1. References for Evidence Based Data Facts and Figures –10 Leading Causes of Death by Age Group-2002, National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC –STATISTICA, http://www.statsoft.com/http://www.statsoft.com/ Neighborhood Interventions ACES, http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/aces.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/aces.htm Pedometer Challenges, www.mihelathtools.org/faith/ www.mihelathtools.org/faith/ School Based Interventions Safe Routes to School, www.cdc.gove/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm www.cdc.gove/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm Community Structural Environment, www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/PhysicalActivity/ promotin_health/strategies/community.htm www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/PhysicalActivity/ promotin_health/strategies/community.htm Community Health Workers Promoting and Protecting Healthy Communities: A City Officials Guide to Public Health, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Ohio Department of Health, http://www.odh.state.oh.us/ http://www.odh.state.oh.us/ Worksite Wellness StairWELL to Better Health, www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/stairwell/index.htm www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/stairwell/index.htm Worksite Walkability, www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/walkability/inde x/htm www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/walkability/inde x/htm Main Resources –Center for Disease Control and Prevention, www.cdc.gov www.cdc.gov –Guide to Community Preventive Services, www.thecommunityguide.org www.thecommunityguide.org

2. Physical Activity America on the Move, www.americaonthemove.orgwww.americaonthemove.org The President’s Challenge, http://www.presidentschallenge.org http://www.presidentschallenge.org Nike PE2GO, http://www.nike.comhttp://www.nike.com Dog Walking and Physical Activity in the United States, Sandra A. Ham, MS, and Jacqueline Epping, MEd, Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, April 2006, www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0106.htm www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0106.htm Nutrition Body & Soul, American Cancer Society, http://www.cancer.org http://www.cancer.org 5 A Day and 9 A Day, http://5aday.gov/9aday/http://5aday.gov/9aday/ Health Perspectives in Disease Precention and Health Promotion Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health, MMWR Weekly, February 28, 1986, pg 109-112 The Economics of Integrating Injury and Illness Prevention and Health Promotion Programs, Seth A. Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla and Robert T. Reville, RAND Institute for Civil Justice, February 2005 Take Care New York: A Policy for a Healthier New York City, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, March 2004 Diabetes Disease Management Programs are Strongly Recommended to Improve Diabetes Care, www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/ www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/ Effectiveness of Diabetes Self-Management Education Interventions, www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/www.thecommunityguide.org/diabetes/ Obesity Statewide Center for Healthy Schools, http://www.nyshealthyschools.org/ http://www.nyshealthyschools.org/ Remarks to the NIEHS/NIH Conference on Environmental Solutions to Obesity in America’s Youth, Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Washington Convention Center, http://www.os.dhhs.gov/news/speech/2005/050601.html http://www.os.dhhs.gov/news/speech/2005/050601.html Smoking Cessation Policy and Environmental Change: Executive Summary, New Directions for Public Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion