Planners' decisions have a profound impact on public health, and planning practice offers many tools and techniques that can be used to support public health goals. At this workshop, you'll learn how to integrate public health issues into comprehensive plans, zoning, and Health Impact Assessments, using models and best practices from around the country. Interactive exercises show how to promote greater access to healthy food and physical activity.

You'll learn about:

- Promoting public health through planning
- Making food part of the comprehensive plan
- Fitting physical activity into community planning
- Planning for respiratory health and air quality
- Ensuring water quality through comprehensive plans
- Collecting baseline health data and environmental audits
- Using Health Impact Assessments effectively
- Building relationships with public health agencies, developers, community-based organizations, and residents

AICP members earn CM | 14.0 credits for on-site participation in the full two-day workshop. Partial credit is not available for participation of less than two full days.

The workshop will not be available on CD-ROM or streaming media.

More Register

Email: confregistration@planning.org.
Phone: 312-786-6397

Instructors:

Samina Raja

Heather Wooten

(6 Ratings)