{"73585":{"#nid":"73585","#data":{"type":"event","title":"HPRG: Dialogue Continues for Healthy Places","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is the Healthy Places Research Group? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E The Healthy Places Research Group (HPRG), started in 2003 and winner of the 2005 Atlanta PEDS Golden Shoe Award for Pedestrian-Friendly Research, brings together various disciplines in an ongoing dialogue to create Healthy Places. HPRG is a collaborative effort involving Emory University\u0027s Rollins School of Public Health and Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture and the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development. It also involves professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers, students, community leaders, and others interested in exploring the co-relationship between the built environment and the health of communities. It has resulted in a growing awareness and understanding of the relationship between health and the built environment and has created partnerships to conduct research and projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho are HPRG members? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Participation is open to anyone interested in exploring the characteristics and advancement of healthy places and attendance at each month\u0027s session is between 30 and 40 people. Members include professionals and community leaders with multidisciplinary interests, including planning, public health, architecture, engineering, public policy, public administration, economics, community advocacy, and other specialties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhen does HPRG meet? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E The HPRG meets once a month from September to May to discuss issues and exchange information pertaining to health policy and impacts. The meetings run from 7:30 to 9 a.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2007-2008 HPRG SCHEDULE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E (HPRG meets on the first Tuesday of the month, unless marked with an *)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeptember 11, 2007* at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E October 2, 2007 at Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E November 13, 2007* at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E December 4, 2007 at Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E January 8, 2008* at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E February 5, 2008 at Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E March 4, 2008 at Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E April 1, 2008 at Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E May 6, 2008 at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor directions to the meeting locations click on the link below.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Healthy Places Research Group has reconvened for the 2007-8 academic year. This year, monthly meetings will be held at Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development and Emory University\u0027s Rollins Schools of Public Health.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"HPRG kicks off\u00a02007-8 year"}],"uid":"27293","created_gmt":"2007-09-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:52:15","author":"Joanie Chembars","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2007-10-02T08:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2008-05-07T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2008-05-07T10:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2007-10-02 12:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2008-05-07 14:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2008-05-07 14:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cqgrd.gatech.edu\/hprg\/index.php","title":"Healthy Places Research Group"}],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"35211","name":"hprgevent"},{"id":"939","name":"new urbanism"},{"id":"167301","name":"smart growth"},{"id":"168","name":"Transportation"},{"id":"227","name":"urban design"},{"id":"5963","name":"urban renewal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKaren Leone de Nie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for Quality Growth and Regional Development\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=kl123\u0022\u003EContact Karen Leone de Nie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-5125\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}