Learn how hospitals can play a role in implementing this strategy to address the community’s physical activity and nutrition needs.

This brief one-pager on shared use, serves as a tool to engage advocates on the issue of shared use. 

Principals are responsible for supporting the academic success of their students and also for acting as a liaison to parents and the community. Principals can play a key role in championing shared use in their school systems.

School boards have a crucial role to play in supporting shared use in school districts. This two page brief includes suggestions for shared use advocates working with school boards to advance shared use.

Uso Compartido: Aumentar el Acceso a la Actividad Fisica

Childhood obesity has more than tripled in children and adolescents in the past 30 years. 

Communities across the country are addressing chronic disease through a variety of innovative healthy eating and active living strategies. 

Las escuelas se encuentran en una zona céntrica y tienen gimnasios, parques infantiles, campos deportivos, canchas, pistas y otras instalaciones de recreo que podrían permitir a los residentes que sean más activos físicamente. Las escuelas y sus instalaciones de recreo tendrían que estar disponibles, fuera del horario escolar, para el uso comunitario.

This resource presents an overview of the opportunties and challenges for advancing shared use agreements and offers examples of shared use in urban, suburban, and rural settings. 

Superintendents are the chief administrators for school districts. They work to implement the vision and policies that the school board establishes. Superintendents can play a critical role in supporting shared use.