Parks, Trails and Health Resources
This website is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.
The Healthy Community Design Initiative, also known as the Built Environment and Health Initiative, is no longer a funded program and the information on this website is not being reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
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
https://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
https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/index.html - 2014 State Indicator Report on Physical Activity – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://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/
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- Page last reviewed: October 27, 2014 (archived document)
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