Webinar
This webinar offers an introduction to the steps for creating a healthy general plan – a key policy tool guiding land use, transportation, housing, and other community development decisions. We’ll walk through each step, from...
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Fact Sheet
These fact sheets summarize research linking health outcomes to the built environment: one for health practitioners and advocates, in which the research is categorized according to public health issue (e.g., injury prevention, access to healthy...
Report
This article in the Community Food Security Coalition News connects the dots between land use planning and healthier communities, and is geared toward food system activists. It was written by Hannah Burton Laurison, Raquel Bournhonesque,...
Report
Partners for Public Health provides a broad overview of the many public agencies that make policy decisions affecting aspects of the built environment, pointing public health professionals toward opportunities for engagement. This guide is a...
Toolkit,
Curriculum
In 2008, community members in South LA pushed the City of Los Angeles to develop a moratorium limiting the development of new freestanding fast food restaurants. The policy was made permanent through changes to LA’s...
Success Story
In 2011, the City of Chicago made a bold move. The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) released a 5-year public health agenda, known as Healthy Chicago , to make the city a healthier and...
Model Legal Document
Most — if not all — government decisions affect health. Policies that shape food access, housing, transportation, public safety, education, sustainability, climate change, parks, air and water quality, criminal justice, and economic development can and...
Curriculum,
Webinar,
Presentation
What are the elements of a healthy and equitable community? How do we create conditions in which all children and families can thrive? To foster collaborative thinking on these essential questions, ChangeLab Solutions created the...
Webinar,
Presentation
How can communities ensure that their voice is heard in public decisionmaking processes? And how can local governments guarantee that community priorities are reflected in local policies? Episode 6 explores how collaborating with communities and...
Toolkit
Health is one of our most precious resources. People everywhere want their families and communities to be healthy and to thrive. But what does it really take to make that vision a reality? The fact...
Success Story
School administrators in Billings were feeling some pressure to consolidate schools, with budget concerns high and student enrollment flat. They’d already closed several schools in recent years, a step that meant some students had to...
Success Story
In 2008, a staggering 63 percent of African-American children living in Summit County, Ohio, were obese or overweight – at a time when the county average was 39 percent and the national rate was 27...