Funded by: Prepared by: The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement August 15, 2007 1 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement Principal Authors: Mary Lee Victor Rubin All rights reserved. Copyright 2007. © Produced by PolicyLink for The California Endowment August 15, 2007 [...]... commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, followed by a series of discussions in 1999 at the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) on the health consequences of community design Initiated by Dr Richard Jackson, then director of NCEH, the discussions originally focused on the effects of Atlanta’s congested superhighways and sprawling suburbs on local environmental health. .. to the Healthy Fontana program, recognizing that the city’s land use decisions impact both individual conduct and the community s health 30 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement Challenges for the Next Stage of Activity The trends and examples previously described indicate that momentum in the area of the built environment. .. solidify the position of county public health officers for commenting on land use proposals and plans The Healthy Places Coalition Recognition of the profound relationship between the built environment and community health has led to the emergence of a new alliance among organizations active in this work across California The Healthy Places Coalition has already involved more than 20 California organizations... in health and planning See Appendix C for additional information 16 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement ii Training Some of the most prominent signs of a growing movement in the built environment and health are the educational efforts, such as the conferences and materials that are intended to inform practitioners... Specifically, these constraints include time, land cost, and financing restrictions • Finally, respondents cited the need for those working in public health to keep the pressure on policymakers to broaden the definition of health as well as the need to ensure that the definition of health incorporates issues related to mental Practices That Address Impacts of the Built Environment on Health: The State of the. .. the San Francisco Department of Public Health worked on the Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment (ENCHIA) with stakeholders in a part of the city slated for intensive redevelopment Out of this process came the “Healthy Development Monitoring Tool” (HDMT) — a guide to the definition of issues, the collection of data and the assessment of options The HDMT provides the health rationales... Area being produced by the Trust for Public Land Practices That Address Impacts of the Built Environment on Health: The State of the Art 15 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Building Momentum: From Collaborative Ideas to Collaborative Action National government-level attention to the impacts of built environment on health began in the late 1990’s with a literature review on physical activity... and their respective relationships to health The ideas and materials generated from these discussions would extend to papers, programs, and research and ultimately help to create a movement in health and planning extending beyond the reaches of the CDC One of the first publications to emerge from these talks came in 2001, when Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on Public... health being affected by community design or the built environment The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement health To make their communication with planners effective, health leaders and practitioners must put the focus on a comprehensive view of health, not just a focus on one issue or disease—such as obesity or asthma... larger focus on Neighborhood Conditions as a more comprehensive term is an attempt to encompass both the physical and social environments For more information, see Appendix C 20 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement APA/NACCHO—National Partnership between Public Health and Planning Recognition of the impact of planning . by: The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement August 15, 2007 1 The Impact of the Built Environment on Community. Communities; the Local Public Health and the Built Environment Practices That Address Impacts of the Built Environment on Health: The State of the Art Public Health Law & Policy—Connecting the Disciplines. in health and planning extending beyond the reaches of the CDC. One of the first publications to emerge from these talks came in 2001, when Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built