Healthy Communities Reports

This document provides guidance for implementing and evaluating Complete Streets.

This report documents trends in obesity and related health conditions and program and policy strategies to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.

The aim of the Active School Neighborhood Checklist (ASNC) is to provide decision makers with a quantitative tool for evaluating the potential long-term health impacts of candidate school sites on the children who will attend them. 

This document provides a list of resources, steps and processes for creating healthy food and physical activity environments.

Through active transportation, parks and recreation agencies provide valuable benefits to communities by providing an engine for economic development, increasing health and wellbeing, supporting conservation and providing benefits to all citizens regardless of socioeconomic status. 

Released in April 2014, the 2014 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth assesses the levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviors in American children and youth, facilitators and barriers for physical activity, and related health outcomes. 

In this report CDC analyzed data from the National Vital Statistics System multiple cause of death files for the period 2000–2009 (3), the most recent data available. 

This document describes strategies used to implement collaborative and comprehensive education reform at all levels.

This brief provides an overview of the burden of violence and state strategies to prevent and reduce violence within the context of the social determinants of health—where adolescents live, learn and play.

This guide provides strategies for repealing traffic laws related to walking and biking that are racially enforced—laws that fail to enhance community safety and instead increase the risk of conflict with law enforcement for certain groups. It is designed for advocates and organizations planning to start policy campaigns to address these issues. Recognizing that policy campaigns are not one-size-fits-all, the guide offers adaptable policies to suit the unique needs of your organization, partners, and stakeholders.