Understanding the Connections between Public Health and Built Environment
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The Healthy Community Design Initiative, also known as the Built Environment and Health Initiative, is no longer a funded program and the information on this website is not being reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
Making the Case
| Activity | Title | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical inactivity | Getting Physical: The Public Health Approach to Active Living | Public Health Institute/Active Living Research | Recorded webinar |
| Obesity | Taking on the Weight of the Nation | Active Living Research/Kaiser Permanente | Recorded webinar |
| Injury | It Shouldn’t Hurt: Creating Places for Injury-Free Active Living | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Research brief |
| Pollution-mediated illnesses | Justice in the Air: Tracking Toxic Pollution from America’s Industries and Companies to our States, Cities, and Neighorhoods [PDF – 4.38 MB] | NACCHO | Research publication |
| Health care costs | What’s the Price of Health Care? | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Issue brief |
| Health care costs | Health Care Costs: A Primer | Kaiser Family Foundation | Publication |
| Equity/vulnerable populations | Focus on Health Care Disparities: Key Facts [PDF – 971 KB] | Kaiser Family Foundation | Fact sheet |
| Equity/vulnerable populations | Policy and Environmental Change Strategies to Promote Active Living and Healthy Eating in Native American Communities | Active Living Research/Assocation of American Indian Physicians | Webinar |
| Climate change/energy insecurity | Health Effects of Climate Change | National Institutes of Health | Fact sheet |
| Climate change/energy insecurity | Climate Impacts on Human Health | Environmental Protection Agency | Website |
| Social determinants of health | A New Way to Talk about the Social Determinants of Health | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Webinar & messaging guide |
Public Health Methods to Address the Issue
Primary Infrastructure Sectors Impacting Health
| Activity | Title | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation | Complete Streets | American Planning Association | Podcast |
| Transportation | Why Transit-Oriented Development and Why Now? [PDF – 1.17 MB] | Center for Transit Oriented Development | Webinar |
| Housing | Healthy Housing Reference Manual | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Manual |
| Housing | Green and Healthy Housing Resource Bank [PDF – 67 KB] | National Center for Healthy Housing | Webinars, fact sheets, videos, case studies |
| Water and sanitation | Prioritizing Green Infrastructure Investments | American Planning Association | Podcast |
| Water and sanitation | Water Resources Management | American Planning Association | Policy guide |
| Food systems | Affordable, Healthy Food = Good Public Health: Promising Practices and Systems Change Strategies to Improve Access to Healthy Food | American Public Health Association | Webinar |
| Food systems | Food Systems Planning | American Planning Association | Podcast |
| Food systems | Healthy, Sustainable Food System Principles [PDF – 152 KB] | American Planning Association, American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association | Fact sheet |
| Green spaces | Green Places, Play Spaces, Income, and Race: How Parks and Recreation Can Support Physical Activity among Diverse and Underserved Populations | Dialogue4Health, Public Health Institute | Webinar |
Planning Points of Influence with these Sectors
| Activity | Title | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visioning | Using Visioning in a Comprehensive Planning Process [PDF – 99 KB] | University of Wisconsin | Resource guide |
| Policy and Process | Creating Safe, Healthy and Active Living Communities [PDF – 491 KB] | California Department of Health Services | Resource guide |
| Plan-making | Step By Step: Who Does What? | Change Lab Solutions | Conceptual framework |
| Implementation and Development | MAPP Framework: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships | National Association of County & City Health Officials | Resource toolkit |
Skills for Effective Improvement
| Activity | Title | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition and consensus building | Building Diverse Community Based Coalitions [PDF – 110 KB] | The Praxis Project | Resource guide |
| Community Engagement | Principles of Community Engagement [PDF – 2.6 MB] | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Publication |
| Public Involvement | Community Involvement Resource Guide | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Resource guide |
| Health equity | Monthly Disparities Roundup | Kaiser Family Foundation | Newsletter |
| Navigating conflict | More than a Message: Framing Public Health Advocacy to Change Corporate Practices [PDF – 127 KB] | Public Health Institute | Publication |
| Advocacy | The Webinar lays out the basics of public health advocacy | American Public Health Association | Webinars |
Applications
| Activity | Title | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Impact Assessment | Learning more about Health Impact Assessments [PDF – 25 KB] | Public Health Law Network | Webinar |
| Health Impact Assessment | Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments | American Planning Association/National Association of County & City Health Officials | Online course |
| Health Impact Assessment | Methodologies for Realizing the Potential of Health Impact Assessment | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Research article |
| Health Impact Assessment | Health Impact Assessment: A tool to integrate health considerations into planning decisions | The Health Impact Project | Presentation |
| Health in All Policies | Health in All Policies (HiAP): A Path to Promoting Environmental Public Health [PDF – 237 KB] | National Association of County & City Health Officials | Brief |
| Health districts | Health Districts | Congress for the New Urbanism | Resource guide |
| Health input into planning processes | Integrating Planning and Public Health | American Planning Association | Research report |
| Health input into planning processes | Health Planning Tools | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Resource guide |
| Health input into planning processes | Public Health in Land Use Planning & Community Design [PDF – 757 KB] | National Association of County & City Health Officials | Resource checklist |
| Health input into planning processes | Healthy Planning [PDF – 2.5 MB] | American Planning Association | Research report |
| Documenting impact | Public Health Development Checklist [PDF – 520 KB] | Shasta County Public Health (CA) | Resource checklist |
| Documenting impact | A Map to Better Health [PDF – 622 KB] | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & American Public Health Association | Success stories document |
| Safe Routes to School | Connecting Safe Routes to School and Health | Safe Routes to School | Webinar |
| Safe Routes to School | Active, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: Evidence for SRTS and Children’s Health | Safe Routes to School | Webinar |
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