CDC Launches Active People, Healthy Nation (SM) Featuring CPSTF-Recommended Strategies

Active People, Healthy Nation^SM is a new CDC initiative aimed at helping 27 million Americans become more physically active by 2027. The initiative promotes CPSTF-recommended strategies that work at the state and local level and is based on a foundation of inclusion and health equity.

As part of Active People, Healthy Nation^SM, CDC has released a new tool to support cross-sector teams in the action planning and assessment processes within a municipality to improve built environments for physical activity.

The Active Communities Tool (ACT): An Action Planning Guide and Assessment Modules to Improve Community Built Environments to Promote Physical Activity has two parts:

The action planning guide emphasizes the importance of building diverse commitment by identifying disciplines to consider including on a cross-sector team and emphasizing the need to understand the community’s context.
The assessment modules help communities understand the quality and comprehensiveness of existing policies, plans and processes that shape how the built environment supports safe and accessible physical activity opportunities for all people.

The CPSTF recommends built environment approaches that combine improvements in activity-friendly routes with one or more interventions related to everyday destinations. Learn more about all the CPSTF recommendations for interventions to increase physical activity.