Unit 1: Planning and Public Health Foundations

Learning Goal | Unit Topics | Suggested Readings | In- and Out-of-class Assignments

The first unit, Planning and Public Health Foundations, provides students with an overview of both fields, from their origins to the present. Emphasizing the first learning goal, foundational knowledge, this unit orients students to core values and histories of both fields and interdisciplinary connections. Two weeks are devoted to teaching this unit.

Learning Goal

Foundational Knowledge. Understand public health and planning history, evolution and significant movements to the present, and historical and current theories on the relationship between the built environment and public health.

Unit Topics

Planning History
Public Health History
Interdisciplinary Applications

Suggested Readings

Books (select chapters)
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: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Morris M, Duncan R, Hannaford K, et al. Integrating planning and public health. Chicago: APA Planning Advisory Service, 2006.

Articles
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.

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

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.

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

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**)

In- and Out-of-class Assignments

Local neighborhood case study
Campus and neighborhood walkability assessment

	Unit 1: Planning and Public Health Foundations Learning Goal \| Unit Topics \| Suggested Readings \| In- and Out-of-class Assignments The first unit, Planning and Public Health Foundations, provides students with an overview of both fields, from their origins to the present. Emphasizing the first learning goal, foundational knowledge, this unit orients students to core values and histories of both fields and interdisciplinary connections. Two weeks are devoted to teaching this unit. Learning Goal Foundational Knowledge. Understand public health and planning history, evolution and significant movements to the present, and historical and current theories on the relationship between the built environment and public health. Unit Topics Planning History Public Health History Interdisciplinary Applications Suggested Readings Books (select chapters) 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: Oxford University Press, 2003. Morris M, Duncan R, Hannaford K, et al. Integrating planning and public health. Chicago: APA Planning Advisory Service, 2006. Articles 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. Malizia EE. Planning and Public Health: Research Options for an Emerging Field. Journal of Planning Education and Research 2006;25:428-432. 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. Peterson J. The impact of sanitary reform upon American urban planning, 1840-1990. J Soc Hist 1979;13(1):83-103. 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) In- and Out-of-class Assignments Local neighborhood case study Campus and neighborhood walkability assessment	Welcome Course Introduction & Design Unit 1: Planning and Public Health Foundations Unit 2: Natural and Built Environments Unit 3: Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities Unit 4: Health Policy and Global Impacts Final Learning and Reflection Course Offerings + Joint Degree Programs Readings Course Assignments Additional Resources Curriculum News + Comments Contact
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