Building
Healthy RC/EZ/ECs
Information and Tools to Link Health Improvement
to
Economic and Community Development
This web site is part of a larger project, funded by the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), to provide
health planning technical assistance for Renewal Communities, Empowerment
Zones, and Enterprise Communities (RC/EZ/ECs). Because RC/EZ/ECs
represent some of the nation's most economically disadvantaged and
ethnically diverse urban and rural areas, ASPE has initiated a multi-faceted
technical assistance
project that will build their capacity to eliminate health disparities
and incorporate health improvement into their RC/EZ/EC economic
and community development initiatives. Other pieces of this project
include technical assistance
by request, where RC/EZ/ECs can request specific assistance related
to health planning from the Public Health Foundation (PHF)
via phone, fax, or email. In addition, RC/EZ/ECs will be able to
participate in two audioconferences.
Specific areas of assistance provided on this site are listed below.
Each area provides a topic overview, a story from the field, several
examples from the field, tools, tips, and links. The Good Health/Good
Economy section provides highlights from a literature review on
how health planning can benefit and strengthen economic development
initiatives, fact sheets, newsletter articles, and links.
RC/EZ/ECs are encouraged to forward their own health-related success
stories to PHF.
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These technical assistance resources for RC/EZ/ECs were
funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through a cooperative
agreement administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA), and prepared by the Public Health Foundation. Duplication
and adaptation, with credit, are encouraged. |
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