The Active Living Conference 2023 was a roaring success and PAPREN played a significant and visible role. In addition to being an official conference partner, we held several events. The poster session, speed talks, and oral presentations featured the work of PAPREN Work Groups and collaborators.

After chatting with new and old friends at our lunch roundtable on Tuesday, we co-hosted the poster and networking session with Active People, Healthy Nation^SM Tuesday evening

and hosted a lively, fun networking event on Wednesday evening.

PAPREN was well-represented throughout the conference in posters, speed talks, and oral presentations.  Couldn’t attend this year? Check out the list below.

We led a PAPREN panel featuring all six Work Groups that was a great introduction for the “PAPREN-curious”.

Last but not certainly not least, we convened the PAPREN Work Group Fellows at ALC through financial support of CDC. The Fellows all made the most of this valuable opportunity to mix with researchers and practitioners. Just as importantly, it was a chance for them to connect with each other. The Fellows have expressed immense gratitude for the experience. In a true example of the power of a network, they made plans to stay connected after the conference.

(L to R: Tony Price, Equity & Inclusion Work Group; Marilyn Wende, Rural Active Living Work Group; Andy Johns, Parks & Green Space Work Group; Frederique Huneycutt, Worksite Work Group. Not shown: Matt Dean, Transportation Policy & Planning Work Group; Marisa Tsai, School Wellness Work Group).

PAPREN Work Groups speed talk session

Advancing the Science of Parks and Green Space Physical Activity Policy: the PAPREN Parks and Green Space Work Group

Advancing the Science of Rural Physical Activity Policy: the PAPREN Rural Active Living Work Group

Advancing the Science of School Physical Activity Policy: the PAPREN School Wellness Work Group

Advancing the Science of Health and Active Transportation Policy: the PAPREN Transportation Policy & Planning Work Group

WAdvancing Evidence-based Workplace Physical Activity Policy: the PAPREN Business/Industry Work Group

Speed talks

A Multi-State Perspective on Advancing Active Living Contexts through the Cooperative Extension System

How are they doing that?? Outdoor pursuits and learning at rural Maine schools

Oral presentations

Designing Communities to Support Activity and Equity: The Role of Zoning and Land Use Policy

Zoning for Physical Activity and Housing Affordability – Characteristics of Jurisdictions that Adopt Both Pedestrian-Oriented Zoning and Affordable Housing Provisions

Pedestrian-Oriented Zoning, Racialized Economic Segregation, and Active Travel to Work, United States

Do Built Environment Demonstration Events Lead to Permanent Changes? A Systematic Review

Do State Comprehensive Planning Statutes Address Physical Activity? Implications for Rural Communities

Barriers and Facilitators of Equity Considerations in Bicycling Infrastructure, Planning and Programming: A Focus Group Study

Installing and Maintaining Sidewalks – Whose Job is It Anyway? A Review of 12 Municipalities’ Policies and Practices

Active Living, Syndemics, and Planetary Health: the Path towards Climate Justice

Posters

Physical Activity Policy Research and Evaluation Network

The Role of State COVID-19 Orders in Influencing Adult Physical Activity during the Pandemic

COVID-19 Policy Impacts on Rail-trail Usage in a Small, Metropolitan US County

A Syndemic Approach to Reducing Risk After COVID in Rural and Urban Places: Lessons for Prevention