Healthy Community Design
Evidence shows that where people live plays a key role in their health. Things like housing availability and location, workplaces, the way streets are designed, transportation and the density of alcohol and tobacco retailers all influence health factors and can make it easier or harder for community members to access healthy options.
Healthy community design is a key part of BPHC’s work in Burlington. However, it is important that the people who live, work, and play in this community are engaged in and reflected in all aspects of our strategies. For that reason we’ve included resources below to help our partners and community learn more about effective community-level strategies that improve health.
Health Policy Clearinghouse is a Vermont-based online, searchable database for model prevention and health policies as well as other resources.
Vermont Healthy Communities is a pilot project that is a partnership of the Vermont Department of Health, Vermont Department of Housing & Community Development, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide capacity and resources to communities to help advance healthy community design and health equity projects.
Changelab Solutions provides resources to support improvements in neighborhood health.
Frameworks Institute helps mission-driven organizations communicate about social issues in ways that build public will to support progressive change.
American Public Health Association offers this website with information and tools for supporting healthy communities.
NIH Alcohol Policy Information System provides convenient access to policy topics related to preventing and reducing underage drinking at a local, state, and national level.
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Information is constantly advancing and as we continue to learn BPHC will update this page with new resources as needed. However, if you don’t find what you need, and live locally, reach out to us and we’ll try to connect you to the right information.