® What is Kids in Parks and how does it help get kids acve outdoors? The Kids in Parks program has created a network of TRACK Trails (hiking, disc golf, paddling, geocaching, biking, and other types of trails) designed to provide kids and families with fun outdoor recreaon opportunies. Each TRACK Trail has a series of self-guided brochures that turn an ordinary oung into a fun-filled adventure. Kids register their TRACK Trail adventures through the program’s website (kidsinparks.com) and receive FREE prizes in the mail designed to make their next outdoor adventure more fun. What are Park Prescripons and why should I use them? In general, people spend too much me engaging with electronic media and not enough me being physically acve outdoors. These lifestyle choices are having devastang impacts on the health of our kids and families. While medicines are available to treat chronic disease, physical acvity in nature has been recognized as an effecve tool to treat the root of the problem. Therefore, there has been a growing movement for healthcare providers to prescribe paents outdoor acvity in parks called Park Prescripons or Park Rx. TRACK Frequently Asked Questions Kids are prescribed outdoor activity by their doctor, have an adventure in any green space, and earn free prizes. But the adventure doesn’t stop there. A growing network of TRACK Trails propels them toward a lifetime of healthy outdoor activity! How can TRACK Rx help fulfill PCMH requirements? If your pracce has assessed community populaon informaon and determined that physical acvity resources are needed to support your paent populaon as part of the Paent Care Medical Home’s KM 21 Core Requirement, you may be able to use the Kids in Parks program’s TRACK Rx materials to fulfill the KM 26 Competency Requirement by geng your paents connected with physical acvity opportunies in the community. Family Medicine & Pediatric Pracces 100+ Providers using TRACK Rx Endorsed by the AAP Kids get PRIZES for every outdoor adventure Receive DATA on Rx fulfillment Visit kidsinparks.com for more INFO What is TRACK Rx, and how does it work? The Kids in Parks TRACK Rx program is a Park Rx program that provides a suite of materials designed to get your paents acve outdoors. The program’s materials include: a miniature trailhead kiosk that is placed in the lobby of your pracce, the TRACK Rx brochure aligning spending me in nature with health, rack cards and paent room posters providing informaon about the program and network of TRACK Trails in the region, and customized prescripon pads allowing the program to collect and provide data about the effecveness of the intervenon. How much does it cost? And how do we parcipate? Through a grant provided by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundaon, the Kids in Parks program can provide TRACK Rx materials for your pracce (depending upon its size) for FREE. All your pracce has to do is agree to parcipate in the program. Kids in Parks will coordinate the producon and delivery of the materials. Aſter that, your pracce would simply have to use the materials: place the trailhead sign in your pracce, keep it stocked with the TRACK Rx brochures, and formally write prescripons (as appropriate) to your paents. Quesons? email: jurroz @kidsinparks.com
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What is Kids in Parks and how does it help get kids active outdoors?The Kids in Parks program has created a network of TRACK Trails (hiking, disc golf, paddling, geocaching, biking, and other types of trails) designed to provide kids and families with fun outdoor recreation opportunities. Each TRACK Trail has a series of self-guided brochures that turn an ordinary outing into a fun-filled adventure. Kids register their TRACK Trail adventures through the program’s website (kidsinparks.com) and receive FREE prizes in the mail designed to make their next outdoor adventure more fun.
What are Park Prescriptions and why should I use them?In general, people spend too much time engaging with electronic media and not enough time being physically active outdoors. These lifestyle choices are having devastating impacts on the health of our kids and families. While medicines are available to treat chronic disease, physical activity in nature has been recognized as an effective tool to treat the root of the problem. Therefore, there has been a growing movement for healthcare providers to prescribe patients outdoor activity in parks called Park Prescriptions or Park Rx.
TRACKFrequently Asked Questions
Kids are prescribed outdoor activity by their doctor, have an adventure in any green space, and earn free prizes. But the adventure doesn’t stop there. A growing network of TRACK Trails propels them toward a lifetime of healthy outdoor activity!
How can TRACK Rx help fulfill PCMH requirements?If your practice has assessed community population information and determined that physical activity resources are needed to support your patient population as part of the Patient Care Medical Home’s KM 21 Core Requirement, you may be able to use the Kids in Parks program’s TRACK Rx materials to fulfill the KM 26 Competency Requirement by getting your patients connected with physical activity opportunities in the community.
Family Medicine
&Pediatric Practices
100+Providers
using TRACK Rx
Endorsed by the
AAPKids get
PRIZESfor every outdoor
adventure
ReceiveDATA
on Rx fulfillment
Visitkidsinparks.com
for more INFO
What is TRACK Rx, and how does it work?The Kids in Parks TRACK Rx program is a Park Rx program that provides a suite of materials designed to get your patients active outdoors. The program’s materials include: a miniature trailhead kiosk that is placed in the lobby of your practice, the TRACK Rx brochure aligning spending time in nature with health, rack cards and patient room posters providing information about the program and network of TRACK Trails in the region, and customized prescription pads allowing the program to collect and provide data about the effectiveness of the intervention.
How much does it cost? And how do we participate?Through a grant provided by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, the Kids in Parks program can provide TRACK Rx materials for your practice (depending upon its size) for FREE. All your practice has to do is agree to participate in the program. Kids in Parks will coordinate the production and delivery of the materials. After that, your practice would simply have to use the materials: place the trailhead sign in your practice, keep it stocked with the TRACK Rx brochures, and formally write prescriptions (as appropriate) to your patients.
Questions?email:jurroz
@kidsinparks.com
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