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Condition

Estimated Cost Savings from
PAD (2017 Dollars)

Heart disease

$320,000

Diabetes

$312,000

Dementia

$255,000

and what areas are still a work
in progress. With regard to
Goal 4 for example, the report,
which is based on 2017 data,
shows: " Participants rated arts
and entertainment programs
as their favorite activity (38%),
followed by physical activity
(29%); these were also the most
highly attended activities. "
Of the estimated 6,029
unique survey respondents, 61
percent reported at least 30 minutes of physical activity three or
more days a week, the majority of which was at PAD. The
most popular types of physical
activity were walking club (26
percent), team sports (24 percent) and exercise classes (20
percent). Using the Integrated
Transport Health Impact Model (ITHIM), the UCLA Center
for Health Policy Research estimated the potential overall cost
savings attributable to physical
activity during PAD - based on
the survey data that indicated 55
percent of PAD participants attended PAD at least once a week
and engaged in physical activity
at least once a week, and that
weekly physical activity afforded by PAD continued for the
entire year - at $1,078,000 in
direct and indirect costs in 2017.

Depression

$78,000

Sustainability

Stroke

$76,000

Colon and rectum cancer

$20,000

Breast cancer

$17,000

Total

$1,078,000

PAD demonstrates that expanding and enriching the use
of parks - and turning them
into safe places - provides a
high-impact way to advance
health equity. As a result of
its success, PAD has been incorporated into the initiatives
and strategic plans of many
organizations, including the
Department of Public Health's

vides access to health and social
services that promote communitywide healing. "
PAD is organized around six
goals: (1) increase access to quality recreational programming
and innovative services, (2) increase collaboration among different stakeholders, (3) decrease
community violence and increase perceptions of safety, (4)
increase physical activity and
decrease chronic disease risk,
(5) improve social cohesion and
community well-being and (6)
achieve cost savings.
Arts and entertainment programs are
the favorite PAD activity, followed by
physical activity.

and community hubs that bring
neighbors and law enforcement
together. This program also pro-

An Innovative Approach
to Improving Health
The previously mentioned
Parks After Dark Evaluation
Report provides the measurable data that reveals where the
program has been successful

Exhibit 63: Estimated PAD Cost Savings
in 2017 due to Physical Activity

Source: Calculated based on attributable share of PAD from ITHIM on Cost of Illness. Note: Estimated
savings are based on the assumption that 55 percent of PAD participants attend PAD and participate
in physical activity weekly, as indicated in the 2017 PAD participant surveys, and that weekly physical
activity afforded by PAD continued for the entire year. ITHIM assumes participation in physical activity
at PAD once a week for an entire year.
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