School Physical Activity Resources | Public Health Law Center

Building Effective and Sustainable Local Gardens to Promote Public Health, Part 2

Date:

Tue, 03/20/2012

Time:

12:00AM

This webinar provides case studies of the three most common types of local gardening efforts – community gardens, school gardens, and employer-sponsored gardens. These case studies will discuss key components needed to establish and successfully maintain these gardening efforts.

Drafting Effective Public Health Policies

Date:

Wed, 10/05/2011

Time:

12:00PM

Drafting effective policies is critical to achieving overall systems change. Having clear policies helps to avoid confusion and controversy during the implementation phase. This webinar provides tips and suggestions on challenges, and provide tools to overcome those hurdles.

School liability in MN (2011)
Concerns about liability can keep schools from implementing policies that might be beneficial to students or community members. This fact sheet provides an overview of liability and how Minnesota schools can use the law to protect themselves when implementing healthy eating and physical activity policies.

Creating And Sustaining A School Health Council (2011)

Developing a School Health Council is a critical step to promote health and wellness in the school setting. A School Health Council can play a critical role in monitoring the school’s environment to ensure that health and wellness concepts are consistently reinforced and to ensure community partnership in these efforts.

School Zone Speed Limits in Minnesota (2011)
This fact sheet provides an overview of how school zone speed limits are established, and information on how communities can develop strategies to enforce these speed limits, making roads safer for children who choose to walk or bike.

Waivers and Releases: Managing Liability Risk For Youth Recreational Activities in Minnesota (2011)
This fact sheet provides an overview of liability and how waivers and releases can be used as a risk management strategy to limit liability exposure.

Applying State Aid to Local Road Projects - Flowchart (2010)
This flow chart portrays the project approval process used by local governments who qualify for State-Aid distributed by the Mn/DOT (the Minnesota Department of Transportation).

Checklist for Improving Your School Wellness Policy (2010)

An effective policy is tailored to a school’s individual needs, goals, and resources. Because of the unparalleled access schools.

Minnesota Healthy Kids / Physical Education Law (2010)
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Minnesota Healthy Kids/Physical Education Law which aims to ensure that more children have access to high quality physical education.

Liability for Volunteers in the Walking School Bus Program (2010)
This fact sheet provides an overview of liability and how a Minnesota statute provides liability protection for volunteers who may supervise a Walking School Bus Program.

In Pursuit of an Active Education
A fifty-page survey of options for increasing physical activity in schools, including considerations involved in improving physical education courses, integration of physical activity throughout the curriculum and in after-school programs, expanding outdoor learning, health screening, BMI monitoring, and using Safe Routes to Schools Programs.