Complete Streets WG Call Agenda
1. Introductions (Arlie)
12:00-12:10
2. Guest Speaker: Tim Vaske, Voices for Healthy Kids (Jamie to Introduce)
12:10-12:30
3. Member Spotlights (Arlie to Introduce)
• Christiaan Abildso, PhD, MPH, West Virginia University School of Public Health
• Dangaia Sims, PhD Candidate, Penn State University
• Rodney Lyn, PhD, Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Georgia State University
12:30-12:40
4. Working Group Overviews (attachment) (Jamie and Arlie)
• Will form once surveys completed
• Older Adult Group already getting started
• If interested in qualitative case study, please email Jamie ASAP for inclusion in IRB
protocol
12:40-12:50
5. Other Business (Jamie)
• Complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CompleteStreetsProjects
• Google Drive/Drop Box
• Crowd source pictures
• Other items?
12:50-1:00
6. Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 19, 12-1 ET/11-12 CT/10-11 MT/9-10 PT
• Guest Speaker: Emiko Atherton, Director National Complete Streets Coalition
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Guest Speaker
Tim Vaske, Voices for Healthy Kids
Regional Campaign Manager
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Member Spotlight
Christiaan Abildso, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences
West Virginia University School of Public Health
• I am interested in impact of built environment policies,
plans, and programs, especially natural experiments (eg,
school consolidation, complete streets, comprehensive
plans, transportation plans)
• Co-Director of WVU Health Research Center, many
evaluations of state DHHR public health programs
• Fun fact: not much…I’ve met Bill Clinton, if that counts
• Recent publications:
– Bridging the divide between policymakers and public health
researchers. Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse
(2015); lead author, Tom Bias, PhD.
http://bephc.gatech.edu/blog/bridging-divide-policymakers-andpublic-health-researchers
– Assessing the cost-effectiveness of a community rail-trail in
achieving physical activity gains. J Park and Recreation Admin
2012;30(2):102-13.
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Bike to Preschool, 2014
(*I’m in orange)
Member Spotlight
Dangaia Sims, MA
Ph.D. Candidate - Kinesiology
Penn State University
• I research environmental and policy influences on
active travel in diverse populations
• New member of PAPRN+!
• Fun fact: I’m in the middle of my dissertation work
and will be graduating within the next year!
• Recent publications:
– Social Media Reach for a Campaign to Promote Active Travel
to a University Campus. (2016) Journal of Healthcare
Communications [in press]
– Using Parental Active Travel Behavior and Beliefs to Predict AT
to School among Children (Under Review)
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Member Spotlight
Rodney Lyn, PhD, MS
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Georgia State University, School of Public Health
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My research interests are aimed at connecting research
to practice and policy to promote community health and
prevent chronic disease, in majority and minority
communities
PAPRN/PAPRN+ member since 2009
Fun fact: After this call, I’m heading to Amelia Island, FL
to play golf for 4 days 
Recent publications:
– Community Readiness for Childhood Obesity Prevention: Findings
from a Statewide Assessment in Georgia. Environment and
Behavior, vol. 48, no. 1, 2016, pp. 78-88.
– Atlanta Streets Alive: A Movement Building a Culture of Health in
an Urban Environment. Journal of Physical Activity and Health.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2015-0064 (In Press)
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Subgroup Ideas
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Subgroup Title: Understanding Implementation: Case Studies of Complete Streets
Policy Implementation in the United States (co-lead: Jamie Chriqui, Illinois PRC)
• This group will collaborate on a rapid response project (October 1, 2015-May 31,
2016) being funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through Duke
University. Investigators and students interested in examining and learning more
about facilitators and barriers to complete streets policy adoption and
implementation, including how projects are prioritized as part of the
implementation process. As part of this group, you will have an opportunity to:
• Help to pilot test a key informant interview guide
• At your discretion, conduct qualitative telephone interviews with a specific
number of jurisdictions (based on your availability and interest) ideally those
located near you geographically.
• Contribute to the synthesis of the findings from the interviews and/or in-depth
qualitative analyses.
• Co-author manuscript and practitioner briefs emanating from the study.
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Subgroup Title: Examining the Policy Focus on Older Adults in Complete Streets
Policy Language (in conjunction with the PAPRN+ Older Adult working group) (Coleads: Jana Hirsch-co-lead Older Adult Group and Emily Thrun, urban planner, UIC)
• This group will utilize policy data coded by the researchers at the Illinois
Prevention Research Center (as part of the abovementioned complete streets
rapid response project) to identify jurisdictions nationwide that have addressed
older adults as users or potential beneficiaries of complete streets projects. The
Illinois PRC team will provide data on which jurisdictions address older adults and
provide the policies for those jurisdictions. Members of the older adult working
group (and anyone from the complete streets working group who are interested)
will analyze the specific language addressing older adults. This analysis will likely
lead to a brief manuscript and policy brief targeted at transportation and land use
planners as well as at advocacy groups such as AARP.
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Subgroup Title: Getting on the Same Page: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations for Complete
Streets Policy Formulation, Adoption, Implementation, and Evaluation (Co-lead: Arlie
Adkins, Arizona PRC)
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Complete Streets policy formulation, adoption, implementation, and evaluation require
collaboration across public, private and non-profit sectors and between disciplines as varied as
public health, urban planning, public policy, and civil engineering. Despite increasing collaboration
between these disciplines, differences in objectives, approaches, education, and professional
cultures can pose challenges to shifts in policy and practice that could lead to better health and
safety outcomes for all road users. Working group members interested in building connections
across sectors/disciplines and identifying strategies and best practices for holistic, multidisciplinary education, research, and practice will benefit from membership in this group.
As part of this subgroup, you will have an opportunity to:
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Help to develop and conduct a web-survey of cross-sectoral officials in jurisdictions nationwide with complete streets policies
to understand implementation planning, practices, collaborations, funding, challenges, and successes. As part of this activity,
the group will:
• Plan, develop, and execute the survey using Qualtrics or other survey software available from our home institutions
• Analyze and synthesize the results
• Contribute to a manuscript, practitioner briefs (perhaps sectoral-specific) and webinars, and prepare data for use as
pilot data in a future dissemination and implementation grant
• Use the survey data to identify research gaps/needs and possible funding sources for collaborative projects with other
subgroup participants.
• Contribute to research, grant writing, and dissemination products ranging from research articles to practice briefs
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Subgroup Title: Disparities and Complete Streets Policies: Understanding Differences in
Access and Outcomes across Socio-Economic Contexts
• Disparities based on income and race/ethnicity are common across many outcomes
related to physical activity and active travel. Complete streets policies have the
potential to address some of these disparities. However, without a better
understanding of how complete streets policies work in different socio-economic
contexts, there remains the potential to echo or even amplify existing disparities. This
subgroup will work to increase understanding complete streets in different
communities with a goal of informing context-sensitive policy, design, and
implementation strategies.
• Identification of research gaps/needs and opportunities around understanding
outcome and disparities
• Systematic review of literature on complete streets in low-income and/or racial
minority communities
• Identification of possible funding sources for collaborative research projects based on
identified research needs
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Subgroup Title: Economic and activity-related effects of complete streets policies (Lead or
co-lead: Christiaan Abildso, WVU) NOTE: May be able to combine this with the prior idea
• This would be a longer term effort to plan for and submit a grant proposal (perhaps to
NIH) to conduct a pre/post, natural experiment study of the effects of “complete
street” redesigned corridors on multiple PA, social, and economic outcomes.
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