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AARP's 10-Week Walking Program Coordinator's Guide
Walking Campaign 10-WEEK WALKING PROGRAM Program Coordinator’s Guide For Web 9/2008 Developed by the AARP Health Promotion Team TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Why Walking? II. AARP’s 10-Week Walking Program Model III. AARP’s 10-Week Walking Program Roles and Responsibilities IV. Implementation Plan and Timeline V. Kickoff Outline VI. Safety First: EASY Screening Form VII. Walk Leader Duties VIII. Expectations of Participants IX. A Weekly Touch, Sign-Up Sheet, and Postcards X. Scavenger Hunts XI. Group and Weekly Total Sheets XII. Walking Rally XIII. AARP Resources XIV. Walking Certificate This information is being provided to help you implement AARP’s 10-week model walking program in your community. This guide is based on learning’s from: • Active for Life demonstration pilots in 2003, • The walking research pilots in 2004 in Alabama, So. Carolina, Arkansas, and North Carolina, and • Successful 10-week walking programs conducted by other AARP state offices in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Why Walking? AARP research data shows that walking is the preferred type of activity by far – 74% of members who are active say that walking is their most regular type of exercise. As simple as it is, walking briskly 30 minutes a day, five or more days a week can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, arthritis and some cancers. Walking: • Promotes physical activity Studies have shown that people who are physically active, live longer and feel better. It’s never too late to start being active. Walking is a great way to get moving. • Boosts brain power Walking improves your ability to make decisions, solve problems, and focus. -
Walking and Cycling Interactions on Shared-Use Paths
Walking and Cycling Interactions on Shared-Use Paths Hannah Delaney A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of the West of England, Bristol, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK February 2016 Abstract Central to this research are the interactions that take place between cyclists and pedestrians on shared-use paths and the impact of these on journey experiences. This research proposes that as active travel is promoted and as walking and cycling targets are set in the UK, there is a potential for levels of active travel to increase; putting pressure on shared-use paths, and potentially degrading journey experiences. Previous research on shared-use paths focuses on the observable aspects of shared path relations, such as visible collisions and conflict. However, this thesis suggests that it is necessary to investigate shared-path interactions in more depth, not only focusing on the visible signs of conflict but also examining the non-visible experiential interactions. Thus, this research addresses the following questions: - What are the different kinds of interactions that occur on shared-use paths? - How do path users experience and share the path? - What are the respondents’ expectations and attitudes towards the path? - What are the practice and policy options in relation to enhancing shared-path experiences? - Are video recordings a useful aid to in-depth interviews? The Bristol-Bath railway path (Bristol, UK) was chosen as a case study site and a two phased data collection strategy was implemented. Phase I included on-site intercept surveys with cyclists and pedestrians along the path. -
Getting Started
Communities On Foot Getting Started... A community walking scheme developed by Ramblers Cymru JH/March 2010 Contents Introduction Setting up a project Section 1........................................................................................................... • A quick guide to setting up the project 3 • Setting up the project Section 2........................................................................................................... Planning a walk • A quick guide to getting started 7 • Where to walk 10 • Finding your way 13 • A quick guide to grading walks 16 • Walks Grading 16 Useful information Section 3........................................................................................................... Health & Safety • A quick guide to the Doʼs & Donʼts of Walking 18 • General Safety Rules 19 • Body Matters 21 • Natural Hazards 23 Section 4........................................................................................................... Walking for people with special conditions • A quick guide to walking for people with special conditions 26 • Asthma 27 • Blind & Visually impaired people 27 • People with epilepsy 30 • People with limited mobility & wheelchair users 30 Section 5........................................................................................................... Printed Materials 35 Walking Needs Survey 36 • Rationale behind the survey 38 • Survey 39 Planning Walks • Walking Checklist • Risk Assessment • Walk Route • Walk Poster Footsteps Awards • Bronze Award • Silver Award • -
Literature Review of Walking Programs
A LITERATURE REVIEW OF Walking Programs for the British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association by Lucy Buller, M.Sc. January, 2006 Acknowledgment Appreciation is extended to SEARCH Canada for enabling access to the evidencebased literature. Best Practices in Walking Programs 2006 Table of Contents Executive Summary Page 3 Introduction, Project Description, Methods Page 7 Best Practices – What Does it Mean? and Criteria Page 8 List of Best Practices in Walking Programs Page 9 Why Walk? Page 10 Walking Programs Best Practices from British Columbia Page 11 Walking Programs Best Practices from Canada Page 14 Walking Programs Best Practices from Around the World Page 14 Specialty Walking Programs Page 19 Best Practices to Address Critical Elements Page 20 Conclusion and Recommendations Page 22 Tools Page 24 Research and Report: Lucy Buller, M.Sc., Consultant Ph: 2502477135 Email: [email protected] Lucy Buller, M.Sc. 2 Best Practices in Walking Programs 2006 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This literature review was commissioned by The BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA). BCRPA is seeking best practice information on walking programs in order to develop a provincially relevant template or guide for communities as a resource for implementing walking programs. An international research review of best practices in walking programs in communities was conducted to describe and define: Elements of success in walking programs, groups, and/or clubs; Steps for implementation and sustainability; Challenges and lessons learned; Consideration for environmental factors such as demographics and climate; Common indicators for evaluation purposes (data parameters and collection); Case studies as examples of best practices. Notions of “best (or “better”) practice” are essentially concepts that refer to optimal ways of doing something and can refer to individual, community or organizational functions, practices or processes. -
From Fitness Zones to the Medical Mile
From Fitness Zones to the Medical Mile: How Urban Park Systems Can Best Promote Health and Wellness Related publications from The Trust for Public Land The Excellent City Park System: What Makes It Great and How to Get There (2006) The Health Benefits of Parks (2007) Measuring the Economic Value of a City Park System (2009) Funding for this project was provided by The Ittleson Foundation, New York, New York PlayCore, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia About the authors Peter Harnik is director of The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence and author of Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities (Island Press, 2010). Ben Welle is assistant project manager for health and road safety at the World Resources Institute. He is former assistant director of the Center for City Park Excellence and former editor of the City Parks Blog (cityparksblog.org). Special thanks to Coleen Gentles for administrative support. The Trust for Public Land Center for City Park Excellence 660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, D.C. 20003 202.543.7552 tpl.org/CCPE © 2011 The Trust for Public Land Cover photos: Darcy Kiefel From Fitness Zones to the Medical Mile: How Urban Park Systems Can Best Promote Health and Wellness By Peter Harnik and Ben Welle TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 1. A MIXTURE OF USES AND A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING 6 Cincinnati Recreation Commission 8 Fitness Zones, Los Angeles 9 Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee 10 2. STRESS REDUCTION: CALMING TRAFFIC AND EMOTIONS 12 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 15 Sunday Parkways, Portland, Oregon 17 Seattle’s P-Patch 18 Patterson Park, Baltimore 20 3. -
Mall Walking: a Program Resource Guide
Mall Walking A PROGRAM RESOURCE GUIDE Suggested Citation Belza B, Allen P, Brown DR, Farren L, Janicek S, Jones DL, King DK, Marquez DX, Miyawaki CE, Rosenberg D. Mall walking: A program resource guide. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center; 2015. http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/downloads/mallwalking-guide.pdf Images in Mall Walking: A Program Resource Guide are numbered. See the photo credits on page 34 for a complete list of photos. For additional information, please contact Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Washington E-mail: [email protected] Website addresses of nonfederal organizations are provided solely as a service to readers. Provision of an address does not constitute an endorsement of this organization by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of other organizations’ web pages. Contents i Contents ii Authors iii Acknowledgements iv Project Advisory Group 1 Introduction 2 Why Walk? 3 Why Mall Walk? 6 Mall Walking Program Considerations 16 Examples of Mall Walking Programs 25 Think Beyond a Traditional Mall Walking Program 32 References 34 Photo Credits 35 Appendices 44 Walking Resources Authors Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN Health Promotion Research Center, School of Nursing, Sarah Janicek, MEd, MA University of Washington Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition University of Illinois at Chicago Laura Farren, BS Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington David X. Marquez, PhD, FACSM, FGSA Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, Center for Research on Health and Aging, University of Illinois at Christina E. Miyawaki, PhD, MSW Chicago Group Health Research Institute, Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington Dori Rosenberg, PhD, MPH Group Health Research Institute, Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington Dina L. -
ACE Walking Toolkit
The American Council on Exercise (ACE), a leading non-profit health and fitness organization, is dedicated to ensuring that individuals have access to well-qualified health and fitness professionals, as well as science-based information and resources on safe and effective physical activity. Ultimately, we want to empower all Americans to be active, establish healthy behaviors and live their most fit lives. ACE envisions a world in which obesity and other preventable lifestyle diseases are on the decline because people have been understood, educated, empowered, and granted responsibility to be physically active and committed to healthy choices. We are excited that the Surgeon General used the influence of his position to draw attention to physical inactivity—a critical public health issue—and to create a pathway to change the sedentary culture of this nation through his introduction of Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Walking and Walkable Communities. ACE strongly supports this emphasis on walking and walkable communities as part of our mission and commitment to fighting the dual epidemics of obesity and inactivity, and creating a culture of health that values and supports physically active lifestyles. But we know that we can’t accomplish our mission alone. Creating a culture of health will require the focus of policymakers, the dedication of fitness professionals, and the commitment of individuals to live sustainable, healthy lifestyles. This toolkit is a demonstration of our commitment to support the landmark Call to Action. It has been designed to help fitness professionals “Step It Up!” and lead safe and effective walking programs, and become advocates for more walkable communities. -
Watch and Learn Maines
Watch and Learn Maines Watch and Learn How observation can enhance understanding of walkability and bikability around transit stations Option Paper Kat Maines Advisor: Brian Stone, Ph.D. 04.21.2016 1 Watch and Learn Maines Contents I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5 II. Literature Review ................................................................................................... 7 A. What’s the problem with first and last mile connectivity around transit stations? .......................................................................................................................... 7 B. What are the elements of a complete and high quality first and last mile network? .......................................................................................................................... 9 i. Sidewalks and paths ........................................................................................ 10 ii. Elements of an interesting walking environment ......................................... 10 iii. Bike Lanes ........................................................................................................ 11 iv. End of trip facilities and transit accommodations ......................................... 12 v. Bike share ......................................................................................................... 12 vi. Traffic calming ................................................................................................. -
Old Town Keller Phase II Survey
6/29/2018 SelectSurvey.NET v5 0 SELECTSURVEY.NET V5.0 (SURVEYLIST.ASPX) Admin Keller Results Text This page shows the results text of the question item that you selected. Old Town Keller Phase II Survey Respondents: 1368 Status: Closed Launched 03/05/2018 Closed Date: 05/08/2018 Date: 11. Thinking about the improvements made in Old Town Phase I (west of Hwy. 377/Main Street) Full in 2017, including parking, lighting, landscaping, public art and pedestrian amenities, what Response do you like? 1. Pedestrian friendly aspects View Response 2. parking and lighting View Response 3. parking View Response 4. Parking View Response 5. Lighting and parking seem safer View Response 6. The easy parking lot View Response 7. It’s cleaned up the area and made it more inviting. View Response 8. Lighting, walk ability View Response 9. walkway connecting to bike paths View Response 10. parking View Response 11. Landscaping, walkability View Response 12. Parking area. access to the trail View Response 13. parking improvements View Response 14. All of it. Wonderful! View Response 15. that it has been cleaned up View Response 16. sidewalks, parking, lighting View Response 17. parking and art work side walk improvement View Response 18 ddi i l ki View Response http://10.selectsurvey.net/CityOfKeller/ResultsText.aspx?ItemID=3131&ItemNumber=11&SurveyID=n2LH8n2&Type=Other&ItemTypeID=3 1/27 6/29/2018 SelectSurvey.NET v5 18. additional parking View Response 19. Parking and art View Response 20. Creating a cohesive atmosphere that invites growth, innovation, etc. View Response 21. Parking, landscaping and art1 View Response 22. -
Homeless Campaigns, & Shelter Services in Boulder, Colorado
Dreams of Mobility in the American West: Transients, Anti- Homeless Campaigns, & Shelter Services in Boulder, Colorado Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Andrew Lyness, M.A. Graduate Program in Comparative Studies The Ohio State University 2014 Dissertation Committee: Leo Coleman, Advisor Barry Shank Theresa Delgadillo Copyright by Andrew Lyness 2014 Abstract For people living homeless in America, even an unsheltered existence in the urban spaces most of us call “public” is becoming untenable. Thinly veiled anti-homelessness legislation is now standard urban policy across much of the United States. One clear marker of this new urbanism is that vulnerable and unsheltered people are increasingly being treated as moveable policy objects and pushed even further toward the margins of our communities. Whilst the political-economic roots of this trend are in waning localism and neoliberal polices that defined “clean up the streets” initiatives since the 1980s, the cultural roots of such governance in fact go back much further through complex historical representations of masculinity, work, race, and mobility that have continuously haunted discourses of American homelessness since the nineteenth century. A common perception in the United States is that to be homeless is to be inherently mobile. This reflects a cultural belief across the political spectrum that homeless people are attracted to places with lenient civic attitudes, good social services, or even nice weather. This is especially true in the American West where rich frontier myths link notions of homelessness with positively valued ideas of heroism, resilience, rugged masculinity, and wilderness survival. -
The Vagrant Spaces of the Malls, Enclave Estates, the Filmic and the Televisual
Edith Cowan University Research Online Theses: Doctorates and Masters Theses 1-1-2001 Imagineering the community: The vagrant spaces of the malls, enclave estates, the filmic and the televisual Dennis Wood Edith Cowan University Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses Part of the Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Wood, D. (2001). Imagineering the community: The vagrant spaces of the malls, enclave estates, the filmic and the televisual. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1029 This Thesis is posted at Research Online. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1029 Edith Cowan University Copyright Warning You may print or download ONE copy of this document for the purpose of your own research or study. The University does not authorize you to copy, communicate or otherwise make available electronically to any other person any copyright material contained on this site. You are reminded of the following: Copyright owners are entitled to take legal action against persons who infringe their copyright. A reproduction of material that is protected by copyright may be a copyright infringement. Where the reproduction of such material is done without attribution of authorship, with false attribution of authorship or the authorship is treated in a derogatory manner, this may be a breach of the author’s moral rights contained in Part IX of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Courts have the power to impose a wide range of civil and criminal sanctions for infringement of copyright, infringement of moral rights and other offences under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Higher penalties may apply, and higher damages may be awarded, for offences and infringements involving the conversion of material into digital or electronic form. -
A Guide for Developing Community and Individual Walking Programs
THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE PRESENTS WALK THIS WAY! A GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL WALKING PROGRAMS Walking_Toolkit_Community_KM.indd 1 10/9/15 3:30 PM The American Council on Exercise (ACE), a leading non-profit health and fitness organization, is dedicated to ensuring that individuals have access to well-qualified health and fitness professionals, as well as science- based information and resources on safe and effective physical activity. Ultimately, we want to empower all Americans to be active, establish healthy behaviors and live their most fit lives. ACE envisions a world in which preventable, lifestyle-related diseases—such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer—are on the decline because people have been understood, educated, empowered, and granted responsibility to be physically active and committed to healthy choices. We are excited that the Surgeon General used the influence of his position to draw attention to physical inactivity—a critical public health issue—and to create a pathway to change the sedentary culture of this nation through his introduction of Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Walking and Walkable Communities. A CE strongly supports this emphasis on walking and walkable communities as part of our mission and commitment to fighting the dual epidemics of obesity and inactivity, and creating a culture of health that values and supports physically active lifestyles. But we know that we can’t accomplish our mission alone. Creating a culture of health will require the focus of policymakers, the dedication of fitness professionals, and the commitment of individuals to live sustainable, healthy lifestyles.