June 2023

It's been a great year! We appreciate PAPREN members for your enthusiastic participation and help making our Network grow and thrive.

As usual we'll take a summer break from Grand Rounds and Network calls in June and July. We'll return with a Network call in August featuring the Intersections Initiative, a yearlong collaboration among America Walks, the League of American Bicyclists, and the Safe Routes Partnership supported by CDC as part of Active People, Healthy Nation^SM. The Initiative aims to build capacity to apply for infrastructure funding to support active and public transportation projects and identify the policies and practices that make this a reality. There will be an overview and ideas about research opportunities related to federal infrastructure funding.

Upcoming webinar: Investing in Active Transportation to Reduce Carbon - Innovative State and Regional Programs

Wednesday, June 21 1:00 ET (Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)

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Upcoming webinar: TrailNation Playbook in Action: Creating Engagement Moments that Accelerate Your Trail Network

Wednesday, June 28 1:00 ET (Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)

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Meeting time: 12-1 ET/11-12 CT/10-11 MT/9-10 PT

Next meeting: June 26

Equity & Inclusion

Meeting time: 

1st Wednesdays 2-3 ET/1-2 CT/12-1 MT/11-12 PT

Next meeting: Aug 2

Meeting time: 2nd Tuesdays 1-2 ET/12-1 CT/11-1 MT/10-11 PT

Next meeting: June 13

Scott County Walk Audit Toolkit and User Guide (Christina McDonough, Scott County Health Department)

Worksite Wellness

New meeting day/time:

1st Fridays 1-2 ET/12-1 CT/11-12 MT/10-11 PT

Next meeting: July 7

Meeting time:

2nd Tuesdays 2-3 ET/1-2 CT/12-1 MT/11-12 PT

Next meeting: June 13

Healthy Schools: Sneak Preview of New Cooperative Agreement (Sarah Sliwa and Caitlin Merlo, CDC)

Meeting time: 2nd Wednesdays 1-2 ET/12-1 CT/11-12 MT/10-11 PT

Next meeting: July 12

Executive Director, Safe Routes Partnership: Safe Routes Partnership, an Active People, Healthy Nation^SM partner, aims to advance policy change, catalyze support for healthy communities, foster a commitment to equity in active transportation, and share their deep expertise to improve support for walking and bicycling to school and beyond. They are deeply committed to expanding federal resources for Safe Routes to School as well as walking and rolling in everyday life with a core focus on advancing equity. Click here for the job announcement and click here to apply.

Physical Activity, Built Environment and Connectivity Specialist, LSU AgCenter: The Specialist will work with rural communities on issues related to bicycle, pedestrian, and ADA connectivity in the northern part of Louisiana (job is based out of Alexandria, LA). Applicants from public health, planning, landscape architecture, kinesiology, or other relevant backgrounds are welcome. Click here to apply or contact Jessica Stroope for more information.

CDC Prevention Research Evaluation ORISE Fellowship: The fellow will improve their skills in public health program evaluation including evaluation planning and design; data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation; and evaluation reporting as a result of this training. The appointment will initially be for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of CDC and is contingent on the availability of funds. The appointment is full-time and based in Atlanta, GA. Application Deadline: June 12, 2023, 3:00 PM ET.

CDC Implementation Science ORISE Fellowship: The fellow will engage researchers from the PRCs and practitioners from State and Territorial Chronic Disease Units (CDUs); review and prioritize existing translation models that can be useful in guiding the PRC’s translation work including a model developed by CDC and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors; develop and promote examples of translation model elements in action; develop, refine, and share research and practice tools that can be used to enhance dissemination and implementation of PRC evidence-based interventions (EBls); participate in the development of a dissemination and implementation toolkit; and serve as a resource and support the CDC PRC Program by providing dissemination, translation, and implementation subject expertise in programmatic decisions. The appointment will initially be for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of CDC and is contingent on the availability of funds. The appointment is full-time and based in Atlanta, GA. Application Deadline: June 14, 2023, 3:00 PM ET.

Community Connectors Grant Program: With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Smart Growth America in collaboration with Equitable Cities, the New Urban Mobility Alliance, and America Walks have created the Community Connectors program to help advance locally driven projects that will reconnect communities separated or harmed by transportation infrastructure and tap available federal and state funds to support them. 15 teams from small to mid-sized cities (between approximately 50,000 and 500,000 in population) will be selected to receive a capacity-building grant to advance these projects. Public entities and nonprofit organizations may apply together as small teams to receive grants of up to $130,000 each for capacity building to advance these projects. In addition to the grant, the selected teams will also receive customized technical assistance and participate in a learning exchange program over the subsequent 18-24 months, which includes a required convening in Atlanta, GA in November 2023. Applications are due before July 15, 2023, at 11:59 pm.

Active Schools National Summit: July 19-21, University of Northern Colorado. The summit is focused on creating and sustaining an active school culture and registration is currently open. The summit is also accepting research/poster proposals and encourages members to share their work.

Call for presentation proposals for the SHIFT Summit 2023: The Summit will be September 10-14, 2023, Bend, OR. Research and practice presentation proposals related to issues at the intersection of outdoor recreation, conservation, environmental economics, social justice and public health are invited for submission. We welcome pilot projects and ideas currently in progress that have potential to be further developed through discussion at the Summit. Presentations should be related to one of the focus themes: Equitable Engagement and Diverse Impact; Nature Immersion and Experiences; New Findings and Trends in Integrating Nature and Preventive Health; Conservation and Land Management; Emerging Technologies and Economic Impacts; Fostering and Engaging Community; Advocacy for Nature-Derived Health Services for Individuals and Children; Reducing Workplace Burnout and Personal Stress. Deadline for proposals: June 12.

New Research

Webber BJ, Yun HC, Whitfield GP. Leisure-time physical activity and mortality from influenza an pneumonia: a cohort study of 577 909 adults. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published online first: 16 May 2023. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106644.

New Resources

Best Complete Streets Policies 2023, Smart Growth America: With support through CDC’s Active People, Health Nation Initiative, Smart Growth America released the latest of edition of Best Complete Streets Policies 2023 report. This report evaluates and ranks the 157 Complete Streets policies passed across the country since 2019. Policies across jurisdictions of many sizes and contexts were evaluated. The report also features case studies of four communities that adopted exemplary Complete Streets policies, detailing the policy development process and how they navigated barriers to adoption.

Removing Red Tape for Complete Streets Projects in Small Rural Communities (short video about changes to the Transportation Alternatives Program in Louisiana)