Active Living by Design

ALBD Resource Guides

mdessauer — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:29:05 -0600

Annotated Resource Guides provide a list of relevant websites, toolkits, best practices, and examples related to specific topics. These guides were developed for the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities grantees and are available for any community interested in creating lasting healthier changes.

The ALBD Resource Guides include:

Promoting Active Living: A Guide To Marketing and Communication

mdessauer — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:14:17 -0500

This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation guide is designed to help you use communication tools to speak to your community about the value of active living. It is a step-by-step approach to planning marketing and communications programs with examples of other programs and tools and resources to assist your program. This is a large PDF file (89 pages) and may take time to download.

Examining America’s Physical Fitness and Obesity Crisis

mdessauer — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:50 -0500

Portland Neighborhood Uses Art to Build Community and Promote Physical Activity

mdessauer — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:59:24 -0500

More Folks are Walking in Wheeling Thanks to a Community-Based Media Campaign

mdessauer — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:52:36 -0500

Carolina Public Health - ALBD in Focus

mdessauer — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:20:41 -0600

ALbD Sustainability: Columbia's Walking School Bus

mdessauer — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:47:09 -0500

Columbia, Missouri's Walking School Bus program began in 2005, and by last spring 435 students at ten schools are walking to school every day instead of being driven. Now, says Ian Thomas of the PedNet Coalition, the goals are to extend that success to even more students and schools, and to disseminate the knowledge they've gained to other Missouri communities.

Active Living/Healthy Eating 101 Presentation

mdessauer — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:12:14 -0500

NC Legislative Task Force Presentation: Physical Activities Policies and Built Environment

mdessauer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:10:24 -0600

This presentation was given to the North Carolina Legislative Task Force on February 15, 2010. The presentation was created by Phil Bors and Kelly Evenson and provided an overview of policy and built environment strategies to increase physical activity in North Carolina.

Using Active Living Principles to Promote Physical Activity in Rural Areas

mdessauer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:50:44 -0600

This document is meant for community advocates, leaders, policy makers, or any other stakeholders that are interested in creating supports for active living within rural communities. The purpose of the following case studies is to tell stories about five rural communities strengths and challenges in promoting physical activity. Their experiences can inform other advocates in rural communities striving to make broad public health and community design changes that encourage physical activity.