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Understanding the Connections between Public Health and Built Environment

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

Activity	Title	Source	Type
Health and Planning Terms	Public Health Terms for Planners & Planning Terms for Public Public Health Professionals [PDF - 140 KB]		Fact sheet
Surveillance	Surveillance in Environmental Public Health: Issues, Systems, and Sources [PDF - 1.85 MB]	American Journal of Public Health	Research article
Epidemiology	Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice	CDC	Textbook/Class
Research Methods	Community Based Research: Assessing Partnership Approaches to Improve Public Health	Barbara Israel, et al.	Research article
Evaluation	Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs: A Self-Study Guide	CDC	Guide
Evaluation	Program Evaluation in Environmental Health	Northwest Center for Public Health Practice	Webinar
Evaluation	Best Practices Guidelines for Evaluation [PDF - 35 KB]	Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development	Publication
Evaluation	Criteria for use in the evaluation of health impact assessments	American Journal of Public Health	Research article
Policy Development	Capacity Building Assistance Policy Webinar Series [PDF - 1.98 MB]	American Public Health Association	Webinars
Communications	Public Health Communications Toolkit	National Association of County & City Health Officials	Powerpoint, messaging guide
Training	Public Health Training Centers Network	Health Resources and Services Administration	Resource network

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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Page last reviewed: March 5, 2015
Page last updated: March 5, 2015
Content source:
- National Center for Environmental Health

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