142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

Home Events & Meetings Annual Meeting Schedule & Program

Online Program

Annual Meeting Recordings are now available for purchase

307718
Partnerships for planning and designing healthy communities: How active living coalitions partner with public health professionals for better health outcomes

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

Pete Fritz, AICP , Division of Nutrition and physical activity, Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis, IN
Lindsey Bouza, MPH , Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Indiana State Department of Health, Indianapolis, IN
Kimberly L. Irwin, MPH , Alliance for Health Promotion, Health by Design, Indianapolis, IN
Zia Brucaya, MURP , Alliance for Health Promotion, Health by Design, Alliance for Health Promotion, Indianapolis, IN
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Partnerships between public health professionals and coalitions that promote sound urban planning and design are becoming essential in effective public health promotion and education. This session will provide innovative ideas to create successful partnerships between these groups and public health professionals. In the last three years, the presenting team has facilitated 26 community workshops and numerous other group presentations that promote active living as a public health intervention. The session speakers will explain how these partnerships are initiated and fostered to create sustainable long-term relationships that lead to documented changes to the built environment, supporting expanded opportunities for physical activity and better health outcomes. Case studies of promotional programs and evaluation tools will be presented in detail, along with an explanation of the documented outcomes of these partnerships. 

Speakers will present examples of educational and technical assistance programs that use planning and design processes combined with public health approaches to improve opportunities for healthy living. These unique programs incorporate design and planning professionals in partnership with public health professionals to create a unified approach to promoting changes to the built environment. The programs also target key policymakers in communities. The session presenters will explain how to identify and involve theses decision-makers as part of the education and promotional programs to garner better program implementation. 

Another key element of this work is evaluation and monitoring after the program intervention. Session presenters will provide a step-by-step approach to establishing long-term relationships with communities to help foster lasting change to policies and the built environment.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Chronic disease management and prevention
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Other professions or practice related to public health
Program planning
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe two existing community coalitions that work with health departments and local communities to improve community health. Identify three successful community interventions that health departments and coalitions can partner on to make changes to the built environment in support of healthy communities. Explain how design and planning professionals can successfully partner with public health professionals on public health education and health promotion projects. List three action steps that create and sustain partnerships between coalitions and health departments in promoting changes to the built environment that support better health outcomes.

Keyword(s): Planning, Community-Based Partnership & Collaboration

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the responsible staff member in our department that has managed the activities that will be presented in this session. I am a certified professional community planner and a registered landscape architect working in a state department of health. The content in our session is partially the result of my experience of 30 years in community planning and urban design combined with current work in public health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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.

Back to: 3278.0: Built Environment, Community Design, and Public Health