2011 Newsletters
November – December 2011
Topics in this issue
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
New Statewide Plan Encourages Physical Activity, Healthy Lifestyle; Department of Transportation Data Visualization Contest Encourages Creative Integration of Data; International Olympic Committee Expert Paper Targets Better Health of Young People; American Diabetes Day; National Family Health History Day
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
Recipients of Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grants Announced
RESEARCH NOTES:
Adherence to the 2008 Adult Physical Activity Guidelines and Mortality Risk; Perceived Built Environment and Physical Activity in U.S. Women by Sprawl and Region; Air Quality and Exercise-Related Health Benefits from Reduced Car Travel in the Midwestern United States
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
Go4Life-- Exercise and Physical Activity Campaign from the National Institute on Aging at NIH; Compendium of Physical Activities for Manual Wheelchair Users
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
South Carolina Receives Community Transformation Grant; Galveston Aims to Build a Healthier City After Ike's Wave of Destruction; Federal Aid Coming to Cities to Help Boost Smart Growth in Cities North of Boston; Boise Writes New City Blueprint; Biking, Walking, & Blogging: The Surprising Rise of Minneapolis as a Top Bike Town
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting; International Council on Active Aging Conference 2011
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: CDC Healthy Aging Research Network
September - October 2011
Topics in this issue
NEWS YOU CAN USE: How a Park Helped One Town Weather the Recession; Bike-sharing Gears up in U.S. as Gas Prices Soar; Active Aging Week; 8th Annual World Wide Day of Play; Family Health and Fitness Day USA; International Walk-to-School Day; Walk to School Month
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON: Transportation Funding Extended
RESEARCH NOTES: Effects of Physical Activity on Teen Smoking Cessation; Activity Across Adulthood and Physical Performance in Midlife- Findings from a British Cohort Study; The Association Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Body Size and Physical Activity in the California Teachers Study Cohort
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES: Key Findings on Bicycling and Walking from the U.K.; Physical Activity Guidelines for Early Years
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES: Screen Time Reduced for Chicago Preschools; Missoula is a Runner Friendly Community; Mason City Iowa Receives Grant to Begin Walking School Bus
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS: 85th Annual ASHA School Health Conference: Limitless Possibilities - School Health in the New Decade; 138th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition; European Public Health Association (EUPHA) Annual Conference; Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE: Physical Activity and Public Health Courses; Walking Intervention
July - August 2011
Topics in this issue
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
Denver B-Cycle; Elementary School Making Strides in Fitness; National Parks and Recreation Month; Family Golf Month
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
National Complete Streets Legislation Introduced
RESEARCH NOTES:
Using the Tax System to Promote Physical Activity;
2011 Compendium of Physical Activities; Physical Activity and Cognition in Women
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011; TIGER Grants Available
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
Southern California Becoming More Pedestrian Friendly; Complete Streets Coming Soon to New York State; South Dakota Town to Host Great Day of Play
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
XIX IEA World Congress of Epidemiology; IDEA World Fitness Convention; 3rd Safe Routes to School Conference; Public Health International Conference 2011; Physical Activity and Public Health Course
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE:
National Physical Activity Plan Evaluation
May - June 2011
Topics in this issue
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
Let’s Move! Flash Workout; Walkability Presentation; Physical Activity and Public Health Courses; National Bike Month; National Physical Fitness and Sports Month; National Bike to Work Week; National Bike to Work Day; YMCA Healthy Kids Day
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
Bicycle and Pedestrian Funding at Risk?
RESEARCH NOTES:
Physical Activity Guidelines and Mortality Risk; Physical Activity Attitudes among African Americans; Community Wide Physical Activity Interventions
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
Americans Want Walkable Neighborhoods; NCPPA.ORG Resources and Reports; Parks and Playgrounds Grant Opportunity
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
Bike, Walk, and Wheel Week in Columbia, Missouri; Complete Streets Part of a Broad Plan in Dubuque, Iowa
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
World Congress on Exercise is Medicine/American College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference; 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE:
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Best Practices Award
March - April 2011
Topics in this issue
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
‘Catch’ catching on; March Madness- Bicycle edition; ‘Million PALA Challenge’; National Walk to Work Day; National Start! Walking Day; World Physical Activity Day
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
Senate Passes Resolution Encouraging Physical Activity; Congress: FY 2011 Budget Update
RESEARCH NOTES:
Physical Activity in US Adults; Youth physical activity resource use and activity; Association between social factors and physical activity
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
National Bike Summit; Street Smart Walk Score resource; Portland’s biking investments to yield major savings
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
Safety in Numbers in Minneapolis; Mascot livens up Walking School Bus; South Carolina Complete Streets Resources
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
126th AAHPERD National Convention & Exposition; 15th Annual Health & Fitness Summit; Australian National Tracks and Trails Conference; Symposium on Therapeutic Recreation and Adapted Physical Activity; 2011 International Conference on Aging in the Americas
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE:
Core Project Activities- awareness campaign
January - February 2011
Topics in this issue
NEWS YOU CAN USE:
Physical Activity Fast Facts; What should physical education look like in the year 2020 and beyond?; Jump Rope for Heart Month; Trails Advocacy Week; National Girls and Women in Sports Day
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON:
Congress Passes the National Foundation on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Establishment Act
RESEARCH NOTES:
Integration of Short Bouts of Physical Activity into Organizational Routine: A Systematic Review of the Literature; Diet vs Exercise for the Prevention of Pediatric Obesity: The Role of Exercise; Maintaining a High Physical Activity Level over 20 Years and Weight Gain
REPORTS, SURVEYS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES:
More Jobs in Bike Lanes than Other Road Projects; New Report: Bridging the Gap in Bicycle Networks; America Walks Strategic Plan for 2011-2013
PROMOTING ACTIVE COMMUNITIES:
Over Two Hundred Complete Streets Policies Adopted; San Antonio Adds Outdoor Fitness Equipment to Parks;
Turning Failed Commercial Properties into Parks
UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
Active Living Conference; 2010 Building Healthy Lifestyles Conference; Association for Community Health Improvement Spring Training Conference; National Bike Summit; 27th Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Conference
USC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE:
Core Project Activities
