Community Health

Designing and Building Healthy Places – significant health issues related to land use

Development of a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Protocol for Polk County, Florida [DOC - 248 KB] – development of an HIA for Polk County, Florida, one of the fastest growing counties in Florida. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Greenwaste Diversion and Recycling Plan [DOC - 514 KB] – plan to reduce greenwaste disposal at the landfill to increase its life expectancy and to develop commodities from greenwaste generation (compost and mulch). This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Healthy Communities Program – CDC program to engage communities and mobilize national networks to focus on chronic disease prevention

Healthy People in Healthy Places - CDC Goals – make the places where people live, work, learn, and play protect and promote their health and safety

Reducing the Health Impact From Former Methamphetamine Labs in Kentucky [DOC - 975 KB] – implemented and distributed to all health departments in the state interim cleanup guidance for protection of citizens and public health workers. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.

Working to Build Healthy Communities: Community Environmental Health Assessments Using PACE EH [PDF - 145 KB] – using PACE EH as a tool to build healthy communities. This is one in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health.

Links to information from outside CDC

Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access – The IDEA Center is dedicated to improving the design of environments and products by making them more usable, safer and appealing to people with a wide range of abilities throughout their life spans.

Center for Watershed Protection – The Center for Watershed Protection is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the nation’s most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes, and rivers.

Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign – National campaign geared to protect children from exposures to environmental health hazards in schools and other childcare settings. Coordinated by the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (Falls Church, VA).

Healthy Schools Network, Inc. – Healthy Schools Network, Inc. is a national not–for–profit organization centered on children's environmental health and dedicated to assuring every child and school employee an environmentally safe and healthy school through research, information and referral, advocacy, and coalition–building.

Institute on Aging and Environment at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning – Promotes research, scholarship, and service concerning environments for older persons.

Local Government Commission (LGC) – LGC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership community working to build livable communities. LGC provides a forum as well as technical assistance to enhance the ability of local governments to create and sustain healthy environments, healthy economies, and social equity.

National Crime Prevention Council –– Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (NCPC – CPTED) – Provides information on CPTED training through the National Crime Prevention Council.

The PACE EH Demonstration Site Project: Communities in Action (National Association of County and City Health Officials) – eight local public health agencies used the methodology developed in PACE EH to conduct the 13-task assessment process of supporting community-based environmental health assessment activities

The Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center (SMRC) – The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center is designed specifically for stormwater practitioners, local government officials and others that need technical assistance on stormwater management issues. Created and maintained by the Center for Watershed Protection, SMRC has everything you need to know about stormwater in a single site.

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Human–Environment Research Laboratory – studies include canopy and crime, girls and greenery, and neighbors and nature

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