Healthy Communities Reports

According to CSBA’s research with school governance teams in California, schoolboard members recognize the link between student health and academicachievement, but when faced with a multitude of competing priorities and limitedresources, are hard pressed to make wellness a high priority in the district/COE.

In December 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth.

Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices is the result of a collaborative partnership among the American Planning Association (APA), the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC), and the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN).

School districts are responsible for the education of almost 50 million public school students. This report identifies the larger community interest in decisions about retaining existing schools and deciding where to locate new ones. 

Part IV of the series "Steps to a Walkable Community: A Guide for Citizens, Planners, and Engineers."

The Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles (BHELA) Community Health Assessment explores the nexus between the built environment, public policy, and urban planning in an effort to determine their impact on the health and wellbeing of residents in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles.

This document provides guidance for implementing and evaluating Complete Streets.

This report documents trends in obesity and related health conditions and program and policy strategies to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.

This guide provides strategies for repealing traffic laws related to walking and biking that are racially enforced—laws that fail to enhance community safety and instead increase the risk of conflict with law enforcement for certain groups. It is designed for advocates and organizations planning to start policy campaigns to address these issues. Recognizing that policy campaigns are not one-size-fits-all, the guide offers adaptable policies to suit the unique needs of your organization, partners, and stakeholders.

The aim of the Active School Neighborhood Checklist (ASNC) is to provide decision makers with a quantitative tool for evaluating the potential long-term health impacts of candidate school sites on the children who will attend them.