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Community Design for Physical Activity Strategy Track: Kick-offTHEME: Creating An Active America, Together

Monday, May 6, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:15 PMFloor 8, Peachtree Ballrooms A and C

Learning Objectives:

During this strategy track, attendees will:

  1. Have opportunities to network and engage with other recipients, organizations, and DNPAO Science Partners to support collaboration and learning on Community Design for Physical Activity (CD4PA) strategy implementation.
  2. Have a greater understanding of the connection between land use and transportation.
  3. Identify facilitators and barriers to equitable access to places to be physically active.
  4. Have opportunities to troubleshoot, share resources, and get energized. 
  5. Have a greater understanding of how to report CD4PA evaluation milestones and measures. 
  6. Have a greater understanding of communication activities for CD4PA strategy.

Agenda:

1:30 – 1:40PM. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speakers:

  • Ken Rose, MPA, Chief, Physical Activity and Health Branch, DNPAO, CDC

1:40 – 2:00PM. Community Design and Physical Activity from our childhoods and our communities: Hopes and Challenges
Large group and roundtable discussions
Table facilitators: Technical assistance providers, Active People partners, CDC staff
Speakers:

  • Mark Fenton, MS, Adjunct Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
  • Kate Reddy, MS, Public Health Advisor, Physical Activity and Health Branch, DNPAO, CDC

2:00 – 2:50PM. Active Transportation and Land Use:  Connecting the pieces for maximum impact
Speakers:

  • Toccarra Nicole Thomas, AICP, Director, Land Use and Development, Smart Growth America
  • Mark Fenton, MS, Adjunct Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

2:50 – 3:05PM. Communication and Active People, Healthy Nation
Speakers:

  • Ekta Saksena, MPH, FHI360, Office of the Director, DNPAO, CDC
  • Kaitlin Graff, Health Scientist, Physical Activity and Health Branch, DNPAO, CDC

3:05 – 3:15PM. Wrap-up and Charging up for Day 2
Speakers:

  • Ken Rose, MPA, Chief, Physical Activity and Health Branch, DNPAO, CDC