166304 Tools of the trade: Introduction and application of health impact assessments and other healthy development tools

Saturday, November 3, 2007: 10:15 AM

Candace Rutt, PhD , Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Session will describe steps to undertake health impact assessments, environmental scan audits, and other processes that can be used to determine positive and negative impacts of built environment decisions. Presenters will describe types of data that could be used.

Learning Objectives:
Explain health impact assessments and identify areas in community where a conducting health impact assessment might be productive.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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