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Mid-South Regional Greenprint: Strengthening connections through Health Impact Assessment
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Jamila Porter, MPH
,
College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
John Zeanah, AICP
,
Memphis and Shelby County Office of Sustainability, Memphis, TN
Michelle Rushing, MPH
,
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Georgia Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth Fuller, DrPH
,
Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Like much of the Southern US, the Mid-South region (centered around Memphis, TN) is dealing with high levels of chronic disease and persistent health disparities. Addressing these issues requires innovative solutions that examine “upstream” determinants of health within decision-making frameworks that often fail to adequately consider health implications. Understanding that their work would likely have effects on health throughout the region, the consortium leading the development of the Mid-South Regional Greenprint (a plan for an interconnected system of parks and trails throughout the region) identified Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a strategy for addressing these links to health in an actionable way. This presentation will explore some findings and results from the Greenprint HIA, examine how the HIA process fostered collaboration between different sectors (including housing, transportation, and economic development), and provide some lessons learned for those who may be considering HIA in similar contexts. The Greenprint HIA provides a good example of integrating health into a large and complex planning process that will ultimately affect the health and well-being of a community. Ultimately, the HIA helped to inform the final Greenprint Plan in a way that enhances the potential effectiveness of a proposed regional greenspace network as health promotion strategy.
Learning Areas:
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Identify decision points in the Greenprint planning process where HIA was able to identify novel connections and information that otherwise would not have been considered by decision makers
Explain some of the health outcomes and determinants impacted by green infrastructure planning
Describe how the HIA characterized the impacts of the Greenprint Plan on health outcomes and determinants
Compare the experience of the Mid-South Greenprint HIA with ongoing projects that may warrant HIA in other jurisdictions
Keyword(s): Physical Activity, Health Disparities/Inequities
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked with HIA at the local, state, regional, and federal levels over the past seven years, conducting HIA, as well as providing training and technical assistance to others involved in the field
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.
