Parks, Trails and Health Resources
Parks, Trails and Health Tools
- Parks, Trails and Health: A Tool for Planners, Parks & Recreational Professionals, and Health Practitioners - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & National Park Service
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/parks_trails_workbook.htm - Parks and Trails Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Toolkit - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/parks_trails/default.htm - From Fitness Zones to the Medical Mile: How Urban Park Systems Can Best Promote Health and Wellness - Trust for Public Lands
http://cloud.tpl.org/pubs/ccpe-health-promoting-parks-rpt.pdf [PDF - 1.5 MB] - National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Access to Parks) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/portal?query=FD0B8C1E-6C81-E1D0-D703-F30D5B526438 - ParkScore - Trust for Public Land
http://parkscore.tpl.org/ - Park Info Park Finder - GreenInfo Network
http://www.greeninfo.org/products/parkinfo
Health and Physical Activity
- Physical Activity Guidelines – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/index.html - 2014 State Indicator Report on Physical Activity – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/features/neighborhood-support-pa.html?utm_source=July+2014&utm_campaign=JulyNews&utm_medium=email - Community Guide to Preventive Services – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recommendations for promoting physical activity
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/index.html
Environmental and policy recommendations
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/environmental-policy/index.html - Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/midcourse/pag-mid-course-report-final.pdf [PDF - 2.2 MB]
Parks and Public Health
- National Recreation and Park Association Research Papers
- Children’s Health and Nature Exposure - National Environmental Education Foundation
http://www.neefusa.org/health/children_nature/resources.htm
http://www.neefusa.org/health/children_nature.htm - Green Cities: Good Health – University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/hhwb/Thm_ActiveLiving.html - The National Parks and Public Health: A National Parks Service Healthy Parks, Healthy People Science Plan 2013
http://www.nps.gov/public_health/hp/hphp/press/HPHP_Science%20Plan_accessible%20version.final.23.july.2013.pdf [PDF - 12.4 MB] - Urban River Parkways: An Essential Tool for Public Health
http://ehs.ph.ucla.edu/news/new-report-coeh-underscores-public-health-benefits-urban-river-parkways - Active Living Research
- Landscape and Human Health Laboratory – University of Illinois
http://lhhl.illinois.edu/ - Green Exercise – University of Essex
http://www.greenexercise.org/index.html - America’s Great Outdoors – U.S. Department of the Interior
http://americasgreatoutdoors.gov/report - Time Out- How Much Time Do Kids Spend Outdoors – Natural Inquirer
http://www.naturalinquirer.org/Time-Out--How-Much-Time-Do-Kids-Spend-Outdoors-i-34.html - Children and Nature Network
http://www.scribd.com/childrenandnature/collections
http://www.childrenandnature.org/research/ - National Recreation and Park Association Safe Routes to Parks Guide
http://www.nrpa.org/Grants-and-Partners/Recreation-and-Health/Walking-Initiatives/ - American Planning Association
- Webinar: Safe Routes to Parks in Your Community
https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/webinars/ - Fact Sheet: Safe Routes to Parks
https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/toolsforhealth/pdf/saferoutestoparks.pdf [PDF - 512 KB]
- Webinar: Safe Routes to Parks in Your Community
National Park and Recreation Organizations
- National Recreation and Park Association
http://www.nrpa.org/ - City Parks Alliance
http://www.cityparksalliance.org - Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
http://www.recpro.org/ - Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org - National Park Service; Rivers, Trails, Conservation Assistance Program
http://www.nps.gov/rtca
Green Infrastructure
- American Society of Landscape Architects
http://www.asla.org/greeninfrastructure.aspx - Landscape Architecture Foundation Landscape Performance Series
http://landscapeperformance.org/ - GreenInfo Network
http://www.greeninfo.org/ - i-Tree
http://www.itreetools.org/about.php - Sustainable Sites Initiative
http://www.sustainablesites.org/
- Page last reviewed: October 27, 2014
- Page last updated: June 6, 2016
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