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The End Please complete evaluation. Introduce yourself Why your opinion as a MCAH Director is important: Provide a background on why systems and environmental change is important to the audience you are addressing Prior to presentation: email or use Survey Monkey to see what the targeted audience’s topics of greatest concern/need are Focus on these areas before adding more information * Photo: Lactation Room Sign at the California Department of Public Health * Use the question(s) to generate thought and get audience connected with the answers they need to know. * Physical environment – the physical and social conditions that surround a person Food environment – the factors, such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, etc. that influences food choices and diet quality Biking or walking to school can provide children (and even their parents) with daily physical activity Image credit: /nhtsa/ImageLibrary/index.cfm * *A sample data graph is included in the following slide Use data related to what you want to highlight. * In 1969, 48% of children ages 5-15 walked or biked to school, as compared to 13% of children in 2009. In 1969, only 12% of children were driven to school. In 2009, 44% of children are driven to school. This decline in walking and bicycling to school may be due to several barriers, such as: Distance to school – beginning in the 1970s, schools were being built on the edge of communities where land costs were cheaper and more available. This required students to travel farther to get to school, making it more difficult or even impossible to walk or bike. Traffic-related danger – communities often accommodate increased motor vehicle traffic volumes, which convinces parents that walking to school is unsafe for their kids. This can be due to motor vehicle crashes or unfit or non-existent sidewalks. Crime danger – both real and perceived crime affects how many children are allowed to walk and bike to school. All of these barriers and th