We would like to thank the representatives from the communities highlighted
in this issue brief:
Nancy Nace, Nashville, Tennessee
Lisa Cirill, Sacramento, California
Holli Smith, Linda Cooper, and Bill
Reger, Wheeling, West Virginia
Mike Whelan, Largo, Florida
David Stotts, Tallahassee, Florida
Lois G. Michaels, MSHyg, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
We are also grateful to our Creating Communities for Active Aging advisory
committee who provided editorial guidance for this document and have
contributed their expertise throughout the project.
David Buchner, MD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dan Burden, Walkable Communities, Inc.
Karen Scott Collins, MD, MPH, New York Health and Hospitals Corporation
Tom Cove, Sporting Goods Manufacturers of America
Carol C. Hogue, RN, PhD, FAAN, University of North Carolina School of
Nursing and UNC Institute on Aging
Marla Hollander, MPH, CHES, Active Living Policy Center
Jan K. Malcolm, Minnesota Department of Health
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Barbara McCann, Smart Growth America
Lois G. Michaels, MSHyg, University of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public Health
Audrey Straight, JD, AARP
Jane C. Stutts, PhD, University of North Carolina, Highway
Safety Research Center
Michael Whelan, City of Largo Recreation and Parks Department
Bill Wilkinson, National Center for Bicycling and Walking
Partnership especially appreciates the invaluable guidance of the advisory
committee chair, Lois G. Michaels, MSHyg, who also serves on Partnership’s
Board of Directors.
Laurie Flaherty, RN, MS, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
also provided assistance.
Partnership staff who worked on this report were Dana
Carr, MPH, Senior
Policy Analyst, with assistance from Molly E. French,
MSCRP, Director
of Policy Research.
Partnership for Prevention is a national membership-based policy research
organization committed to increasing resources for and knowledge about
effetate health departments. Partnership adheres to the highest standards
of scientific evidence supporting the case for preventive services, health
promotion, and environmental health. Partnership can be found online
at www.prevent.org.
This research was supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) under Co-operative Agreement No. DTNH22-00-H-05210. The opinions,
findings, and recommendations contained herein are those of Partnership
for Prevention and do not necessarily represent those of NHTSA or the
other contributors.