APTA Seeks Member Comments on Walking for Surgeon General Call to Action
To
address the public health problem of physical inactivity, the Department of
Health and Human Services is accepting comments on walking as an effective way
to be sufficiently active for health. The information collected will help frame
an anticipated Surgeon General's call to action on this issue.
APTA
will submit comments by the April 30 deadline. APTA members are encouraged to send
their recommendations to APTA to be included in the association's submission to
HHS.
The
notice requests
information on ways to increase walking and community walkability on the
following 2 topics:
(1) Barriers
to walking for youth, adults, seniors, people with developmental injury and
chronic disease-related disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, and
low-income individuals.
(2) Evidence-based
strategies for overcoming those barriers and their reach and impact to increase
physical activity at the population level and among the above-mentioned
subpopulations
Send
your comments by COB April 26 to Lisa Culver, PT, DPT, MBA,
senior specialist, APTA department of clinical practice.