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Session: Building Healthier Communities: Fundamentals and Strategies for Integrating Public Health into Land Use Planning and Community Design
1009.0: Saturday, November 03, 2007: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
CE Hours: 6 contact hours
Building Healthier Communities: Fundamentals and Strategies for Integrating Public Health into Land Use Planning and Community Design
Partnership:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Planning Association, National Association of City and County Health Officials
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview:
The purpose of this Institute is to offer a "how to" for integrating public health issues and public health professionals into the land use and transportation planning process. Public health professionals have an important role to play in raising public health concerns as a priority in the planning process and in promoting healthier community design strategies. Because decisions made about the built environment impact a wide range of public health concerns, including pedestrian safety, obesity, water quality, and others, it is crucial for public health practitioners to learn strategic points of intervention in the planning process. This workshop will focus on different means and options to better integrate health into these processes (e.g. collaboration across disciplines, health impact assessments and other creative tools). These tools can be effective in identifying the health risks and potential alternative options and solutions early on for proposed development, transportation projects, or policies. The speakers will specifically address how collaborative tools and strategies are vital to developing and sustaining health communities at the local level.
Organizer(s):Carrie Fesperman, MPH MRP
Emily A. Cohen
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMWelcome, Introduction, and Overview: "Who is in the Audience" game
Valerie Rogers
9:15 AM - 9:30 AMJargon & terminology game
Valerie Rogers
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMPlanning "101" and fostering relationships between disciplines
Emil E. Malizia, PhD
10:00 AM - 10:15 AMBreak
10:15 AM - 11:45 AMTools of the trade: Introduction and application of health impact assessments and other healthy development tools
Candace Rutt, PhD
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMCase Study - Lessons learned through collaboration
Candace Rutt, PhD
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLunch (on your own)
1:30 PM - 2:45 PMGetting started in your community: Interactive discussion
Valerie Rogers
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBreak
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMProblem based scenarios
Valerie Rogers
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM    Strategic planning discussion and take home messages
Candace Rutt, PhD
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMTools and resources
Valerie Rogers
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMWrap up and evaluation
Valerie Rogers
Organized by:APHA-Learning Institute (APHA-LI)
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA