Health Impact Assessment, Physical Activity and Federal Lands Trail Policy

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Behav Policy Rev
• Personal Author:
  Davis, Sally M. ; Cruz, Theresa H. ; Kozoll, Richard L.
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  The objectives of this paper are to describe the application of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to inform trail decisions affecting a rural, under-resourced community and propose the routine integration of HIAs to enhance NEPA environmental assessments and environmental impact statements for trail decisions on federal lands.
  
  Methods
  
  Screening, scoping, assessment, recommendations, reporting, monitoring and evaluation are being used to examine the health impact of trail location and design.
  
  Results
  
  HIA recommendations are being integrated into the public lands National Environmental Protection Act process for planning access to a new segment of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. Potential users from a nearby rural New Mexico community and a region of almost one million may benefit from this HIA-informed planning.
  
  Conclusions
  
  HIA can be integrated into the policy and decision-making process for trails on public lands.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Health Impact Assessment Public Lands Trail Policy
• Source:
  Health Behav Policy Rev. 1(1):82-95.
• Pubmed ID:
  27213163
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4870598
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP001931/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bb43fc2eef65a82ee46fc5e90b3a25ff16e457761484e0219ad225edff67ae2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39654/cdc_39654_DS1.pdf
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