Readings

Books | Articles and Proceedings

Textbooks commonly used in the courses are Urban Sprawl and Public Health by H Frumkin, L Frank and R. Jackson, Neighborhoods and Health by I Kawachi and L Berkman, and Integrating Planning and Public Health by M Morris, R Duncan, K Hannaford, et.al. In addition, instructors drew journal readings most frequently from the public health field (American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Journal of Urban Health) and from planning related publications and organizations (Cities, Transportation Research Board). Public health journals were drawn on more than planning-related publications because public health journals have published the majority of research in this area and supported special issues on this topic; planning-related journals have begun to do so recently. These readings spanned a variety of topics from history of the two disciplines, transportation planning and safety to health care policy. The readings also included overview and commentary articles, theory papers and technical research reports.

A wonderful addition to the site is student comments on some of the articles listed below. These are from student in the Health and Built Environment Course taught at the University of Washington. Students commenting span multiple disciplines including epidemiology, urban design and planning, social work, health services, and environmental health.

 

Books

Commonly Required Texts

Frumkin H, Frank L, Jackson R. Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities. Washington, DC: Island Press; 2004.

Kawachi I, Berkman LF. Neighborhoods and Health. Oxford(UK): Oxford University Press; 2003.

Morris M, Duncan R, Hannaford K, Kochtitzky C, Rogers V, Roof K, Solomon J. Integrating planning and public health. Chicago: APA Planning Advisory Service; 2006.

Additional Texts on Specific Skills or Targeted Topics

Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history. New York, NY: Penguin; 2004.

Barton, Hugh. Healthy Urban Planning. New York, NY: Spon Press, 2000.

Corburn, Jason. Toward the Healthy City: People, Places, and the Politics of Urban Planning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009.

Dubos, Rene. Mirage of Health: Utopias Progress and Biological Change. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999. (orig. published 1959) (**NEW ADDITION**)

Farley, Tom, Cohen, Deborah. Prescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives by Fixing Our Everyday World. Boston, MA: Beacon; 2005.

Fink LD. Creating significant learning experiences: an integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2003.

Flink, Charles, Olka, Kristine, Searns, Robert, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Burwell, David. Trails for the Twenty-Firast Centry: Planning, Design, and Management Manual for Multi-Use Trails. Washington, DC: Island, 2001.

Frank, Lawerence, Engelke, Schmid, Thomas. Health and Community Design: The Impact of The Built Environment on Physical Activity. Washington, DC: Island, 2003.

Gottlieb, Robert. Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. (**NEW ADDITION**)

Hynes, Patricia H., Lopez, Russell. Urban Health: Readings in the Socail, Built, and Physical Environments of U.S. Cities. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2009.

Leavitt, Judith W. Typhoid Mary. Boston, MA: Beacon; 1996.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. New York, NY: Harper Perennial; 2005.

 

Articles and Proceedings

Barredo J, Demichell L. Urban sustainability in developing countries' megacities: modeling and predicting future urban growth in Lagos. Cities 2003;20(5):297-310.

Bernheim, R, Botchwey N, Dillingham R. Intentionality and Integration in Undergraduate Global Public Health Education. Peer Review 2008; 10(4): 16-19.

Boarnet M, Anderson C, Day K, McMillan T, Alfonzo M. Evaluation of the California Safe Route school legislation: Urban form changes and children's active transportation to school. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2): 134-140.

Botchwey, N. 2007. The Religious Sector's Presence in Local Community Development. Journal of Planning Education and Research 27(1): 36-48.

Botchwey N, Hobson S, Dannenberg A, Mumford K, Contant C, McMillan T, Jackson R, Lopez R, Winkle C. Built Environment and Health Model Curriculum. Am J Prev Med 2009; 36(2, Supplement): S63-S71. (Student Comments)

Built Environment Institute II: "Teaching the Built Environment - Health Connection" APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Public Health and Human Rights. Environment Section Program; 2006 Nov 7; Boston, MA.

Burden D. Street design guidelines for healthy neighborhoods. Conference proceedings 27. Transportation Research Board: Washington, DC; 2000.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Barriers to walking and bicycling to school: United States, 2004. MMWR. 2005;54(38):949-52. (Student Comments)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Blood lead levels in young children—United States and selected states, 1996–1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2000;49(50):1133-7. (Student Comments)

Colantonio A, Potter R. City profile: Havana. Cities 2005;23(1):63-78.

Committee on Environmental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics. The Built Environment: Designing Communities to Promote Physical Activity in Children. Pediatrics 2009; 123:1591-1598.

Corburn J. Confronting the challenges in reconnecting urban planning and public health. Am J Public Health 2004;94(4):541-6.

Cunningham, T., N. Botchwey, R. Dillingham, V. Netshandama, J. Boissevan, K. Firehock, G. Learmonth, and G. Louis. 2009. Understanding Water Perceptions in Limpopo Province: A Photovoice Community Assessment. Environmental Pollution and Public Health, IEEE.

Dannenberg AL, Bhatia R, Cole BL, Heaton SK, Feldman JD, Rutt CD. Use of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: 27 Case Studies, 1999–2007. Am J Prev Med 2008;34(3):241-56. (Student Comments)

Dannenberg AL, Jackson RJ, Frumkin H, Schieber RA, Pratt M, Kochitzky C, Tilson HH. The impact of community design and land-use choices on public health: a scientific research agenda. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1500-8.

Evans G. The built environment and mental health. J Urban Health 2003;80(4): 536-55. (Student Comments)

Evans L. A new traffic safety vision for the United States. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9): 1384-5.

Forsyth A, CS Slotterback, KJ Krizek. 2010. Health Impact Assessment in Planning: Development of the Design for Health HIA tools. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 30: 42-51. (Student Comments)

Frank L, Anderson M, Schmid T. Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity, and time spent in cars. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(7):87-96.

Frank LD, Greenwald MJ, Winkelman S, Chapman J, Kavage S. Carbonless footprints: Promoting health and climate stabilization through active transportation. Am J Prev Med 2010; 50:99-105. (**NEW ADDITION**)

Friedman MS, Powell KE, Hutwagner L, Graham LM, Teague WG. Impact of changes in transportation and commuting behaviors during the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on air quality and childhood asthma. JAMA2001;285(7):897-905. (Student Comments)

Geller A. Smart growth: a prescription for livable cities. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1410-5. (Student Comments)

Giles-Corti B, Donovan RJ. Relative influences of individual, social environmental and physical environmental correlates of walking. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1583-9. (Student Comments)

International City/County Management Association. Active living for older adults: Management strategies for healthy and livable communities (2003) (E-43140).

Leyden KM. Social capital and the built environment: the importance of walkable neighborhoods. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1546-1551. (Student Comments)

Librett JJ, Yore MM, Schmid TL. Local ordinances that promote physical activity: a survey of municipal policies. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1399-403. (Student Comments)

Lucy WH. Mortality risk associated with leaving home: recognizing the relevance of the built environment. Am J Public Health 2003; 93(9):1564-1569. (Student Comments)

McAvoy P, Driscoll M, Gramling B. Integrating the environment, the economy, and community health: A Community Health Center's initiative to link health benefits to smart growth. Am J Public Health 2004;94(4):525-7.

McMichael AJ. The urban environment and health in a world of increasing globalization: issues for developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78(9):1117-26. (Student Comments)

McMillan TE. Urban form and a child's trip to school: the current literature and a model for future research. J Planning Literature 2005;19(4):440-56. (Student Comments)

Malizia EE. City and regional planning: a primer for public health officials. Am J Health Promot 2005;19(5):Suppl 1-13. (Student Comments)

Malizia EE. Planning and Public Health: Research Options for an Emerging Field. Journal of Planning Education and Research 2006;25:428-432. (Student Comments)

Martin M, Leonard M, Allen S, Botchwey N, Carney M. Commentary: Using Culturally Competent Strategies to Improve Traffic Safety in the Black Community. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2004;44(4): 414-418.

Northridge ME, Sclar ED, Biswas P. Sorting out the connections between the built environment and health: a conceptual framework for navigating pathways and planning healthy cities. J Urban Health 2003;80(4):556-68. (Student Comments)

Peterson J. The impact of sanitary reform upon American urban planning, 1840-1990. J Soc Hist 1979;13(1):83-103. (Student Comments)

Pucher J, Dijkstra L. Promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health: lessons from the Netherlands and Germany. Am J Public Health. 2003;93(9):1509-16. (Student Comments)

Raja S, Ma C, Yadav P. Beyond food deserts: measuring and mapping racial disparities in neighborhood food environments. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 2008; 27: 469-482. (Student Comments)

Rosenbloom S. Mobility of the elderly: good news and bad news. Conference proceedings 27. Transportation Research Board: Washington, DC; 2004.

Saegert SC, Klitzman S, Freudenberg N, Cooperman-Mroczek J, Nassar S. Healthy housing: a structured review of published evaluations of U.S. interventions to improve health by modifying housing in the United States, 1990-2001. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1471-7. (Student Comments)

Sallis J, Linton L, Kraft M. The first Active Living Research Conference: growth of a transdisciplinary field. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2 Supplement 2):93-5

Schilling J, Linton L. The public health roots of zoning: in search of active living's legal genealogy. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(Suppl 2):96-104.

Sclar ED, Northridge ME, Karpel EM. Promoting interdisciplinary curricula and training in transportation, land use, physical activity, and health. Transportation Research Board Special Report 282: Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence.

Shoshkes E, Adler S. Planning for healthy people/healthy places: lessons from mid-twentieth century global discourse. Planning Perspectives 2009; 24(2):197-217. (**NEW ADDITION**)

Trowbridge MJ, Gurka MJ, O'Connor RE. Urban Sprawl and Delayed Ambulance Arrival in the U.S. Am J Pre Med 2009;37(5):428-432. (**NEW ADDITION**)

Twiss J, Dickinson J, Duma S, Kleinman T, Paulsen H, Rilveria L. Community gardens: lessons learned from California Healthy Cities and Communities. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9): 1435-41. (Student Comments)

Wang CC, Burris MA. Empowerment through Photovoice: portraits of participation. Health Educ Q 1994;21(2):171-86.

Younger M, Morrow-Almeida HR, Vindigni SM, Dannenberg AL. The built environment, climate change, and health: opportunities for co-benefits. Amer J Prev Med, in press, October 2008. (Student Comments)

Zimmerman R. Mass transit infrastructure and urban health. J Urban Health 2005;82(1):21-32.