Policy

This book is about a highly detailed, experience-driven exploration of the politics of regional planning and governance in the Twin Cities, from the perspective of a practicing politician.

This article describes Project Brotherhood: A Black Men's Clinic, which is run by Dr. Eric Whitaker and located in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. The clinic helps African-American men in this south Chicago neighborhood combat heart disease (a leading killer of black men in this community), and provide them with other necessary services.

A collection of various website links to help program planners, evaluators and others develop logic models.

This is a one-way livability listserv of the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The sociocultural environment exerts a fundamental influence on health. Interventions to improve education, housing, employment, and access to health care contribute to healthy and safe environments and improved community health.

A community guide to promote walking to school.

This CDC resource outline the six basic steps of program evaluation and illustrates each step with physical activity program examples. Appendices provide information about physical activity indicators, practical case studies and additional evaluation resources.

A summary of proven approaches for promoting physical activity. The Guide to Community Preventive Services reports evidence-based recommendations on effective population-level interventions to promote physical activity.

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has proclaimed April 2008 as National Landscape Architecture Month.

This paper presents the value of school landscapes and design qualities that enrich landscapes for children and community. Concepts and issues are introduced with references and examples. These concepts are used as a lens to view three Seattle case studies. Conclusions focus on conditions that are needed to make enriched school landscapes an integral part of children's learning and community life.