Safety education of pedestrians for injury prevention
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/06/2006 - 00:49A systematic review of randomised controlled trials
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Widening the lens on child health
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/06/2006 - 00:22Link to PDF file - Widening the lens on child health - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
An editorial on the inequalities in childhood mortality.Free tags:
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Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity and time spent in cars
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 23:57
An article which evaluates the relationship between the built environment around each participant's place of residence and self-reported travel patterns (walking and time in a car), body mass index (BMI), and obesity for specific gender and ethnicity classifications
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Promoting and protecting the health of children and young people
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 23:53
An article about health promotion interventions that can target children and young people and lay the foundations of a healthy lifestyle that may be maintained in adulthood
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Battling America's epidemic of physical inactivity: building more walkable, liveable communities
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 23:51Building more walkable, liveable communities
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An article which explores the possibility of creating environments which promote physical activity, in particular walking.
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The walking challenge (stretches and exercises to improve walking stance)
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Proportion of trips made by walking
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 20:50Estimating a state-level baseline for healthy people in 2010 - objective 22-14
A paper investigating the number of short trips made by walking in Michigan, US
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Prevention.com: walking
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 20:41Free tags:
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Walk this way (US events for health promotion)
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 20:36www.womensday.com - Document
Offers information on special walking events in the US for health promotion
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Relationships among community characteristics and walking etc
Submitted by administrator on Mon, 12/06/2006 - 20:14
A paper comparing walking and bicycling for transportation. The authors found that communities with more parks had significantly higher levels of walking and bicycling for transportation.
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About Us
Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.
We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting, commuting, shopping, between appointments, or out on the streets for exercise, for leisure or for pleasure.