Related Articles

This page includes references to articles related to the built environment and health. Visit CDC Publications for built environment publications by CDC authors as well as publications funded by CDC.

• MacDonald JM, Stokes RJ, Cohen DA, Aaron Kofner, Ridgeway G K. The effect of light rail transit on body mass index and physical activity. Am J Prev Med 2010;39(2):105-12.

• Urban Planning and Public Health at CDC. MMWR. 2006; 55(SUP02);34-8.

• Vernez Moudon A, Lee C, Cheadle A, Johnson D, Schmid T, Weathers R, et al. Operational definition of walkable neighborhood: Empirical and theoretical insights J Phys Activity Health 2006, 3, Suppl 1, S99-117.

• National Association of Local Boards of Health. Land use planning for public health: The role of local boards of health in community design and development. Bowling Green, OH: [PDF - 309 KB]. National Association of Local Boards of Health; 2006.

• Spivey A. Malizia EE. City and regional planning: a primer for public health officials. Am J Health Promot. 2005;19(5):Suppl 1-13.

• On closer inspection: Learning to look at the whole home environment. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 ;113(5):A320-3.

• Indoor air pollutants: Limited-resource households and child care facilities. J Environ Health. 2005 Mar;67(7):39-43, 61.

• Breysse P, Farr N, Galke W, Lanphear B, Morley R, Bergofsky L. The relationship between housing and health: Children at risk. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 Nov;112(15):1583-8.

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Recreation and Park Association. Reducing nationwide obesity starts in neighborhoods. Washington. D.C. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• Jackson RJ,- Guest editor, special September 2003 issue on built environment on health. Am J Public Health. 2003;93(9).

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical activity fundamental to preventing disease. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (2002).

• Frumkin H. Urban sprawl and public health[PDF - 491 KB]. Public Health Rep 2002;117:201-17.

• Jackson RJ What Olmsted knew. 2001.

• Cummins SK, Jackson RJ.The built environment and children's health[PDF - 179 KB]. Note: Single copies of this article may be downloaded and printed only for personal research and study.

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