Develop partnerships between medical professionals and the community to facilitate patient referrals to local physical activity resources.

Collect case study examples of communities that have built effective partnerships.
Develop a community-planning toolkit on how to build effective partnerships.
Obtain local funding from the private sector and foundations.
Encourage communities to develop resource guides that facilitate matching lifestyle, preferences, and functional status/illness to community physical activity resources.
Evaluate the project.

American College of Sports Medicine (Lead Organization)

AARP, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Geriatrics Society, American Medical Association, American Society on Aging, National Center on Physical Activity and Disability, National Council on the Aging, National Recreation and Park Association, Partnership for Prevention, and other organizations.

Time and energy to develop partnerships and produce a community planning guide.
Funding for the planning guide.

Volunteers/staff to produce planning guides.
Partnership sustainability.

Various Blueprint partners are working on inventories of local community resources, similar to the ACSM Profinder online expert database.

ICAA and American Academy of Family Physicians have partnered to provide a program for physicians to refer patients to age-friendly physical activity facilities. The Age-Friendly Facility designation recognizes organizations that have made commitments to creating age-friendly facility in the design, staffing, programming, marketing, and operations. The partnership will offer AAFP member physicians the information and practical support they need to help their older patients become more active.

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