Partnerships and Key Strategies
Embrace Health and Wellness as a Significant Factor in Transportation Decisions
North Carolina must embrace a diversified statewide transportation program that contributes significantly to improved public health and wellness by providing and supporting the development of active living environments with safe, connected and accessible transportation facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services and NCDOT will work cooperatively with local health organizations, insurance companies and health care providers to implement the recommendations in this Plan to ensure that North Carolina's transportation system becomes part of successful intervention solutions.
THIS DIAGRAM REPRESENTS THE PARTNERSHIPS AND LEAD AGENCIES NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THIS PRINCIPLE.
Public health and wellness
| Objectives (The WHAT) |
| Increase active living environments |
Increase the safety, connectivity and accessibility of the bicycle and pedestrian network |
Improve public health outcomes |
Increase ADA compliance |
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| Performance Measures (The EVALUATION) |
| Physical inactivity rates |
Obesity rates |
Pedestrian and bicyclist crash and fatality rates (per capita) relative to other states |
Health care costs (attributable to inactivity and sedentary lifestyle) |
Percent of existing facilities brought into compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements |
Inclusion of transportation planning questions as part of existing surveillance questionnaires used by the NC Department of Health (tracking health and wellness principle) |
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| Example Strategies (The HOW) |
| Implement programs that encourage walking and bicycling |
Involve health policy practitioners in comprehensive transportation planning, project scoping, and development |
Continue DHHS and NCDOT Active Routes to School (ARTS) partnership |
Incorporate Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) into transportation decision-making |
Expand education, encouragement, and enforcement programs |
Build and maintain partnerships between transportation and health professionals |
Incorporate Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines into transportation development practices, strategies, and implementation |
Establish evaluation/benchmarking program |
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