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  Fact Sheet

These action briefs are a companion to the webinar "Maximizing Statewide Impact of Safe Routes to School: Educating Governors and State Agency Leaders" that took place on February 21, 2013.

  Webinar
Educating Governors and State Agency Leaders

The complexities of engaging and educating your governor and state agency leaders on the benefits of policies and funding that support Safe Routes to School can feel daunting, but may be easier than you imagine.

  Research

The need for safe play spaces in communities across the United States is more important than ever (ChangeLab Solutions, 2012). 

  Webinar

Learn tips for advocating for policies that support Safe Routes to School.

  Fact Sheet

These action briefs are a companion to the webinar "Maximizing Statewide Impact of Safe Routes to School: Educating Governors and State Agency Leaders" that took place on February 21, 2013.

  Webinar
Understanding the New Match Requirements for Safe Routes to School Projects

Learn about the match requirement in the MAP-21 law.

  Fact Sheet

These action briefs are a companion to the webinar "New Funding, New Partners, New Game 201: How to Build Safe Routes to School into Regional Governments" that took place on January 10, 2013. 

  Fact Sheet

These action briefs are a companion to the webinar "New Funding, New Partners, New Game 201: How to Build Safe Routes to School into Regional Governments" that took place on January 10, 2013. 

  Webinar
Why Build Safe Routes to School into Regional Governments

This webinar discusses the role of regional governments in Safe Routes to School.

  Research

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention programs by reviewing all interventional studies that aimed to improve diet, physical activity, or both and that were conducted in schools, homes, primary care clinics, childcare settings, the community, or combinations of these settings in high-income countries.

  Webinar
Why Build Safe Routes to School into Regional Governments

Part one of a two-part series discussing the role of regional governments in Safe Routes to School.

  Research

As the incidence of pediatric obesity and sedentary lifestyle increases, more children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, formerly a chronic disease primarily of adults who were overweight and had a sedentary lifestyle.

  Research

Communities are seeking new ways to help stretch lean budgets and meet changing resident needs. 

  Research

Communities are seeking new ways to help stretch lean budgets and meet changing resident needs. 

  Research

Epidemic increases in obesity negatively affect the health of US children, individually and at the population level. Although surveillance of childhood obesity at the local level is challenging, height and weight data routinely collected by school districts are valuable and often underused public health resources.

  Model Policy

This resource is a policy statement that describes the goals of the Greater Washington Regional Safe Routes to School Network.

  Research

This study assessed the forecasted health impacts associated with different strategies to reduce GHG from automobiles.

  Research
A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association

Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest population shifts in risk substantially alter health outcomes, the optimal population-level approaches to improve lifestyle are not well established.

  Research

This pilot study examined the effects of a teacher-taught, locomotor skill (LMS)-based physical activity (PA) program on the LMS and PA levels of minority preschooler-aged children.

  Report, Case Study
An Opportunity for Public Health

With the growing rate of obesity, the high cost of gas and climate change, we must rethink and reshape our transportation systems and networks to promote active transportation, with public health practitioners playing a key role.