4194.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The design of houses, commercial buildings, roads, parks, and other features in the built environment directly influences the health of a community. Land use and transportation decisions can facilitate or obstruct the creation and maintenance of healthy communities. In this session, presenters will discuss existing and desired methods to measure characteristics of the built environment, the potential for building models that would allow an assessment of the health impact of community design choices, the possibilities for developing guidelines for healthy choices in community design, and the issues involved in comparing designs in different communities. | |||
| Learning Objectives: (1) to understand issues related to measuring and modeling the impact on health of the built environment; to describe other selected issues concerning the impact of the built environment on the public's health; and (3) to identify opportunities and challenges faced by planners and developers in designing and building healthy communities | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH | |||
| Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH | |||
| Guidelines for developing healthy communities Susan Handy, PhD | |||
| A proposed health impact planning model toward the development of an integrated computer application characterizing the health consequences of community design choices Neal L. Rosenblatt, MS, MSC | |||
| Applying innovative methods to assess the community environment and its relationship with physical activity behavior Christine M. Hoehner, MSPH, Laura K. Brennan, PhD, Ross C. Brownson, PhD, Rebeka A. Cook, BS, Montenia Q. Anderson, BS, Brandi D. Meriwether, BS, Michael B. Elliott, PhD, C. Tracy Orleans, PhD | |||
| Measuring policy impact: Current status of federal transportation enhancement (TEA-21) funding and its impact on building pedestrian and bicycle friendly environments Kristi Kimball, James Corless | |||
| Incorporating social determinants of health into the environmental planning process Jason Corburn, PhD | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Alternative and Complementary Health Practices; Community-Based Public Health Caucus; International Health; Medical Care; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Student Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||