Designing Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids: National Public Health Week 2006

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dc.contributor.authorBenjamin, Georges C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:07Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:07Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe waves, winds, and rains of Hurricane Katrina irreversibly altered the landscape of the US Gulf Coast. Some communities are rebuilding on existing foundations; others are starting anew, with a virtual tabula rasa. Community leaders have been grappling with intense decisions on how—or in some instances, whether—to rebuild. Despite the sobering trials they face, they are presented with a unique opportunity: to factor health into community design and to rebuild these communities better than before. Imagine having the opportunity to redesign your own community. What would you change? How would you plan development so that achieving optimum health would be a priority? Would roads dominate your transportation options? Would housing be closer to jobs, grocery stores, and retail outlets? Would you preserve more park or farmland? These considerations are paramount to developing communities that can sustain good health. Children can be considered a bellwether for the health of our communities.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2006.086603
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mhkp-j2eq
dc.identifier.citationBenjamin, Georges C. (2006) Designing Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids: National Public Health Week 2006. American Journal of Public Health, 96 (4). p. 592.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2457
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23155
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectNational Public Health Week
dc.subjectbuilt environment
dc.subjectchildren’s health
dc.subjectChild and Adolescent Health
dc.subjectEnvironment
dc.subjectExercise/Physical Activity
dc.subjectInjury/Emergency Care/Violence
dc.subjectNutrition/Food
dc.subjectOverweight
dc.subjectUnderweight
dc.titleDesigning Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids: National Public Health Week 2006
dc.typeArticle

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