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Alternative Title:
J Transp Health
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Boehmer, Tegan K. ; Wendel, Arthur M. ; Bowers, Frederick ; Robb, Katherine ; Christopher, Ed ; ... More +
Boehmer, Tegan K. ; Wendel, Arthur M. ; Bowers, Frederick ; Robb, Katherine ; Christopher, Ed ; Broehm, Jason E. ; Rose, Ken ; Ralph, Joseph Less -
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Transportation investments have the potential to improve health, but readily available data to guide transportation decisions that could promote health are limited. In October 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Transportation and Health Tool (THT). The tool is a resource to help transportation professionals in states and metropolitan areas access data about transportation and health in their jurisdictions and stimulate discussions on how to improve public health through transportation planning and policy. To develop the tool, a multidisciplinary team identified 190 possible data indicators. Using input from expert panel workshops and criteria that addressed data availability, geographic scale, timeliness, feasibility, validity, and topic area, the team selected 14 transportation and health indicators that covered the four priority topic areas of safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity. The THT contains the raw values for each indicator and a standardized score to enable comparisons. Additionally, the THT contains 25 evidence-based strategies that can help practitioners in states and metropolitan areas take action to improve health outcomes.
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Data
Evidence-based Interventions
Indicators
Public Health
Transportation Systems
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Source:
J Transp Health. 6:530-537
Pubmed ID:
32337155
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC7183575
Document Type:
Journal Article
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CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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