Resources

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Active Transportation Collaboratory
http://www.act-trans.ubc.ca/

American Planning Association: Healthy Communities Through Collaboration
http://www.planning.org/research/healthycommunities.htm

American Planning Association: Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning
http://www.planning.org/policyguides/food.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Designing and Building Healthy Places
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces

Design for Health
http://www.designforhealth.net/

"Good Food: Examining the Impact of Food Deserts on Public Health in Chicago", Mari Gallagher
http://www.lasallebank.com/about/pdfs/report.pdf

Health Impact Assessment

Healthy Public Housing Initiative
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hphi/index.htm

"The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement", The California Endowment/PolicyLink
http://www.policylink.org/mailings/publications/built_environment.pdf?msource=PU1

Livable Communities: The Public Health Partnership, Riverside County, California
http://www.rivco-buildhealth.org/

NACCHO: National Association for City and County Health Officials
Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP): Achieving Healthier Communities Through MAPP
http://www.naccho.org/pubs/documents/na64_mapphandbook.pdf

Public Health and Planning (Community Design) 101 - CD ROM - 1st one is free
http://www.naccho.org/pubs/product1.cfm?Product_ID=90

Tackling Health Inequities through Public Health Action: A Handbook for Action
http://www.naccho.org/topics/justice/documents/NACCHO_Handbook_hyperlinks_000.pdf

Environmental Health Programs - can order 100 fact sheets free
http://www.naccho.org/pubs/documents/na143_ehfactsheet.pdf

Big Cities Health Inventory, 2007
http://www.naccho.org/topics/crosscutting/documents/BCHI07COLORFINAL.pdf

Public Health Terms for Planners and Planning Terms for Public Health Professionals
http://www.naccho.org/_toolbox/jargon.pdf

Health and the Built Environment: Exploring Impacts on People with Disabilities
http://www.naccho.org/topics/hpdp/land_use_planning/documents/DisabilityFocusGroupReport_000.pdf

Health and the Built Environment: Impacts on People with Disabilities
http://www.naccho.org/topics/hpdp/land_use_planning/documents/DisabilityFocusGroupReport.pdf

Community Design/Land Use Planning: Land Use and Health Toolbox Resources on Health and the Built Environment
http://www.naccho.org/topics/hpdp/land_use_planning/LUP_Toolbox.cfm

Our Cities, Our Health, Our Future: Acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/knus_report_16jul07.pdf

Public Health and Law: Planning for Healthy Places
http://www.healthyplanning.org/index.html

The Social Determinants of Health: Developing an evidence base for political action
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/mekn_report_10oct07.pdf

WHO (World Health Organization): Commission on Social Determinants
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/latest_publications/en/

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