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Schools, families, and communities can work together to
encourage active lifestyles. To achieve this objective,
priority recommendations include adoption of school-based
curricula and policies that provide quality, daily physical
education for all students, encouragement of policies
that provide K-12 students with opportunities for physical
activity outside of formal PA classes, and provision of
opportunities to replace sedentary behaviors, like TV
watching.
The descriptions below illustrates what organizations
and communities are doing to support priority recommendations
to increase physical activity for children.
This pilot program
for elementary schools across Washington state seeks to get more
children walking or biking safely to school. The specific, quantitative
objectives for this project are to have the Bicycle Alliance assist up
to 15 schools in developing and implementing a Safe Routes to School plan in 2004.
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Target
audience: Elementary or middle school teachers,
administrators or PTAs who ultimately will put in
place plans that impact the children at their respective
schools.
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Evaluation:
We will track how many students actually start riding
or walking to school, and how many of the schools
incorporate bike safety lessons into the students'
curriculum.
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Partners:
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC)
provided the funding to make it possible for the
Bicycle Alliance to take on this project. The web-based
program we will use to develop the Safe Routes plan
was designed and is being offered by colleagues
from British Columbia. The Department of Health
(DOH) was, at the time of this submission, looking
for funding to make a stipend available to each
school for their participation in the program.
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Lead
agency role: The Bicycle
Alliance promotes bicycling for health, recreation
and transportation.
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For
more information:
Linda
Schwartz
Tel: 206-224-9252
Fax: 206-224-9254
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Kids,
bring your parents for a bike ride! We offer safety
brochures to children and sell low-cost bike helmets
at community centers in Seattle and at Seward Park.
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Target
audience: Kids and Parents
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Evaluation:
Participation in rides
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Partners:
N/A
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Lead
agency role: The Cascade
Bicycle Club Education Foundation is dedicated
to empowering people to ride their bicycles more
frequently, in order to improve their health, to
lower their environmental impact and to create a
better community through bicycling. Programs and
materials are free or low-cost.
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For
more information:
Peter Luyckx
Tel: 206-523-1952
Fax: 206-522-2407
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This publication was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement
Number U58/CCU019291 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility
of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official
views of the CDC. |
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Last updated: July 18, 2004 |
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