Public Health Spatial Planning in Practice

Michael Chao-Jung Chang is a Chartered Fellow town planner and public health professional working at the intersection of spatial planning for health policy development and implementation at national and local levels.Liz Green is a Consultant in Public Health / Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment, Public Health Wales and Visiting Professor at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments.Carl Petrokofsky is a Consultant in Public Health who developed the Healthy Places programme at Public Health England and Visiting Professor at the WHO.

• Introduction Part 1: Scene Setting1. Evidence Case for Action 2. Policy and Professional Skills Context 3. Current State of Planning for Health Part 2: Health, Wellbeing and Equity Impacts4. Health in All Policies 5. Health Impact Assessment in Planning 6. Health in Other Impact Assessments Part 3: Actions to Improve Practice7. Health and Wellbeing in Planning Policy 8. Health and Wellbeing in Planning Decisions9. Rise of the Public Health Spatial Planning Practitioner Part 4: Health Benefits and Outcomes 10. Value and Outcomes 11. Securing Value Concluding Reflections