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ACES: Active Community Environments Initiative
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CDC's Active Community Environments Initiative (ACES) promotes walking, bicycling, and the development of accessible recreation
facilities. It was developed in response to data from a variety of
disciplines, including public health, urban design, and transportation
planning. These data suggest characteristics of our communities such as
proximity of facilities, street design, density of housing, availability
of public transit and of pedestrian and bicycle facilities play a
significant role in promoting or discouraging physical activity.
This initiative encourages environmental and policy interventions that will affect
increased levels of physical activity and improved public health. The
goals are to
Current activities to promote the goals of the Active Community
Environments Initiative include
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promoting physical activity through
trails and partnerships.
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development of the KidsWalk-to-School
program to promote walking and bicycling to school.
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collaboration with public and private agencies to promote National* and
International*
Walk-to-School Day.
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development of the Active Community Environments guidebook for
public health practitioners to use to partner with transportation and
city planning organizations to promote walking, bicycling, and close
to home recreation facilities.
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a partnership with the National Park Services Rivers, Trails, and
Conservation Assistance Program to promote the development and use of
close-to-home parks and recreational facilities.
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collaboration on an Atlanta-based study to review the relationships
of land use, transportation, air quality, and physical activity.
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collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency on a
national survey to study attitudes of the American public toward the
environment, walking, and bicycling.
Active Community Environment Working Papers
The Active Community Environment workgroup is collaborating on a number of working papers and
data analyses designed to better understand how the natural, built, and
social environment influences physical activity. As research provides new
data the current working papers will be updated or new articles posted.
How Land Use and Transportation
Systems Impact Public Health
(PDF - 845K)
This paper is a synthesis of the literature on the relationship
between physical activity and community design.
(updated 12/26/2000)
How Land Use and Transportation
Systems Impact Public Health: An Annotated bibliography (PDF
- 635K)
(updated 12/26/2000)
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found at this link.
For more information...
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Physical Activity and Health Branch
ACES: Active Community Environments Initiative
Telephone: 770-488-5692
Fax: 770-488-5473
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