ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2014
Application of an evidence-based tool to evaluate health impacts of changes to the built environment.
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- Evidence synthesis - A systematized literature review on the associations between neighbourhood built characteristics and walking among Canadian adults.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Pooled it
- Urban Health Indicator Tools of the Physical Environment: a Systematic Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Exploring the potential for planning support systems to bridge the research-translation gap between public health and urban planning.International journal of health geographics · 2021Review
- Californians Linking Action with Science for Prevention of Breast Cancer (CLASP-BC)-Phase 2.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Bringing health into transportation and land use scenario planning: Creating a National Public Health Assessment Model (N-PHAM).Journal of transport & health · 2018Article
- Environments favorable to healthy lifestyles: A systematic review of initiatives in Canada.Journal of sport and health science · 2018Review
- Pathways to policy: Lessons learned in multisectoral collaboration for physical activity and built environment policy development from the Coalitions Linking Action and Science for Prevention (CLASP) initiative.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2017Review
- The Integrated Transport and Health Impact Modeling Tool in Nashville, Tennessee, USA: Implementation Steps and Lessons Learned.Journal of transport & health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo create and apply an empirically based health and greenhouse gas (GHG) impact assessment tool linking detailed measures of walkability and regional accessibility with travel, physical activity, health indicators and GHG emissions.
methodsParcel land use and transportation system characteristics were calculated within a kilometre network buffer around each Toronto postal code. Built environment measures were linked with health and demographic characteristics from the Canadian Community Health Survey and travel behaviour from the Transportation Tomorrow Survey. Results were incorporated into an existing software tool and used to predict health-related indicators and GHG emissions for the Toronto West Don Lands Redevelopment.
resultsWalkability, regional accessibility, sidewalks, bike facilities and recreation facility access were positively associated with physical activity and negatively related to body weight, high blood pressure and transportation impacts. When applied to the West Don Lands, the software tool predicted a substantial shift from automobile use to walking, biking and transit. Walking and biking trips more than doubled, and transit trips increased by one third. Per capita automobile trips decreased by half, and vehicle kilometres travelled and GHG emissions decreased by 15% and 29%, respectively.
conclusionThe results presented are novel and among the first to link health outcomes with detailed built environment features in Canada. The resulting tool is the first of its kind in Canada. This tool can help policy-makers, land use and transportation planners, and health practitioners to evaluate built environment influences on health-related indicators and GHG emissions resulting from contrasting land use and transportation policies and actions.
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