiatives targeted at low- and moderate-income households, people of color and people with disabilities. Julia Murphy will highlight efforts in San Antonio, Texas, focusing on the B-Cycle project, which furthers the City of San Antonio’s twin goals of enhancing both environmental and public health by providing a sustainable transportation option. She will discuss how the city is transforming itself into a bicycle-friendly community with a Bicycle Master Plan and Complete Streets Policy. 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12 years, 8 months

[H+T--Friends] News Release: EPA Report Details How Development Can Impact Public Health, Environment

by Eloisa Raynault

This new report may be of interest to you and your networks. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its most comprehensive review to date on how the built environment - the way we build our cities and towns - directly affects our environment and public health. The report was announced by EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe during a national Twitter Town Hall meeting in Washington, DC with Maurice Jones, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing, and Development (HUD), and John Porcari, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The publication, Our Built and Natural Environments: A Technical Review of the Interactions among Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality, provides evidence that certain kinds of land use and transportation strategies - where and how we build our communities -- can reduce the environmental and human health impacts of development. "Although findings might differ on the magnitude of the effects of different practices, the evidence is overwhelming that some types of development yield better environmental results than others," the report asserts. "This report will be useful for communities across the country looking to make smart development decisions," said EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe. "Whether it's housing, transportation, or environmental issues, this report can help communities protect public health and the environment by avoiding harmful development strategies." The publication is important and timely because population growth and demographic changes will substantially alter the way our nation is developed over the next half century and beyond. "Researchers have estimated that as much as two-thirds of the development that will exist in 40 to 45 years does not exist today," the report states, "meaning that decisions we make about how and where that development occurs could significantly affect our health and the health of the environment." The report, the second edition of a popular document published in 2001, summarizes trends in land use, buildings, travel behavior, population growth, and the expansion of developed land. It then discusses the environmental consequences of these trends, such as habitat loss, degradation of water resources and air quality, urban heat islands, greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change, and other health and safety effects. Environmental impacts linked to building and development patterns include: Although technology has reduced per-car vehicle emissions, an approximate 250-percent increase in vehicle miles travelled since 1970 has offset potential gains. Transportation is responsible for 27 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions; residential and commercial buildings contribute 18 percent and 17 percent, respectively. The report concludes by describing ways to reduce such effects. Strategies include safeguarding sensitive areas; focusing development in built-up areas and around existing transit stations; building compact; mixed-use developments; designing streets that are safe for all users, including walkers and bikers; and using green building techniques. More information about the report and an upcoming webinar: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/built.htm <http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/built.htm>

12 years, 9 months

[H+T--Friends] Call for content for next h+t subcommittee enewsletter: due July 5

by Eloisa Raynault

Greetings TRB Subcommittee Friends, The TRB health and transportation subcommittee developed a newsletter last year as a way to stay up to date: http://www.trbhealth.org/newsletter We're looking for content for the next edition. Send any pertinent updates from your organization or beyond (content that's being sought: new reports, new research, upcoming conferences or events) for consideration via email by July 5 to me (eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org<mailto:eloisa.raynault@apha.org>). And remember, do not 'reply all' to this message to avoid cluttering inboxes! Thank you in advance, Eloisa Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager | o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

12 years, 9 months

[H+T--Friends] 2013 Call for Transportation and Environmental Research Ideas

by Victoria.Martinez＠dot.gov

FYI and feel free to distribute as appropriate. From: Brickett, Jennifer [mailto:JBrickett@aashto.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 11:31 AM To: Brickett, Jennifer Subject: 2013 Call for Transportation and Environmental Research Ideas [Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CE5C56.3018D640] 2013 Call for Transportation and Environmental Research Ideas You are invited to submit your transportation and environmental research ideas to the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO via the Transportation and Environmental Research Ideas (TERI) Database. The TERI database is a "one stop" location for keeping track of transportation practitioners' research ideas across the environmental spectrum. It has become a valuable resource for organizations that fund, conduct, and utilize research. Each year, AASHTO makes a special request for new research ideas to be submitted into the TERI database. Once fresh ideas have been gathered, the Center for Environmental Excellence will work with AASHTO's Standing Committee on Environment (SCOE) to select and refine a group of the best ideas listed in TERI and recommend them for funding through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). Last year, AASHTO used the TERI database to put forward 14 research ideas for funding through NCHRP, including 11 ideas for the quick turnaround, environmentally-focused NCHRP "25-25" program (research that can be completed in less than one year and under $125,000) and three ideas for funding as full-scale NCHRP projects, which typically range from $200,000 to $750,000 and take two to three years to complete. All three of the full-scale NCHRP projects and six of the 25-25 studies were selected for funding. You can access the TERI database and submit your research ideas by clicking on the following link: http://www.environment.transportation.org/teri_database/suggest_idea.aspx. On the webpage you will find a template for submitting research ideas. When submitting an idea, please be sure to include a clear title, a detailed scope, and information about the approximate timeframe and budget. The Center will accept new TERI research ideas through Tuesday, June 18th. If you are unable to make the deadline, you may still submit your ideas, but we will not consider them for recommendation to NCHRP in this cycle. In addition to submitting your own ideas, we hope that you will share this notice with your colleagues and ask them to submit ideas. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Brickett, Program Manager for the Environment at AASHTO, at (202) 624-8815. Thank you for helping us to identify promising environmental research ideas. [Description: cid:image002.jpg@01CE5C56.3018D640]

12 years, 9 months

[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Susan Herbel is out of the office (returning 06/07/2013)

by Susan Herbel

I am out of the office until 06/07/2013. I will have intermittant access to email. Please leave a message on my cell if you want me to call you. (202.494.5539) Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] Fwd: WEBINAR -- Implementing Equity in Health in All Policies & Health Impact Assessments" sent on 6/4/2013 2:15:01 PM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

12 years, 9 months

[H+T--Friends] Fwd: WEBINAR -- Implementing Equity in Health in All Policies & Health Impact Assessments

by Patrisha Piras

FYI, in case anyone is interested in this webinar. Begin forwarded message: > From: "PolicyLink" <emaillist(a)policylink.org> > Subject: WEBINAR -- Implementing Equity in Health in All Policies & Health Impact Assessments > Date: June 4, 2013 10:12:47 AM PDT > Reply-To: <emaillist(a)policylink.org> > > > > > Implementing Equity in Health in All Policies and Health Impact Assessments: From Concept to Action > > Wednesday, June 19 > 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. PT/ 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ET > > Growing evidence demonstrates that social and economic factors significantly influence health outcomes. Because of this, there is growing interest in considering health in decision-making processes that have social and economic implications, and tools such as Health Impact Assessments (HIA) and compelling approaches such as Health in All Policies (HiAP) are being explored and implemented by many. > Join us for a webinar, sponsored by PolicyLink and the National Association of City and County Health Officers (NACCHO), focused on why equity is critical to HiAP and HIA, and specific strategies to implement and ensure equity. > > The speakers will discuss principles and frameworks for the inclusion of equity, as well as present examples of the principles in practice. In addition to those currently working with HIA and HiAP, the webinar is recommended forpublic health and environmental health practitioners, urban planners, equity leaders, and community groups looking to advance health and equity. > > Featured speakers: > Shireen Malekafzali, Associate Director, PolicyLink (facilitator) > Ken Smith, Senior Analyst, National Association of City and County Health Officers > Jonathan Heller, Co-Director and Co-Founder, Human Impact Partners (HIP) > Kate Hess Pace, Organizer, ISAIAH > Coire Reily, Manager, Community Wellness and Prevention Program, Contra Costa Health Services > Register for the webinar here. For more information related to this webinar, read Promoting Equity through the Practice of Health Impact Assessment. > > > Forward this Email View as Web Page > > > Remove yourself from this mailing. > > Remove yourself from all mailings from PolicyLink.

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