Lesson 19 - Health Planning Flashcards
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a phone survey to collecte state-level data on the prevalence of behavioral risks among adults. This survey asks for example about smoking and physical activity.
Public Health and Land Use Planning
In 2003, a partnership between APA and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) began to restore the bridge between land-use planning, community design, and public health practice.
Today we recognize that decisions about land use, community design, and transportation planning have a direct effect on the rate of overweight and obesity, incidence of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and mental illness, and pedestrian injury and fatality.
Planning and Designing the Physically Active Community
The perpetuation (through zoning and subdivision regulations) of low density development (e.g., one dwelling unit per acre or less), which is not conducive to walking or bicycling and thus not conducive to incorporating activity into daily routines.
The regulatory and market barriers to mixed-use developments and districts. Regulatory barriers include development standards that prohibit combining various land uses within a single building or in a zoning district
and building codes that discourage adaptive reuse of older buildings.
The vast majority of streets and street environments in American cities and towns are, by design, unsafe and even hostile toward anything except the automobile.
The lack of street connectivity is another problem.
Health Disparities
Health Disparities references to the difference in the incidence of health conditions and diseases among specific population groups. For example, there could be a low birth weight health disparity in a certain neighborhood in a city.
Health Impact Assessment
A Health Impact Assessment uses quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the health consequences of a policy, project or program where health is not the primary objective. The City of Columbus, Ohio’s public health department provides a health impact assessment on each development proposal in the city. This allows the health department to provide critical input on how the development will/could impact health.
