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Government
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Resources:
National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/)
NCCDPHP prevents premature death and disability from chronic diseases
and promotes healthy personal behaviors.
- Active Community
Environments Initiative (ACES)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/aces.htm)
Active Community Environments Initiative (ACES) is a CDC-sponsored initiative to
promote walking, bicycling, and the development of accessible recreation
facilities.
- Division of Nutrition and
Physical Activity (DNPA)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa )
NCCDPHP’s DNPA provides information on different physical activity and
nutrition programs, studies, publications, and surveys, as well as a
reference to dozens of
Nutrition and Activity Related Links. (http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/dnpalink.htm).
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Effective Population-Level Strategies to Promote Physical Activity
(from the
Guide to Community Preventive Services)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/
recommendations.htm)
Evidence-based recommendations for effective population-level
interventions to promote physical activity.
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Syndemics Prevention Network
(http://www.cdc.gov/syndemics)
The Syndemics Prevention Network provides information about syndemics
(i.e. linked epidemics) and their implications for public health. This
network involves citizen leaders, researchers, and government officials
devoted to improving community health and achieving health equity.
National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nceh)
NCEH works to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions
between people and the environment.
- Air
Pollution and Respiratory Illnesses
(http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/default.htm)
The Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch of NCEH directs CDC's
fight against respiratory
illness associated with air pollution.
- Environmental Health Services (EHS)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/)
EHS provides information for sanitarians, environmental health
specialists, environmental health officers, students and other public
health professionals. This information is available to anyone in the
public interested in the field of environmental health and reducing
illness and death due to environmentally-related disease and injury.
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Health Studies Branch (HSB)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/)
HSB at NCEH is responsible for investigating the human health effects
associated with exposure to environmental hazards and to natural and
technological disasters.
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Extreme Heat
(http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/extremeheat/)
Provides information on excessive heat exposure and heat-related
illnesses.
National Center for Health Statistics
(NCHS)
(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/)
NCHS provides statistical information that will guide actions and
policies to improve the health of the American people.
National Center for
Infectious Diseases (NCID)
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/)
The mission of NCID is to prevent illness, disability, and death caused
by infectious diseases in the United States and around the world.
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc)
NCIPC prevents death and disability from non occupational injuries,
including those that are unintentional and those that result from
violence.
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National Bike Safety Network
(NBSN)
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/bike/)
NBSN strives to reduce the number of bicycle injuries by promoting
bicycle safety through public education, information sharing, and
appropriate environmental changes.
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National Strategies
for Advancing Bicycle Safety
(http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/bicycle_safety/)
Report written in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. Includes goals,
strategies, and short-term and long-term actions that can be taken to reduce
injury and mortality associated with bicycle-related incidents.
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National
Strategies for Advancing Child Pedestrian Safety (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pedestrian/contents.htm
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The mission of the National Strategies for Advancing Child Pedestrian
Safety is to enhance the well-being and safety of children by reducing
their risk of injury while walking, increasing their physical activity
level, and creating a more pedestrian-friendly environment.
National Center on Birth Defects
and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/)
NCBDDD seeks to promote optimal fetal, infant, and child development;
prevent birth defects and childhood developmental disabilities; and
enhance the quality of life and prevent secondary conditions among
children, adolescents, and adults who are living with a disability.
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Additional Federal and State Government Resources:
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
(http://www.nasa.gov/)
NASA’s mission includes to “understand and protect our home planet.”
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NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise
(http://www.earth.nasa.gov/)
The mission of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is to develop a
scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural
or human-induced changes to enable improved prediction capability for
climate, weather, and natural hazards.
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NASA’s Global Change Master Directory
(http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
A directory to global climate change topics such as agriculture, human
dimensions, land use, and sun-Earth interactions.
- Landcover Changes May Rival Greenhouse Gases as Cause of Climate
Change
(http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20020926
landcover.html)
- NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
(http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/)
The GSFC’s mission is to “understand and protect our home planet, to
explore the universe and search for life, to inspire the next generation
of explorers… as only NASA can.”
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New View on the Culprits of Climate Change
(http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/gw/co2.html)
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NASA’s Urban Climatology and Air Quality Studies
(http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/urban/)
NASA’s Urban Heat Island and Air Quality studies seek to observe,
measure, model, and analyze how the rapid growth of urban areas affects
the Atlanta region's climate and air quality.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF)
(http://www.edfacilities.org)
Professional association focusing on school facilities planning. Web
site includes information on healthy school design.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
(http://www.niehs.nih.gov)
The mission of NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and
dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these
elements and how they interrelate.
Smart Growth in Maryland
(http://www.mdp.state.md.us/index.html)
Overview of Maryland's Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation
program that was initiated with landmark legislation passed by the
General Assembly in 1997.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
(http://www.hud.gov)
HUD’s mission is to ensure a decent, safe, and sanitary home and
suitable living environment for every American. -
Listing of “Suburban Sprawl” Resources
(http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/library/bibliog/sprawl.cfm)
Bibliography on suburban sprawl was compiled by the reference staff of
the HUD Library.
- HUD USER
(http://www.huduser.org/)
Site provided by the HUD Office of Policy Development and Research
(PD&R). HUD USER is the primary source for federal government reports
and information on housing policy and programs, building technology,
economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics.
U.S. Department of Energy’s “Energy Smart Schools” Program
(http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools/)
The “Energy Smart Schools” Program promotes environmentally sound and
healthy school design.
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
(http://www.dot.gov)
DOT’s mission is to serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe,
efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets
our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the
American people, today and into the future.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(http://www.epa.gov)
EPA's mission is to protect human health and safeguard the natural
environment — air, water, and land — upon which life depends.
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Global Warming Site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/
index.html)
Provides information on the global warming phenomenon.
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Healthy School Environments
(http://www.epa.gov/schools)
EPA’s Healthy School Environments Web pages are a gateway to on-line
resources to help facility managers, school administrators, architects,
design engineers, school nurses, parents, teachers, and staff address
environmental health issues in schools.
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Heat Island Effect
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/
ActionsLocalHeatIslandEffect.html)
Information from the EPA on urban heat islands and efforts to reduce
them.
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Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools
for Schools
(http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/)
EPA’s Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Web site provides
specific information on air quality in schools, including tools and
techniques for protecting children’s health.
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Office of Children’s Health Protection
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage)
EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection addresses a variety of
children’s health issues, including issues related to healthy community
design.
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Office of Water
(http://www.epa.gov/OW/)
The EPA Office of Water’s activities are targeted to prevent pollution
wherever possible and to reduce risk for people and ecosystems in the
most cost-effective ways possible.
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Smart Growth Web Site
(http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth)
EPA’s Web site about smart growth issues and how they affect the
environment.
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Professional Organizations
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
(http://www.aia.org)
AIA comprises some 300 component organizations—across the country and
around the world—to serve the needs of U.S. architects at the national,
state, and local levels, including American architects working in
foreign locales.
American Planning Association (APA)
(http://www.planning.org)
APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed
to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. Site includes article
“What Does ‘Smart Growth’ Really Mean?” (http://www.planning.org/planningpractice/2001/april012.htm)
American Psychological Association
(http://www.apa.org/)
Site includes journal articles including "Green is Good for You" (http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr01/homepage.html)
which examines psychologists' research explaining the mental and
physical restoration we get from nature--and which has important
implications for how we should be building our homes, work environments
and cities.
American Public Health Association (APHA)
(http://www.apha.org )
APHA is the oldest and largest organization of public health
professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from
over 50 occupations of public health.
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
(http://www.asph.org)
The mission of ASPH is to strengthen, coordinate, and promote the
education, research, and service activities of accredited schools of
public health.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
(http://www.astho.org)
ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing the state and
territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S.
Territories, and the District of Columbia.
Center for Watershed Protection
(http://www.cwp.org )
The Center for Watershed Protection is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation
that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations
around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the
nation’s most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes, and rivers.
The Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center (SMRC)
(http://www.stormwatercenter.net)
The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center is designed specifically for stormwater practitioners, local government officials and others that
need technical assistance on stormwater management issues. Created and
maintained by the Center for Watershed Protection, the SMRC has
everything you need to know about stormwater in a single site.
Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign
(http://www.childproofing.org/)
National campaign geared to protect children from exposures to
environmental health hazards in schools and other childcare settings.
Coordinated by the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice (Falls
Church, VA).
The Children’s Environmental Health Network
(http://www.cehn.org/)
The Children's Environmental Health Network is a national
multidisciplinary organization whose missions are to protect the fetus
and the child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy
environment.
The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC)
(http://www.checnet.org/)
The Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) is a national,
bipartisan grassroots coalition that works to protect children’s right
to good health through a safe and clean environment.
Congress for the New Urbanism
(http://www.cnu.org)
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) advocates the restructuring of
public policy and development practices to support the restoration of
existing urban centers and towns within coherent metropolitan regions. CNU
sponsors annual meetings that bring together members of every
development-related field so they can discuss ways to reconfigure
sprawling suburbs into communities of real neighborhoods and diverse
districts, conserve natural environments, and preserve our built legacy.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
(http://www.cste.org)
CSTE is a professional association of public health epidemiologists in
states and territories working together to detect, prevent, and control
conditions of public health significance.
Environment and Gerontology Homepage
(http://arch.knu.ac.kr/~gero/index.html)
Site created by researchers and designers affiliated with Environmental
Design Research Association, United
States, and its European sister, the International Association for
People-Environment Studies (IAPS). It includes information and links on
environmental factors and gerontology.
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
(http://www.healthyschools.org/)
Healthy Schools Network, Inc. is a national not for profit
organization, centered on children's environmental health, and dedicated
to assuring every child and school employee an environmentally safe and
healthy school through research, information and referral, advocacy, and
coalition-building.
Local Government Commission (LGC)
(http://www.lgc.org)
LGC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership community working to build
livable communities. LGC provides a forum as well as technical
assistance to enhance the ability of local governments to create and
sustain healthy environments, healthy economies, and social equity.
Maryland Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
(http://www.fhiplan.com/md_bike_ped_plan/)
Contains information on Maryland’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, including
the project schedule, status, and documents.
National Association of County and City
Health Officials
(http://www.naccho.org)
The National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO)
provides education, information, research, and technical assistance to
local health departments and facilitates partnerships among local,
state, and federal agencies in order to promote and strengthen public
health.
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NACCHO Exchange, Spring 2003, Volume 2, Issue 1 (*PDF,
965KB)
(http://archive.naccho.org/Documents/naccho-exchange-spring-2003.pdf)
This edition of the NACCHO quarterly newsletter is largely devoted to
health and built environment issues. NACCHO Exchange is
distributed to more than 3,000 public health organizations across the
United States and Canada.
National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW)
(http://www.bikewalk.org/)
National Center for Bicycling & Walking (founded as the Bicycle
Federation of America) has been working for more bicycle-friendly and
walkable communities. Site is designed to support the activities and
initiatives of people across the country working in their professional
work and private lives to make America a better place to walk and to
bicycle. Includes ordering information for the 48-page guide "Increasing Physical Activity Through Community Design"
(http://www.bikewalk.org/PubHealth.htm) on how
to make communities more bicycle friendly and walkable.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
(http://www.ncsl.org)
NCSL is a bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and
staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths, and its
territories. NCSL is a source for research, publications, consulting
services, meetings, and seminars and is the national conduit for
lawmakers to communicate with one another and share ideas.
National Crime Prevention Council –- Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design (NCPC – CPTED)
(http://www.ncpc.org/ncpc/ncpc/?pa=resCenter&sa=searchResults
&subjectId=1)
Provides information on CPTED training through the National Crime
Prevention Council.
National Governors Association (NGA)
(http://www.nga.org)
NGA is the collective voice of the nation's governors. The NGA Center
for Best Practices focuses on state innovations and best practices on
issues that range from education and health to technology, welfare
reform, and the environment.
National Trust
(http://www.nationaltrust.org)
The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership,
education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and
revitalize our communities.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the largest U.S. foundation
devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans.
The Trust for Public Land
(http://www.tpl.org)
The Trust for Public Land conserves land for people to improve the
quality of life in our communities and to protect our natural and
historic resources for future generations.
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City Park Data
(http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=5960&
folder_id=985)
The latest data from Peter Harnick evaluates 55 cities on open
space per 1000 residents, park-related expenditures by resident, and
parks and open space as a percentage of city area.
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University Resources
Heating Up the Earth
(http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20021002/news/
202274.html)
Article about land use and its altering effects on weather patterns.
The Institute on Aging and Environment at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning
(http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/IAE/)
Promotes research, scholarship, and service concerning environments for
older persons.
Public Health Grand Rounds
(http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu)
The University of North Carolina and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention sponsor the public health grand rounds. The goal of Public
Health Grand Rounds is to promote a leadership-level national dialogue
on public health issues of strategic significance.
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The Epidemic of Obesity (June 27, 2002)
(http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/obesity/index.htm)
This purpose of this grand round was to increase awareness of personal
and environmental risk factors contributing to obesity, to promote
traditional and nontraditional public health partnerships, and to
strengthen the public health infrastructure.
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Urban Sprawl: What’s Health Got to Do With It? (January 18, 2002)
(http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/urban/index.html)
This purpose of this grand round was to discuss urban sprawl and its
affects on land use, transportation, and social and economic
development, as well as the implications for our health. The grand round
examines the case of Portland, Oregon, a community that has made great
strides in containing urban sprawl.
The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
(http://www.smartgrowth.umd.edu)
The goal of the center is to provide up-to-date information on smart
growth research currently being conducted by the University of Maryland.
Tools and services provided by the center are designed to guide
developers and policy makers toward "smarter" land-use decisions.
The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
(http://www.ncpad.org)
NCPAD is a collaborative effort of the University of Illinois at
Chicago, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), and the National
Center on Accessibility (NCA) at Indiana University. The mission of
NCPAD is to promote the substantial health benefits that can be gained
from participating in regular physical activity.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Human-Environment Research
Laboratory
(http://www.herl.uiuc.edu)
The Human-Environment Research Laboratory is a multidisciplinary
research laboratory dedicated to studying the relation between
people and the environments they inhabit. Studies include:
- Canopy & Crime
(http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/canopy.htm)
- Girls & Greenery
(http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/girls.htm)
- Kids & Concentration (http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/kids.html)
- Neighbors & Nature
(http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/Neighbors.htm)
- Plants & Poverty
(http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/plants.htm)
- Vegetation &
Violence (http://www.herl.uiuc.edu/vegetations.htm)
University of Northern Iowa -- National Program for Playground Safety
(NPPS)
(http://www.uni.edu/playground/)
In 1995, the University of Northern Iowa established the National
Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) with a grant from CDC. Through its
efforts to help address America's playground safety issues, NPPS hopes
to see a decline in the nearly 200,000 annual playground-related
injuries suffered by America's youth.
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