title: Challenges in promoting joint use agreements: experiences from Community Transformation Grant awardees in North Carolina, Illinois, and Wisconsin, 2011-2014.
abstract: Community Transformation Grant awardees in North Carolina, Illinois, and Wisconsin promoted joint use agreements (formal agreements between 2 parties for the shared use of land or facilities) as a strategy to increase access to physical activity in their states. However, awardees experienced significant barriers to establishing joint use agreements, including 1) confusion about terminology and an aversion to complex legal contracts, 2) lack of applicability to single organizations with open use policies, and 3) questionable value in nonurban areas where open lands for physical activity are often available and where the need is instead for physical activity programs and infrastructure. Furthermore, promotion of formal agreements may unintentionally reduce access by raising concerns regarding legal risks and costs associated with existing shared use of land. Thus, joint use agreements have practical limitations that should be considered when selecting among strategies to promote physical activity participation.
authors.affiliation: 1932 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699. Email: anna.stein@dhhs.nc.gov.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois>
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baldyga
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilgendorf
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Jennifer Gilchrist
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hewson
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rhew
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uskali
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004779:Environment Design; D006289:Health Planning Support / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006290:Health Planning Technical Assistance; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009043:Motor Activity; D009657:North Carolina; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011633:Public Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000379:methods; D012572:School Health Services / Q000191:economics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014922:Wisconsin