TY - JOUR AU - Stein, Anna AU - Baldyga, William AU - Hilgendorf, Amy AU - Walker, Jennifer Gilchrist AU - Hewson, Danielle AU - Rhew, Lori PY - 2015 TI - Challenges in Promoting Joint Use Agreements: Experiences From Community Transformation Grant Awardees in North Carolina, Illinois, and Wisconsin, 2011-2014 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E51 VL - 12 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - 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. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140457 DO - 10.5888/pcd12.140457 ER -