- create a joint course in Public Health and Planning to be jointly taught at these universities and
- develop core curriculum for Public Health and Planning course for publication with expertise provided by current faculty nationwide already teaching the course.
Publications
The Built Environment, Climate
Change, and Health: Opportunities for Co-Benefits [PDF, 802 KB]
Margalit Younger, Heather R. Morrow-Almeida, Stephen M. Vindigni, Andrew L.
Dannenberg. . Am J Prev Med 2008; 35(5):517–526.
Influencing the Built Environment in Your Community.
Journal of Heishman H, Dannenberg AL. Environmental Health, Nov 2008;
71(4):66-67.
Designing and Building Healthy Places for
Children
Wendel, A.M.,Dannenberg, A.L. and Frumkin, H. (2008) ‘Designing and building
healthy places for children’, Int. J. Environment and Health, Vol. 2, Nos. 3/4,
pp.338–355.
Workshop to develop research agenda on health and built environment, May 2003
Dannenberg AL, Jackson RJ, Frumkin H, Schieber RA, Pratt M, Kochtitzky C, Tilson
HH. The Impact of Community Design and Land-Use Choices on Public Health: A
Scientific Research Agenda. American Journal of Public Health.
2003;93:1500-1508.
The design
of a community’s built environment influences the physical and mental health of
its residents. Because few studies have investigated this relationship, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a workshop in May 2002 to help
develop a scientific research agenda on these issues. This report describes the
37 questions in the resulting research agenda.
AJPH special issue on health and built environment, September 2003
Jackson RJ, guest editor. American Journal of Public Health. 2003:93.
September
2003 special issue of American Journal of Public Health containing 40 solicited
and unsolicited articles on health and built environment topics.
Crime prevention and the built environment, 2003
Carter SP, Carter SL, Dannenberg AL. Zoning Out Crime and Improving Community
Health in Sarasota, Florida: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design.
American Journal of Public Health 2003;93:1442-1445.
Costs of obesity on airlines, 2002.
Dannenberg
AL, Burton DC, Jackson RJ. Economic and environmental costs of obesity: the
impact on airlines. Letter. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
2004;27:264.
Walking to transit study based on National Household Travel Survey data, 2004
Besser LM, Dannenberg AL. Walking to public transit: steps to help meet physical
activity recommendations. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2005;
29:273-280.
Workshop on health impact assessments, Princeton, October 2004
Dannenberg AL, Bhatia R, Cole BL, Dora C, Fielding J, Kraft K, McClymont-Peace
D, Mindell J, Onyekere C, Roberts JA, Ross CL, Rutt CD, Scott-Samuel A, Tilson
HH. Growing the Field of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: An
Agenda for Research and Practice. American Journal of Public Health. 96:
262-270, 2006.
American Planning Association (APA) draft model zoning codes, 2006
Model zoning codes developed to promote healthy walkable communities.
Workplace walkability audit tool, 2004
Dannenberg AL, Cramer TW, Gibson CJ. Assessing the Walkability of the Workplace:
A New Audit Tool. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2005;20:39-44. Audit
tool available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/walkability/index.htm
Manuscript
on basics of planning for public health professionals, 2005
Malizia EE. City and regional planning: a primer for public health officials.
American Journal of Health Promotion. 2005 May-Jun;19(5):Suppl 1-13. To obtain a
copy of article, please contact Dr. Emil Malizia at
malizia@email.unc.edu.
Case studies of built environment projects in predominantly low income areas,
2003
The built environment and health: 11 profiles of neighborhood transformation.
Oakland, CA: The Prevention Institute; 2004.
TRB/IOM report on physical activity and built environment, 2003
Committee on Physical Activity, Health, Transportation, and Land Use,
Transportation Research Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Does the built environment influence physical activity? Examining the evidence.
Transportation Research Board Special Report 282. Washington, DC: National
Academies Press; 2005.
Book on Urban Sprawl and Public Health, 2003
Frumkin H, Frank L, Jackson R. Urban sprawl and public health: designing,
planning, and building for healthy communities. Washington, DC: Island Press;
2004.
U.S.
Health Impact Assessment Case-Studies Manuscript, 2007
Dannenberg A, Bhatia R, Bole B, Feldman J, Rutt C. Use of health impact
assessment in the United States: 16 case studies, 1999-2006. Submitted for
publication.
Safe
Routes to School Manuscript, 2007
Watson M, Dannenberg AL. Investment in Safe Routes to School projects: public health benefits for the larger community. Prev Chronic Dis 2008;5(3).
From Health Destruction to Health Promotion, Conversion of a Worksite Smoking Shelter, 2007 Dannenberg AL, Bauer DR, Bland AD, Hobson SE, Kenneth Rose K. By removing a bench and installing a bicycle rack, a government agency inexpensively converted a smoking shelter into a bicycle shelter.
Use of Health Impact Assessment in the U.S. 27 Case Studies, 1999–2007 [PDF, 390KB]
CDC scientists examined 27 Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) that were completed in the U.S. From 1999 –2007. HIAs help planners and others consider the health consequences of their decisions.
Selected Current Projects
Fourteen
NIH/CDC funded grants on obesity and the built environment, 2004-present.
Grant information for 11 NIH/CDC grants. Available at
http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/portfolio/
U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Neighborhood Developments (LEED ND) Rating
System, 2003-present [PDF, 3321 KB]
Draft certification process being developed to promote healthy walkable
community design.
NEHA Built Environment Case Studies, 2006
Case studies developed by the National Environmental Health Association to
highlight exceptional solutions in local government that integrate environmental
health considerations into land use planning and design.
Moving to
walkable communities.
Supplemental funding (2006-2009) to two Prevention Research Centers (St. Louis
University and Emory University) to study physical activity and travel patterns
of persons moving from less walkable conventional communities to more walkable
Smart Growth communities.
Health Impact Assessment, Atlanta Beltline
CDC collaboration to provide technical assistance to the Center for Quality
Growth and Regional Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology to
conduct a health impact assessment (HIA) of the Atlanta Beltline redevelopment
and transit project. (With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Bicycles
used for transportation in the U.S.: contributions to physical activity
Hobson S, Dannenberg A. Publication analyzes the 2001 National Household Travel
Survey to look at what populations use bicycles for transportation. Submitted
for publication.
Non-Motorized Transportation Pilot Program
Collaboration with Federal Highway Administration to provide technical and
financial support to add health questions to assess physical activity, walking,
and bicycling in the evaluation of non-motorized transportation investments
authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) legislation to be conducted in four
communities (Columbia, MO; Marin County, CA; Minneapolis, MN; and Sheboygan
County, WI).
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Partner Network
Technical support and financial collaboration with SRTS Partner Network helps facilitate national efforts to develop and implement SRTS programs and infrastructure.
SRTS aims to increase physical activity, reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, and enhance neighborhood safety for children and their communities through the creation of safe bicycle and walking paths. See the Partner Network’s website at www.saferoutespartnership.org.
Walking and Biking Benchmarking
Project, Thunderhead Alliance
Developing a benchmarking data analysis and reporting system for walking and
bicycle use, facilities, policies, and funding for all 50 states and larger
metropolitan areas.
Selected Collaborative Efforts
Healthy Places Research Group, 2003-present
The HPRG meets once a month to discuss issues related to health and the built
environment. Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, CDC, students,
and researchers participate in this forum.
Public
Health and Built Environment Course Curriculum
Collaboration with Emory University and Georgia Institute for Technology faculty
to
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