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Advancing Physical Activity Through Innovative Approaches

Webinar //

Date:

Apr 04 2017, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

Description

Join this webinar during National Public Health Week to learn about innovative, collaborative approaches to promoting physical activity and preventing chronic diseases. Gain understanding through concrete examples of working with partners to provide physical activity options that advance health equity and promote connecting people to the outdoors. Attend this webinar to learn more about DC Park Rx, Walk with a Doc at the HEALing Community Center in Atlanta, and after-school park programs at Miami-Dade Parks, Florida.

View the presentation slides (PDF): DC Park Rx, HEALing Community Center, Park-based after-school program

Presenters

Robert L. Zarr, MD, MPH 
Pediatrician, Unity Health Care
Founder and Director, DC Park Rx

Charles Moore, MD
President/Founder, HEALing Community Center
Professor, Emory University
Chief of Service, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Grady Health System
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar 2016-2019

Sarah E. Messiah, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

This webinar was funded through cooperative agreement U38OT000131 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Association. The contents of this webinar are solely the responsibility of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official views of the American Public Health Association or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Registration Information

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