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Making Kids Count (breakout presentation)
Abstracts / Journal of Transport & Health 7 (2017) S4–S87
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Making Walk and Talk Therapy a Reality in Calgary (breakout presentation) Tyla Charbonneau, Mishka Lysack, Andrew Estefan University of Calgary, Canada
Background: This presentation is a result of a successful PhD dissertation in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. It was a qualitative study exploring the experiences of therapists who use Walk and Talk Therapy in their practices. In this presentation, I will highlight the practical ways in which professionals can use what I learned in this study right here on the streets of Calgary. Description of Program: There is a traditional notion that therapeutic conversations are best suited for offices with four walls. Therapists are reconsidering this practice by engaging in walks with clients in order to reconnect with the world around them, engage in exercise, and reflect on life problems in natural and urban spaces. Calgary, with its vast park spaces, walking paths, and walkable downtown is the perfect city for this practice to grow. The research in Ecotherapy and Walk and Talk Therapy is growing. This means that not only can we look at the practical aspects of Walk and Talk in our city, we can also come together to generate further research in this innovative and growing area of psychology. Outcomes: Within this innovative practice there are key concepts to consider including ethical practice and confidentiality, how walking may enhance reflective practice in therapy, the promotion of self-care practices for both the client and the therapist, and how to increase a sense of connectedness to the outside world through Walk and Talk Therapy. Implications: In this presentation, I will highlight the experiences of therapists who participate in this practice, present the benefits of the practice, and provide a series of reflective questions for individuals who may be interested in participating in Walk and Talk Therapy in Calgary. These questions include practical considerations (ex. safety, fitness levels, weather, walking routes), professional development, therapeutic effectiveness, and general motivation to invite creativity and innovation into one’s therapeutic practice. While this study was focused on therapy, the idea of walking with clients could easily be expanded to include many other professions. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.074
S3:02 Involving Children's Perspectives in Walkable Design Making Kids Count (breakout presentation) Omar Bhimji Haste Workers Cooperative, British Columbia, Canada
Organizations across Canada are developing new strategies to collect and use data about school travel patterns and attitudes, which will improve the abilities of communities to identify and overcome barriers to active school travel. HASTe has evolved the standard Canadian School Travel Planning (STP) survey toolkit to help practitioners find meaningful correlations in transportation data and gain more insights into barriers to active and safe trips to school, and opportunities to overcome them. Our presentation will focus on 3 new methods currently in use in BC: The first is these development is in mapping. Employing the standard Canadian STP toolkit and open source GIS software, HASTe uses baseline survey data to create heat and cluster maps to help STP communities prioritize interventions and infrastructure investments. The second is the refinement of the survey tools. HASTe has evolved the standard Canadian STP take-home survey and data entry templates to automatically correlate independent elementary of the survey
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Abstracts / Journal of Transport & Health 7 (2017) S4–S87
data set. The new template produces useful and presentable survey results for STP communities to help them better understand their schools’ transportation activities and barriers. The third is the development of a qualitative data coding system. HASTe has developed a simple template and method to allow STP communities to sort and code qualitative survey data, helping them turn input from the school community into actionable information that can inform the school travel planning and implementation process. This presentation will be of use to anyone looking to support and encourage more active school travel. HASTe has used freeware spreadsheet and GIS software to evolve tools available through a publicly available toolkit; the tools and methods are easily accessible and replicable by practitioners and community members. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.075
Redefining Safe Streets through a New Child Pedestrian Demand/Exposure Model (breakout presentation) Nicholas Ferenchak, Wesley Marshall University of Colorado Denver, USA
Background: Child pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable road user types due to physical and developmental disadvantages and a lack of a protective covering from a vehicle. This combination of vulnerabilities results in poor safety outcomes. However, there are two types of locations in which child pedestrians are unsafe: (1) those locations that are unsafe as evidenced by a prevalence of crashes and (2) those locations that are so unsafe that there are no pedestrians using them, and therefore no crashes. In order to understand if an area is truly safe, or if it is so unsafe that it is being underutilized, we need to know where trips are occurring and also where they are being held back. Aim: The purpose of this work is to create a model that accounts for both child pedestrian exposure and child pedestrian demand that remains latent. Currently, a lack of adequate pedestrian exposure modeling precludes our ability to improve safety outcomes, because a problem that cannot be correctly identified and defined cannot be solved. Method: The multilevel spatial model utilizes population as a base, socioeconomics, demographics, crime, and land use as a secondary-tier, and pedestrian infrastructure as a third-tier. This spatial syntax enhancement is implemented through GIS while being checked and calibrated against real-world safety conditions. Once calibrated with child pedestrian crashes, injuries, and fatalities, this tool becomes a powerful predictor of poor safety outcomes and a holistic identifier of problem areas in our cities. Results: By accounting for both exposure and latent demand, we can now successfully determine if a location is truly safe for pedestrians, truly unsafe, or so unsafe that it appears to be safe. Conclusions: Practitioners and researchers alike can use this tool to enhance safety for varying populations. By better understanding where safety issues persist in our urban transportation systems, we can then work towards solving those issues, thereby enhancing safety for some of the most vulnerable road users. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.076
How to Advocate for Children's Mobility using Technology and Evaluation (breakout presentation) Shoni Madden Green Action Centre, Canada
Background: Our cities, lifestyles, and school systems are designed in a way that makes it impossible for many youth to travel actively to school. Today 1/3 Canadian Children (5-17) are overweight/obese, and 1/3 Manitoban children are battling chronic disease. How do we reverse these trends? With no representative data on
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Making Walk and Talk Therapy a Reality in Calgary (breakout presentation) Tyla Charbonneau, Mishka Lysack, Andrew Estefan University of Calgary, Canada
Background: This presentation is a result of a successful PhD dissertation in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. It was a qualitative study exploring the experiences of therapists who use Walk and Talk Therapy in their practices. In this presentation, I will highlight the practical ways in which professionals can use what I learned in this study right here on the streets of Calgary. Description of Program: There is a traditional notion that therapeutic conversations are best suited for offices with four walls. Therapists are reconsidering this practice by engaging in walks with clients in order to reconnect with the world around them, engage in exercise, and reflect on life problems in natural and urban spaces. Calgary, with its vast park spaces, walking paths, and walkable downtown is the perfect city for this practice to grow. The research in Ecotherapy and Walk and Talk Therapy is growing. This means that not only can we look at the practical aspects of Walk and Talk in our city, we can also come together to generate further research in this innovative and growing area of psychology. Outcomes: Within this innovative practice there are key concepts to consider including ethical practice and confidentiality, how walking may enhance reflective practice in therapy, the promotion of self-care practices for both the client and the therapist, and how to increase a sense of connectedness to the outside world through Walk and Talk Therapy. Implications: In this presentation, I will highlight the experiences of therapists who participate in this practice, present the benefits of the practice, and provide a series of reflective questions for individuals who may be interested in participating in Walk and Talk Therapy in Calgary. These questions include practical considerations (ex. safety, fitness levels, weather, walking routes), professional development, therapeutic effectiveness, and general motivation to invite creativity and innovation into one’s therapeutic practice. While this study was focused on therapy, the idea of walking with clients could easily be expanded to include many other professions. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.074
S3:02 Involving Children's Perspectives in Walkable Design Making Kids Count (breakout presentation) Omar Bhimji Haste Workers Cooperative, British Columbia, Canada
Organizations across Canada are developing new strategies to collect and use data about school travel patterns and attitudes, which will improve the abilities of communities to identify and overcome barriers to active school travel. HASTe has evolved the standard Canadian School Travel Planning (STP) survey toolkit to help practitioners find meaningful correlations in transportation data and gain more insights into barriers to active and safe trips to school, and opportunities to overcome them. Our presentation will focus on 3 new methods currently in use in BC: The first is these development is in mapping. Employing the standard Canadian STP toolkit and open source GIS software, HASTe uses baseline survey data to create heat and cluster maps to help STP communities prioritize interventions and infrastructure investments. The second is the refinement of the survey tools. HASTe has evolved the standard Canadian STP take-home survey and data entry templates to automatically correlate independent elementary of the survey
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Abstracts / Journal of Transport & Health 7 (2017) S4–S87
data set. The new template produces useful and presentable survey results for STP communities to help them better understand their schools’ transportation activities and barriers. The third is the development of a qualitative data coding system. HASTe has developed a simple template and method to allow STP communities to sort and code qualitative survey data, helping them turn input from the school community into actionable information that can inform the school travel planning and implementation process. This presentation will be of use to anyone looking to support and encourage more active school travel. HASTe has used freeware spreadsheet and GIS software to evolve tools available through a publicly available toolkit; the tools and methods are easily accessible and replicable by practitioners and community members. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.075
Redefining Safe Streets through a New Child Pedestrian Demand/Exposure Model (breakout presentation) Nicholas Ferenchak, Wesley Marshall University of Colorado Denver, USA
Background: Child pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable road user types due to physical and developmental disadvantages and a lack of a protective covering from a vehicle. This combination of vulnerabilities results in poor safety outcomes. However, there are two types of locations in which child pedestrians are unsafe: (1) those locations that are unsafe as evidenced by a prevalence of crashes and (2) those locations that are so unsafe that there are no pedestrians using them, and therefore no crashes. In order to understand if an area is truly safe, or if it is so unsafe that it is being underutilized, we need to know where trips are occurring and also where they are being held back. Aim: The purpose of this work is to create a model that accounts for both child pedestrian exposure and child pedestrian demand that remains latent. Currently, a lack of adequate pedestrian exposure modeling precludes our ability to improve safety outcomes, because a problem that cannot be correctly identified and defined cannot be solved. Method: The multilevel spatial model utilizes population as a base, socioeconomics, demographics, crime, and land use as a secondary-tier, and pedestrian infrastructure as a third-tier. This spatial syntax enhancement is implemented through GIS while being checked and calibrated against real-world safety conditions. Once calibrated with child pedestrian crashes, injuries, and fatalities, this tool becomes a powerful predictor of poor safety outcomes and a holistic identifier of problem areas in our cities. Results: By accounting for both exposure and latent demand, we can now successfully determine if a location is truly safe for pedestrians, truly unsafe, or so unsafe that it appears to be safe. Conclusions: Practitioners and researchers alike can use this tool to enhance safety for varying populations. By better understanding where safety issues persist in our urban transportation systems, we can then work towards solving those issues, thereby enhancing safety for some of the most vulnerable road users. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.076
How to Advocate for Children's Mobility using Technology and Evaluation (breakout presentation) Shoni Madden Green Action Centre, Canada
Background: Our cities, lifestyles, and school systems are designed in a way that makes it impossible for many youth to travel actively to school. Today 1/3 Canadian Children (5-17) are overweight/obese, and 1/3 Manitoban children are battling chronic disease. How do we reverse these trends? With no representative data on