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NRPA Update

2016 NRPA Annual Conference:
What's New in Health and Wellness Education
By Tom Crosley

T

he importance of positioning parks and recreation as essential services to our elected officials is an oft-heard refrain. Happily, the information and inspiration you need to position your agency as part
of the solution to the nation's health epidemic can be found in the
educational offerings at the 2016 NRPA Annual Conference.
Following are a handful of the
more than 20 sessions in our Health
and Wellness learning track and almost 50 interdisciplinary education
sessions also aligned with that Pillar.
Park Prescriptions - Nature Is
the Medicine: Park Rx, a new model
of prevention and wellness, is a community health initiative whose mission is to " prescribe " time in parks to
prevent and treat chronic disease and
promote wellness.
Safe Routes to Parks: Learn how
to facilitate the implementation of
Safe Routes to Parks, including the
benefits, partnerships, funding sources and key elements.

Seniors and Health
According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
by the middle of the 21st century, the
number of Americans age 65 and older
is expected to almost double. What is
park and recreation's role in providing
service to this growing population? Educational offerings around this subject
includes:
Trends in Senior Centers - Health
and Wellness: Models of café, fitness/wellness, technology, lifelong
learning, arts and engagement-centered facilities and programs will be
discussed.
NRPA Research Session (NRS) -
Social Outcomes for Older Adults: 
Come learn about the implications
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of social relationships on health in a
community center, psychosocial influences on physical activity involvement
among the elderly, and promoting
team sport participation among older
women.
Children, Teens and Health
Attend these sessions for a better understanding of the childhood obesity
epidemic and how parks and recreation is part of the solution.
Empowering Youth to Tackle the
Obesity Crisis: This session will reinforce importance of including youth in
efforts to improve health and wellness
in communities. An energetic strategic
planning session will engage the audience in thinking, planning and fitness.
Play Forever Play Spaces: Forty-nine million people live in multigenerational households. As a result,
new playground designs are emerging as communities look for ways to
provide active living for the multigenerational family. This session will focus on the design of multigenerational play spaces and provide examples
from around the world.
New to the 2016 Conference
Healthy Parks Tool - A Mobile Workshop at the Gateway Arch (pre-registration required, space is limited):
This workshop will introduce participants to the new Healthy Parks Settings

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Tool, developed by the National Park
Service Healthy Parks Healthy People
program in collaboration with the Pan
American Health Organization. Enjoy
a walk in the park and assess the health
benefits of the newly renovated Gateway Arch grounds.
Health and Wellness-Themed
Learning Lab: Join us for the following sessions in the Learning Lab on
the Exhibit Hall floor:
*	 Health and Wellness Meet and Mingle: Come meet with your peers,
NRPA staff and partners to discuss
the latest trends and hot topics in
health and wellness for parks and
recreation.
*	 Get Inspired with NRPA's New Foods
of the Month Curriculum: Learn
about new, fun, easy-to-use and free
materials developed by NRPA that
teach children about healthy eating.
*	 Just Map It - Parks and Health: Get
your visual brain working with a
hands-on case study that will examine the intersection of health
and the built environment.
*	 No Equipment? No Problem! Creative
Ways to Incorporate Physical Activity:
Learn some great strategies for incorporating physical activity into
your programming, even when you
have limited resources and facilities.
Thanks to our conference program
committee, NRPA staff and our
wonderful volunteer speakers, we'll
help you to tell your health and wellness story at the 2016 NRPA Annual
Conference. See you there. 
Tom Crosley is NRPA's Education Manager,
Conferences and Schools (tcrosley@nrpa.org).



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