Translating National Policy to Improve Environmental Conditions Impacting Public Health Through Community Planning

Beth Ann Fiedler, PhD, is an independent researcher and author. Dr. Fiedler has authored books on medical device regulation and innovative approaches to healthcare quality. She has also successfully completed quality-award winning management and other projects for the private sector and the United States military. As a health generalist, Dr. Fiedler has explored a variety of factors influencing public policy ranging from ethics in electricity usage to her current project on medical device health technology management.  Dr. Fiedler's research includes policy analysis focused on healthcare quality and policy development to improve community health and fiscal conditions presented to representatives of the U.S. Senate, and annual conferences such as the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA); Decision Sciences Institute; Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS); Healthcare Information Technology and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); and MedBiquitous at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She has published in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, Energy Policy, the International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, the International Journal of Public Policy, the James Madison Institute (JMI) Backgrounder, the Journal of Public Administration & Governance, the Quarterly Journal of Business Studies, the Medical Equipment Technology Association (M.E.T.A.) Scholar, and in the Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute. Her work on medical malpractice for JMI has been cited as "Ideas Changing the World" by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Dr. Fiedler was recently named an ASPA Founder's Fellow in 2014 and received a 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Excellence by the Emerald Literati Network.

“The author of this book provides excellent examples of how public policy is inextricably linked with the environment and public health outcomes. … students in public policy, health policy, health professions, or urban planning would find this book appealing as well. The book meets the needs of the intended audience. The author and contributors are known experts in their fields.” (Carole A. Kenner, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2018)

• Overview of Indicators Affecting Public Health.- Home and Community Infrastructure: Energy-Efficient Housing.- Planning Healthy Communities: Abating Preventable Chronic Diseases (Childhood Obesity).- Restoring Urban Ecosystems.- Healthy Modes of Transportation.- Resource Sharing When Designing Space for the Aging, Youth, Families.- Urban Health Access.- Sustainable Business Ventures.- Rethinking the Benefits of National Parks: Eliminating Man-made Barriers.- Making Water in the Desert (Israel).-National Perspectives on the Individual Value of Land Ownership.-National Environmental Regulation and Comparative Health Policy Literature.-Child Mortality in Pakistan: A Healthcare or Social/Environmental Issue?.- The War on Poverty and Associated Diseases.- Personal Gardens of Eden.- Environmentally Responsible Health Practices: Green Health.-Health in European Cities.- Immigration Impact in Turkey.