Land Use and Health Program
Organization Overview
The Land Use and Health Program seeks to engage public health leadership working with low-income populations to change the built environment in order to ensure greater access to healthy food, and increase opportunities for physical activity. The goal of the project is to ensure that low-income communities have access to healthy foods and physical activity opportunities to prevent obesity and related chronic diseases. The Program is developing tools for and providing technical assistance to health advocates that will strengthen their capacity to influence county and city policies related to land use to improve environments for healthy eating and physical activity and to ensure that public health concerns related to obesity are included in decisions related to the built environment especially in low-income neighborhoods. The Program is focusing on three land use planning mechanisms to achieve these objectives: General Plans, Zoning, and Redevelopment.
Technical Support for HEAC Grantees
The Land Use and Development Program will develop training materials and provide training and technical assistance to advocates in cities and/or counties that demonstrate readiness to adopt policies to improve access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity.
Contact Information
Lisa Feldstien, Senior Policy Director
Public Health Law Program
(510) 302-3352
lfeldstein@phi.org |
Website: www.phlaw.org
