National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/)
NCCDPHP prevents premature death and disability from chronic diseases
and promotes healthy personal behaviors.
National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nceh)
NCEH works to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions
between people and the environment.
National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
NCHS provides statistical information that will guide actions and
policies to improve the health of the American people.
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control
(http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000e539)
NCIPC works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs
associated with injuries.
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and
Enteric Diseases (ZVED)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nczved/)
ZVED provides leadership, expertise, and service in laboratory and epidemiological science,
bioterrorism preparedness, applied research, disease surveillance, and outbreak.
National Center on Birth Defects
and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/)
NCBDDD seeks to promote optimal fetal, infant, and child development;
prevent birth defects and childhood developmental disabilities; and
enhance the quality of life and prevent secondary conditions among
children, adolescents, and adults who are living with a disability.
Additional Federal and State Government Resources:
Bureau of Land Management
(http://www.blm.gov/education/)
The Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the U. S. Department of the Interior,
strives to realize healthier and more productive public lands by providing online
and hands-on educational training through their Learning Landscapes Environmental
Education Web site.
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
(http://www.nasa.gov/)
NASA’s mission includes to “understand and protect our home planet.”
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF)
(http://www.edfacilities.org)
Professional association focusing on school facilities planning. Web
site includes information on healthy school design.
National Council on Disability (NCD)
(http://www.ncd.gov/)
The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for all Americans with disabilities and their families.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
(http://www.niehs.nih.gov)
The mission of NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and
dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these
elements and how they interrelate.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
(http://www.walkinginfo.org/index.cfm)
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) is a national clearinghouse for information
about health and safety, engineering, advocacy, education, enforcement, access, and mobility for
pedestrians (including transit users) and bicyclists. The PBIC serves anyone interested in pedestrian
and bicycle issues, including planners, engineers, private citizens, advocates, educators, police
enforcement, and the health community.
Smart Growth in Maryland
(http://www.mdp.state.md.us/index.html)
Overview of Maryland's Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation
program that was initiated with landmark legislation passed by the
General Assembly in 1997.
U.S. Access Board
(http://www.access-board.gov)
The Access board is an independent Federal Agency committed to accessible design.
U.S. Department of Energy
(http://www.energy.gov/)
One of the U.S. Department of Energy's strategic themes are promoting America’s energy security
through reliable, clean, and affordable energy
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
(http://www.dot.gov)
DOT’s mission is to serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe,
efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets
our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the
American people, today and into the future.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(http://www.epa.gov)
EPA's mission is to protect human health and safeguard the natural
environment — air, water, and land — upon which life depends.
Professional Organizations
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
(http://www.aia.org)
AIA comprises some 300 component organizations—across the country and
around the world—to serve the needs of U.S. architects at the national,
state, and local levels, including American architects working in
foreign locales.
American Planning Association (APA)
(http://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/health/)
APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed
to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning.
American Psychological Association
(http://www.apa.org/)
Site includes journal articles including "Green is Good for You" (http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/homepage.html),
which examines psychologists' research explaining the mental and
physical restoration we get from nature--and which has important
implications for how we should be building our homes, work environments
and cities.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
(http://www.apha.org )
APHA is the oldest and largest organization of public health
professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from
over 50 occupations of public health.
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
(http://www.asph.org)
The mission of ASPH is to strengthen, coordinate, and promote the
education, research, and service activities of accredited schools of
public health.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
(http://www.astho.org)
This is the healthy places Web site for ASTHO, the national nonprofit organization representing
the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and
the District of Columbia. The Activities and Programs drop-down menu includes Healthy Places,
Safe Water, and Built and Synthetic Environment.
Center for Watershed Protection
(http://www.cwp.org )
The Center for Watershed Protection is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation
that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations
around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the
nation’s most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes, and rivers.
Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign
(http://www.childproofing.org/)
National campaign geared to protect children from exposures to
environmental health hazards in schools and other childcare settings.
Coordinated by the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (Falls
Church, VA).
Children’s Environmental Health Network
(http://www.cehn.org/)
The Network's mission is to protect the fetus and the child from environmental hazards and
to promote a healthy environment for all children . The index includes safe housing and
safe schools information.
Commission for Architecture and Built Environment
(http://www.cabe.org.uk/)
CABE is the United Kingdom's largest public building program. It influences and inspires
the people making decisions about our built environment to choose good design that reduces
the impact of built environment on climate change, promotes good infrastructure, and promotes
good health.
Community Food Security Coalition
(http://www.foodsecurity.org/)
The Community Food Security Coalition is a non-profit North American organization dedicated to
building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable,
nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times.
Congress for the New Urbanism
(http://www.cnu.org)
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is the leading organization promoting walkable,
neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl. Members are are the planners,
developers, architects, engineers, public officials, investors, and community activists who
create and influence the built environment.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
(http://www.cste.org)
CSTE is a professional association of public health epidemiologists in
states and territories working together to detect, prevent, and control
conditions of public health significance.
Design for Health
(http://www.designforhealth.net/)
Design for Health is a collaboration between the
University of Minnesota (http://www.umn.edu/),
Cornell University (http://www.cornell.edu/),
and the University
of Colorado (http://www.colorado.edu/) that serves to bridge the gap between the emerging
research base on community design and healthy living and the every-day realities
of local government planning.
Environmental Design Research Association
(http://www.edra.org/)
The Environmental Design Research Association advances and disseminates behavior and
design research toward improving understanding of the relationships between people and
their environments. Members are an interdisciplinary community of research and design
professionals, educators, and students focused on the reciprocal relationship of people
with their built and natural environments.
Healthy Child Healthy World
(http://www.healthychild.org)
Healthy Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the health and well being of children
from harmful environmental exposures. Resources include checklists for healthy indoor air
quality and articles on home building materials
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
(http://www.healthyschools.org/)
Healthy Schools Network, Inc. is a national not-for-profit
organization centered on children's environmental health and dedicated
to assuring every child and school employee an environmentally safe and
healthy school through research, information and referral, advocacy, and
coalition-building.
Healthy Transportation Network
(http://www.healthytransportation.net/)
The Healthy Transportation Network provides walking and bicycling safety information.
The Network also also provides trainings to local stakeholders interested in creating
environments that encourage safe walking and bicycling.
Leadership for Healthy Communities
(http://www.leadershipforhealthycommunities.org/)
The program supports state and local policy leaders in efforts to create healthier communities
by promoting policies and programs that will improve access to affordable healthy foods,
increase opportunities for safe physical activity, and improve the social environments that
shape how children perceive and relate to healthy eating and active living.
Local Government Commission (LGC)
(http://www.lgc.org)
LGC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership community working to build
livable communities. LGC provides a forum as well as technical
assistance to enhance the ability of local governments to create and
sustain healthy environments, healthy economies, and social equity.
Maryland 20-Year Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Access Master Plan
[PDF 2.76MB]
(http://www.mdot.state.md.us/Planning/Bicycle/FINALB.PDF)
The Plan includes five goals, 12 strategies, and 65 action items ensuring the
creation of a transportation system designed to encourage walking and bicycling,
and providing a seamless, balanced, and barrier-free network for all.
Meteorology Education and Training
(http://www.meted.ucar.edu/bmet_training.php)
The MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) Website provides education and training
resources for operational forecaster community, university atmospheric scientists and students,
and anyone interested in learning more deeply about meteorology and weather forecasting topics.
The site features modules in Weather and Built Environment, and Watersheds: Connecting Weather
to the Environment.
National Association of County and City
Health Officials
(http://www.naccho.org)
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
provides education, information, research, and technical assistance to
local health departments and facilitates partnerships among local,
state, and federal agencies in order to promote and strengthen public
health.
National Center for
Healthy Housing (NCHH)
(www.centerforhealthyhousing.org)
NCHH, formerly the center for Lead-Safe Housing, was founded in 1992 to
bring the housing, environmental, and public health communities together
to combat childhood lead poisoning.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
(http://www.ncsl.org)
NCSL is a bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and
staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths, and its
territories. NCSL is a source for research, publications, consulting
services, meetings, and seminars and is the national conduit for
lawmakers to communicate with one another and share ideas.
National Governors Association (NGA)
(http://www.nga.org)
NGA is the collective voice of the nation's governors. The NGA Center
for Best Practices focuses on state innovations and best practices on
issues that range from education and health to technology, welfare
reform, and the environment.
National Trust
(http://www.nationaltrust.org)
The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership,
education, and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and
revitalize our communities.
Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
(http://www.trafficsafety.org/worklife/bike/web/plan.html)
The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety offers online resources to help employers promote
bicycle safety in the workplace whether employees bike to and from work, or solely for
recreational purposes.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the largest U.S. foundation
devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
Society of Public Health Officials
(http://sophe.org/content/ce_self_study.asp)
SOPHE is an independent, international professional association made up of a diverse
membership of health education professionals and students. The Society promotes healthy
behaviors, healthy communities, and healthy environments through its membership, its
network of local chapters, and its numerous partnerships with other organizations. With
its primary focus on public health education, SOPHE offers a Webinar in
"Reconnecting Kids with Nature for Health Benefits."
Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center (SMRC)
(http://www.stormwatercenter.net)
The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center is designed specifically for stormwater practitioners, local government officials and others that
need technical assistance on stormwater management issues. Created and
maintained by the Center for Watershed Protection, SMRC has
everything you need to know about stormwater in a single site.
Sustainable Sites Initiative
(http://www.sustainablesites.org/)
The Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary partnership between the
American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center,
the United States Botanic Garden and a diverse group of stakeholder organizations to
develop guidelines and standards for landscape sustainability.The motivation behind this
initiative stems from the desire to protect and enhance the ability of landscapes to
provide services such as climate regulation, clean air and water, and improved quality of life.
The Trust for Public Land
(http://www.tpl.org)
The Trust for Public Land conserves land for people to improve the
quality of life in our communities and to protect our natural and
historic resources for future generations.
The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
(http://www.ncpad.org)
The mission of NCPAD is to promote the substantial health benefits that can be
gained from participating in regular physical activity. The site provides
information and resources that can enable people with disabilities to become as
physically active as they choose to be. Resources include the CDC-funded AIMFREE
(Accessibility Instruments Measuring Fitness and Recreation Environments)
manuals that help persons with mobility limitations and professionals (i.e.,
fitness and recreation center staff, and/or owners of fitness centers) assess
the accessibility of recreation and fitness facilities, including fitness
centers and swimming pools.
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