Healthy Communities Reports

This document provides a list of resources, steps and processes for creating healthy food and physical activity environments.

GIS mapping examples of poor siting decisions are used to help the reader understand the importance of making better school site decisions using a collaborative, data informed, objective process. 

Arizona Department of Health Services partnered with the Arizona Department of Transportation SafeRoutes to School Program to develop a tool that generates a score which represents the walkability,bikeability, and safety of the school (existing or proposed) location.

Improving the Grade describes how attendance-based financing hurts struggling school districts serving poor children and offer policy solutions that support student health and academic success.

As the incidence of pediatric obesity and sedentary lifestyle increases, more children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, formerly a chronic disease primarily of adults who were overweight and had a sedentary lifestyle.

On May 8, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a consensus report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are overweight or obese. 

This report summarizes discussion and findings from the 2005 National Summit on School Design.

This mid-course report examines the research literature and provides recommendations for increasing physical activity levels of American youth across five key settings:  Schools, Preschool and Childcare, Community, Home, and Healthcare.

According to CSBA’s research with school governance teams in California, schoolboard members recognize the link between student health and academicachievement, but when faced with a multitude of competing priorities and limitedresources, are hard pressed to make wellness a high priority in the district/COE.

This document provides guidance for implementing and evaluating Complete Streets.