Healthy Communities: Reports, Evaluations, and Toolkits
Report, Website
Ten Principles for Building Healthy Places

This report sets out 10 principles that can be used to approach building healthy communities. The principles in the report will help people live longer, more productive lives, re­duce unhealthy lifestyles, help improve a community’s competitive advantages, and allow developers, investors, local governments, and citizens to prosper.

Report
Physical Activity Supports Academic Achievement

This easy-to-read special report, released in 2013, is a roadmap for parents, educators, school administrators, and school volunteers to create healthier school environments so the children in their lives are better positioned to learn.

Toolkit, Video, Laws and Policies
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Law Enforcement Training

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed videos and training resources on bicyle and pedestrian safety for law enforcement. 

Report
State Network Policy Successes

In 2010 and 2011, the 20 state networks engaged more than 600 partner organizations and agencies in policy priorities based upon the following policy categories:

Report, Case Study
The Second Wave:

This report describes the strategies, partners, successes and lessons learned from the Safe Routes to School state network project in 20 states during 2010.

Toolkit, Case Study
Steps to a Walkable Community – Part IV

Part IV of the series "Steps to a Walkable Community: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Engineers."

Fact Sheet, Report, Case Study
Student Wellness

This resource provides school board members with information on local wellness and physical activity resources, sample policies, case studies and fact sheets.

Toolkit, Report, Case Study
Steps to a Walkable Community – Part II

Steps to a Walkable Community compilesmultidisciplinary tactics that readers can assemble into customstrategies designed for their community’s circumstances. 

Report
Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States

This report describes the expert panel process that was used to identify 24 recommended strategies for obesity prevention and a suggested measurement for each strategy that communities can use to assess performance and track progress over time. 

Report
School Wellness Policy and Practice

This guide is designed to help schools respond the the special nutrition concerns of low-income students in their wellness policies, including through increasing physical activity and recreational opportunities.