Walking Resources

America Walks

http://americawalks.org/
America Walks is a national resource that fosters walkable communities by engaging, educating, and connecting walking advocates.

Every Body Walk! Collaborative

http://www.everybodywalk.org/collaborative
The Every Body Walk! Collaborative is a partnership of national, state, and local organizations, federal agencies, businesses, and professional associations that are committed to developing and implementing collective approaches that can return walking to a valued, cultural norm for all Americans. The EBW! Collaborative is striving to create environments where more people are walking in more walkable places.

Start Walking Now

http://www.startwalkingnow.org/start_workplace_walking_program.jsp
The American Heart Association’s Worksite Wellness Kit encourages companies to set up walking routes around the office and celebrate and reward employees who use them to go from an inactive lifestyle to a more active one. /p>

Vital Signs on Walking

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6131a4.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs: Walking Among Adults—United States, 2005 and 2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 10, 2012, 61(31); 595-601. This is a CDC report that includes data analyzed from the 2005 and 2010 National Health Interview Surveys to assess changes in prevalence of walking.

Walking Clubs

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/PhysicalActivity/Walking/American-Heart-Association-Walking-Clubs_UCM_460019_Article.jsp
The American Heart Association information about walking clubs provides an additional rationale to start a mall walking program.

Walk with a Doc

http://www.walkwithadoc.org/
Walk with a Doc is a free walking program for anyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. It was started in Columbus, Ohio, in 2005 by a cardiologist, Dr. David Sabgir, and has expanded throughout the United States. Its mission is to encourage healthy physical activity and improve the health and well-being of the country. Some Walk with a Doc programs, including David Sabgir’s Columbus group, walk in a mall during the winter season.

Walk with Ease Program

www.arthritis.org/wwe
Led by a certified instructor, the Walk With Ease program includes 1-hour classes that meet 3 times per week for 6 weeks. In studies by the Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Institute on Aging of the University of North Carolina, Walk With Ease was shown to reduce pain, increase balance and strength, and improve overall health. The Walk With Ease Starter Kit includes the guidebook, along with a workbook, a pedometer, shoe wallet, bookmark, and reflective slapband.

Well Spring—Stepping Out:

Mall Walking and Older Adults

Alberta Centre for Active Living: Research and Education for the Promotion of Physical Activity

Stepping Out: Mall Walking and Older Adults

Go4Life

http://go4life.nia.nih.gov/
Go4Life, an exercise and physical activity campaign from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes for Health , is designed to help you fit exercise and physical activity into your daily life, and to increase strength, balance, and flexibility among older adults, as well as aerobic or endurance activity.