Public Health Spatial Planning in Practice

Improving Health and Wellbeing

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Health and wellbeing are significantly influenced by how professionals plan, design and manage the environment. This book supports those working in the built environment and public health sectors, with the knowledge and insight to maximise health improvement through planning and land use decisions. Supported by examples of policy and approaches, it focuses on implementation and delivery, and sets out what is needed to achieve healthier environments within the parameters of legislative and policy frameworks.It demonstrates how when we harness the art and science of public health spatial planning, can we begin to effect changes to the policies and decisions that shape population health.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-29
Mått:138 x 216 x 26 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447358466

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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