The Training ScheduleSession details and meeting materials
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:
- 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.
- Have a greater understanding of the connection between land use and transportation.
- Identify facilitators and barriers to equitable access to places to be physically active.
- Have opportunities to troubleshoot, share resources, and get energized.
- Have a greater understanding of how to report CD4PA evaluation milestones and measures.
- 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