Public Health Professionals

Health impact assessment can inform planning to promote public health

This brief introduces planning directors and staff as well as policy-makers to HIA, a process that brings public health considerations into decision-making. It describes how HIAs can add value across a range of topics and summarizes the findings from a review of 134 planning-related HIAs conducted in the USA between 2004 and 2014. The resource […]

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Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on children’s health

Broad and evidence-based briefing on environmental risk in childhood, focusing on specific diseases; it concludes with the information that reducing environmental risks could prevent a quarter of childhood deaths and disease. It also provides a review of the SDGs in relation to childhood risk and disease. Particularly good review of communicable disease risk to children

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Spatial Planning for Health: An Evidence Resource for Planning and Designing Healthier Places

The review identifies, critically appraises and summarizes existing review-level evidence of associations between the built and natural environment and health outcomes. The review is centred on five aspects of the built and natural environment: neighbourhood design, housing, healthier food, natural and sustainable environment, and transport. Arising from the English context, this resource would be valuable

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Urban green spaces: A brief for action

This briefing presents the key findings of a review of research evidence and practical case studies on urban green space interventions and provides implications for practice. It covers urban green spaces and their benefits, and planning and design involving the community and stakeholders. It promotes monitoring and evaluation. It also describes potential risks and challenges

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Healthy Urban Planning Checklist

Checklist for healthy urban development, specifically to ensure new developments are in line with London policy requirements and standards. This resource can be useful for many actors: public health leads and health organisations, public health and environmental health professionals, neighbourhood forums, community groups and housing associations.  

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