<P>This section covers:<ul><li>Road safety pamphlets relating to pedestrian safety</li><li>Accident statistics</li><li>Reports and proposals for safety improvement</li><li>Safety strategies</li><li>Case studies and reports related to accident prevention</li><li>Case studies and reports related to street crime and perception of crime</li></ul></P>
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Keep kids alive, drive 25 - Web page
"A website about a safety campaign targeting observance of the residential speed limit. In most towns and cities throughout the U.S. the residential speed limit is 25 mph.Free tags:
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Pedestrian Safety Roadshow (US)
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/06/2006 - 23:15Safe pedestrians and a walkable America
Pedestrian Safety Roadshow - Web page
This site is designed to make it easier for the pedestrian safety practitioner and advocate to locate and acquire the most appropriate resources to meet their particular planning, design, and operation needs for pedestrian facilities.
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Walking: an important therapeutic tool
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/06/2006 - 01:14An Important Therapeutic Tool
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Public health strategies for preventing and controlling overweight and obesity in school and worksit
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/06/2006 - 01:12A report on recommendations of the Taskforce on Community Preventive Services
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This paper identifies effective strategies for weight control that can be implemented in schools and workplaces, it looks at nutrition, physical activity, behavioural intentions and various combinations of these
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A different route to health: implications of transport policy
Submitted by administrator on Tue, 13/06/2006 - 00:54Implications of Transport Policy
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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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The walking challenge (stretches and exercises to improve walking stance)
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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.