A Model Curriculum for a Course on the Built Environment and Public Health

Botchwey, Nisha; Hobson, Susan E.; Dannenberg, Andrew L.; Mumford, Karen G.; Contant, Cheryl K.; McMillan, Tracy; Jackson, Richard J.; Lopez, Russell; Winkle, Curtis R.

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2008.10.003

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“…Indeed, public health has historically addressed the relationship between sanitation and housing [33], so developing an educational effort within this field might have some traction. Articles considering the intersection of the built environment, public health, and climate change have already been written [34], as have articles on a curriculum connecting the built environment and public health [35]. What a new profession centered in the health tradition might lose, however, is the richness and diversity of building solutions that a more userfocused architectural education could deliver.…”

Section: Building Professions Education and Social Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Buildings don't use energy: people do

Janda

2011

Architectural Science Review

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Section: Building Professions Education and Social Responsibilitymentioning

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Buildings don't use energy: people do

Janda

2011

Architectural Science Review

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“…For at least a decade, many have called on us to reconnect the disciplines of planning and health. 52 Training programmes in built environment and health, a nascent trend across universities, have emerged in North America, 51 the United Kingdom, 53 Australia, 54 Japan, and Canada. They are reflected in the WHO's Healthy Cities movement.…”

Section: Create Interdisciplinary Built Environment and Health Trainimentioning

confidence: 99%

Translating active living research into policy and practice: One important pathway to chronic disease prevention

Giles-Corti

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Sugiyama

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J Public Health Pol

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Global concerns about rising levels of chronic disease make timely translation of research into policy and practice a priority. There is a need to tackle common risk factors: tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and harmful alcohol use. Using evidence to inform policy and practice is challenging, often hampered by a poor fit between academic research and the needs of policymakers and practitioners -notably for active living researchers whose objective is to increase population physical activity by changing the ways cities are designed and built. We propose 10 strategies that may facilitate translation of research into health-enhancing urban planning policy. Strategies include interdisciplinary research teams of policymakers and practitioners; undertaking explicitly policy-relevant research; adopting appropriate study designs and methodologies (evaluation of policy initiatives as 'natural experiments'); and adopting dissemination strategies that include knowledge brokers, advocates, and lobbyists. Conducting more policy-relevant research will require training for researchers as well as different rewards in academia.

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“…First of all, developing and implementing changes in public open space is complex, expensive and takes time [17]. Second, creating changes that could have the desired effect requires involvement of many different participants (e.g., architects, planners, and public health professionals) traditionally not working together [14, 18]. Third, evaluating the effect of such changes requires an innovative study design and a wide range of methods [19, 20].…”

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Move the Neighbourhood: Study design of a community-based participatory public open space intervention in a Danish deprived neighbourhood to promote active living

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BackgroundA limited amount of research has examined the effect of changing public open spaces on active living. This paper will present the study protocol of a community-based intervention study co-designed in an interdisciplinary collaboration with community members to develop urban installations highly tailored to promote active living among children (10–13-years-old) and seniors (>60-years-old) in a deprived neighbourhood in Copenhagen.MethodsThe study builds on a quasi-experimental study design with two sub-studies: 1) a children study and 2) a senior study. The interventions will be developed, designed and implemented in collaboration with local children and seniors, respectively, using different co-design tools and methods. We will evaluate the effect of the interventions on children’s and senior’s use of the new-built urban installations using accelerometers in combination with GPS as well as systematic observation using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC). A process evaluation with focus groups consisting of the various stakeholders in the two sub-studies will be used to gain knowledge of the intervention processes.DiscussionThe paper presents new approaches in the field of public open space interventions through interdisciplinary collaboration, participatory co-design approach and combination of measurements. Using both effect and process evaluations the study will provide unique insights in the role and importance of the interdisciplinary collaboration, participatory processes, and tailoring changes in public open space to local needs and wishes. These results can be used to guide urban renewal projects in deprived neighbourhoods in the future.Trial registrationRetrospectively registered with study ID ISRCTN50036837. Date of registration: 16 December 2016.

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A Model Curriculum for a Course on the Built Environment and Public Health

Cited by 47 publications

References 29 publications

Buildings don't use energy: people do

Buildings don't use energy: people do

Translating active living research into policy and practice: One important pathway to chronic disease prevention

Move the Neighbourhood: Study design of a community-based participatory public open space intervention in a Danish deprived neighbourhood to promote active living

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