2002 Newsletters

October/November

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Youth Nutrition & Fitness Grants, Bike Month Organizer's Kit, New E-Journal from CDC
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Budget Status, Appropriations Fact Sheets
• RESEARCH NOTES: Wheeling Walks, Measuring Workplace Environments, Measuring Neighborhood Environments
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: ACSM Response to IOM Recommendations, World Health Report 2002, Pro Bike/Pro Walk PowerPoint Collection
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Active Living by Design, Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Chronic Disease Conference
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Environmental Supports for PA Questionnaire, New Funding

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Moving Hearts for Health, Urban Walking Kit, Walk to School Day
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: "IMPACT" Bill, Public Input on TEA-21 Reauthorization, America Bikes
• RESEARCH NOTES: Barriers to Walking/Cycling to School, School Travel in Georgia, Perceptions of PA among African-American Women, Leisure-Time PA among Adolescents, Walking & Vigorous Exercise
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: 60 Minutes a Day, State Legislation Related to PA & Nutrition, Health Care Provider Counseling for PA, PA and Health Strategy (Canada), Changing the Way We Age
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Safe Routes to School in Delaware, AIM 2010
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: ASHC Annual Meeting, CDC Women's Health Conference, NRPA Annual Congress, Cooper Institute Programs

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: BAM, Walking on the Web, Kidnetic
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: New Surgeon General, Progress in PA Funding, Healthier US Initiative, New President's Council
• RESEARCH NOTES: Multiple Levels of Influence on PA, PA and Perceptions of the Environment, Innovations in Promoting PA
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: PA and Community Design, Bikeability Checklist, PA and Older Adults
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: It's What You Do, Walkable Community Workshops, Safe Routes to School, Promoting PA through Trails
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Chronic Disease Conference Call for Abstracts, Walk21 IV Call for Abstracts, Healthy Schools Summit, SOPHE Annual Meeting, APHA Annual Meeting

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Image Library, Divorce Your Car, Rails-to-Trails Website
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Conserve by Bike Amendment
• RESEARCH NOTES: Lay-Led Walking Programmes, Travel Mode Choice, Effectiveness of PA Interventions, Environmental Factors and PA, PA Interventions with Older Adults
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: State-Based PA Program Directory, Community Mobilization Guide, Guidelines for Cancer Prevention, Schools Promoting Healthy Weight, Leisure-Time PA in the US
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Public Health Grand Rounds, CDC Youth Media Campaign, NCPPA Youth Media Grants, Let's Walk Queen Mary, Safe Routes to School - Texas, PA and Tourism
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: International Congress on Aging and PA , NRPA National Conference, Preventing Physical Disability in Older Adults, Walking in the 21st Century

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: World Health Day, National Public Health Week, National Walk to Lunch Day, Bike to Work Week/Day
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: FY 2003 US Budget, Congressional Hearing on Safe Routes to School, New Transportation Charter
• RESEARCH NOTES: Lifestyle Intervention Reduces Incidence of Diabetes, Cycling to Work, PA Among European Seniors
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Economic Benefits of Promoting PA, Guidelines for Promoting PA & Nutrition, PA Evaluation Handbook, PA Guidelines For Infants & Toddlers, Health Promotion for Older Adults
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Working for the Nation's Wellness, Trail Finder Maps in NY, Cycling Safely in Chicago
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: Bicycle Education Leaders Conference, National Health Education/Health Promotion Conference, National Trails Symposium

• NEWS YOU CAN USE: Active for Life - Call for Proposals; Perils for Pedestrians; America's Walking
• WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Federal Funding Update, Healthy Communities Initiative Proposed
• RESEARCH NOTES: Environment, Policy & PA; Perceived Environment & Walking Behavior; 10,000 Steps Per Day for Sedentary Women?
• REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Safe Routes to School; Health Update: Environment & Health; A Decade of ISTEA Accomplishments; Healthy People 2000: Final Review
• PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Australia's National Cycling Strategy; PLAY Arizona; Walk In to Work Out; Engaging Teens in PA
• UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: 6th Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit, Building Connections for Community Health, Walk21 IV
• USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Compendium Tracking Guide; Physical Activity and Public Health Course (PAPH)