PLANNERS4HEALTH

Where we live, work, and play directly impacts our health outcomes. The American Planning Association (APA) is committed to promoting healthy places and integrating health considerations into planning practice and decision-making. APA has taken an active role, in partnership with the American Public Health Association, in developing a “Planners4Health” initiative to promote healthy places through the local APA chapters. Planners4Health seeks to build capacity at the chapter level to create stronger, healthier communities by fostering greater coordination between planners and public health professionals. For more information, check out the APA’s Planners4Health initiative.

The San Diego Section of the American Planning Association (SDAPA) is also committed to promoting healthy places under the umbrella of the Planners4Health initiative. The region has seen the integration of public health and planning at the local level through programs and policies such as the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Healthy Works Project, Live Well San Diego campaign, General Plan elements that focus on health and wellbeing, and regional planning efforts.

Below are links to public health and planning resources, and the Planners4Health initiative:

• Plan4Health
• Joint Call to Action to Promote Healthy Communities
• California Health in All Policies Task Force
• California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool 3.0
• Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project
• Live Well San Diego
• California Healthy Places Index
• SANDAG Public Health White Paper
• City of Chula Vista Healthy Communities General Plan Element
• City of Escondido Community Health and Services General Plan Element
• City of Lemon Grove Health and Wellness General Plan Element 
• City of National City Health and Environmental Justice General Plan Element
• City of San Diego Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture 
• City of San Diego Promise Zone Increasing Access to Healthcare and Healthy Foods Work Plan
• City of San Marcos Parks, Recreation, and Community Health General Plan Element
• City of Vista Healthy Vista General Plan Element
• Healthy Communities Initiative History – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Federal Reserve

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