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151028 1 Designing Communi,es for Be0er Health UBCM Walking Tour Monday, September 21, 2015 Claire Gram Policy Consultant and Healthy Built Environment Lead Vancouver Coastal Health [email protected] Today’s Agenda 1. Plenary presentaLon 2. Get into groups with the walking facilitator and take SeaBus to Lower Lonsdale (North Vancouver) 3. Walk between each of the 5 presentaLon sites with the facilitator 4. Take SeaBus back to the ConvenLon Centre
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Designing Communi,es for Be0er Health
UBCM Walking Tour Monday, September 21, 2015
Claire Gram Policy Consultant and Healthy Built Environment Lead
Vancouver Coastal Health [email protected]
Today’s Agenda 1. Plenary presentaLon 2. Get into groups with the walking facilitator and
take SeaBus to Lower Lonsdale (North Vancouver)
3. Walk between each of the 5 presentaLon sites with the facilitator
4. Take SeaBus back to the ConvenLon Centre
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Lower Lonsdale
What is Public Health? Public Health is about:
Improving the health of all + reducing health inequiLes
And yet….
60% of populaLon health outcomes are aXributed to the places we live (the physical / built environment) and social and economic determinants
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Healthy Equity Health inequi,es or dispariLes are:
differences in health outcomes that are avoidable, unfair and systemically related to social inequality and marginalizaLon
Health Inequi,es
Social inequality & exclusion
Economic inequality & exclusion
hXps://ou_ront.org/strategicplan
Shared Roots: Urban Planning & Public Health
21st Century 20th Century 19th Century
Tackling infectious diseases e.g. water, sanitation, rodent & mosquito control
Injury and disease prevention e.g. building permits and zoning for ventilation, exposure to toxic substances, development, separating residences from industrial areas
Chronic health problems - prevention & management e.g. walkable / healthy communities, creating social connections, mitigating health impacts of social inequities
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Popula,on health impacts Physical fitness, food choices, traffic safety, polluLon exposure,
community cohesion, access to faciliLes
Travel choices & behaviour Amount & type of walking, cycling, public transit, automobile
Urban pa0erns Density, connecLvity, streetscape
Planning & investment policies & prac,ces OCP, infrastructure investments, zoning, development fees
Concept by Frank et al.
Healthy Transporta,on Networks
Healthy Neighbourhood Design
Healthy Natural Environments
Healthy Food Systems
Healthy Housing
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Healthy Neighbourhood Design
Vision: Neighbourhoods where people can easily connect with each other and with a variety of day-‐to-‐day services
Healthy Transporta,on Networks
Vision: Safe & accessible transporta:on systems that incorporate a diversity of transporta:on modes & place priority on ac:ve transport (e.g., cycling, walking & transit) over the use of private vehicles
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Healthy Natural Environments
Vision: A built environment where natural environments are protected & natural elements are incorporated, & are experienced by & accessible to all
Healthy Food Systems
Vision: A built environment that can support access to & availability of healthy foods for all
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Healthy Housing
Vision: Affordable, accessible, & good quality housing for all that is free of hazards & enables people to engage in ac:vi:es of daily living while op:mizing their health
Fact Sheets • Summary of the features
• Planning principles
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Linkages Summaries • DirecLonality of impacts & health related outcomes related to planning principles
Evidence Diagrams • Strength of evidence on impacts and outcomes
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Building Healthier Communi,es
What is it? A provincial program, delivered in partnership with health authoriLes, to sLmulate more local acLons and policies to support health living.
Healthy Communi,es Program
Partnerships
IdenLfy Priority Areas
Community RecogniLon
Health Authority Support
CelebraLon of Success
PlanH
http://planh.ca/
WORKSHOPS • GRANTS • ACTION GUIDES
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Acknowledgements • Marylyn Chiang (UBCM) • Facilitators & Presenters:
– Dr. John Carsley – Dr. Mark Lyshyshyn (VCH) – Claire Gram (VCH) – Jade Yehia (Vancouver Island Health Authority) – Sandra Gill (Fraser Health) – Alison McNeil (Capilano University) – Linda Buchanan (City of North Vancouver) – Michael Epp (City of North Vancouver)
Resources Provincial Health Services Authority: Healthy Built Environments
hXp://www.phsa.ca/our-‐services/programs-‐services/populaLon-‐public-‐health/healthy-‐built-‐environment
Healthy Families BC hXps://www.healthyfamiliesbc.ca/your-‐community/communiLes-‐program
Plan H hXp://planh.ca/
Canadian Ins,tute of Planners: Healthy Communi,es hXp://www.cip-‐icu.ca/web/la/en/pa/C9E751B58DB84739A342A5766887FA5E/template.asp
Healthy Canada by Design hXp://hcbd-‐clasp.com/
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Want support or learn more about improving the health of your community?
You might already have relaLonships with your health authority. If not, the contacts below are a good place to start: Fraser Health Sandra Gill Email: [email protected] Phone: 604 949-‐7262 Interior Health Pam Moore Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-‐505-‐7239 Northern Health Doug Quibell Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-‐631-‐4222
Vancouver Coastal Health Claire Gram Email: [email protected] Phone: 604-‐675-‐3800 ext. 69613 Island Health Jade Yehia Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-‐519-‐3654 UBCM Marylyn Chiang Email: [email protected] Phone: 604-‐270-‐8226 ext. 110
