Built environment change: A framework to support health-enhancing behavior through environmental policy and health research

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• Alternative Title:
  J Epidemiol Community Health
• Personal Author:
  Berke, Ethan M. ; Vernez-Moudon, Anne
• Description:
  As research examining the effect of the built environment on health accelerates, it is critical for health and planning researchers to conduct studies and make recommendations in the context of a robust theoretical framework. We propose a framework for built environment change (BEC) related to improving health. BEC consists of elements of the built environment, how people are exposed to and interact with them perceptually and functionally, and how this exposure may affect health-related behaviours. Integrated into this framework are the legal and regulatory mechanisms and instruments that are commonly used to effect change in the built environment. This framework would be applicable to medical research as well as to issues of policy and community planning.
• Subjects:
  • City Planning
  • Environment Design
  • Environmental Policy
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational
• Source:
  J Epidemiol Community Health. 68(6):586-590.
• Pubmed ID:
  24459175
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4008676
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1K23AG036934/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States ; 1U48DP001935-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; K23 AG036934/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29947/cdc_29947_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 723.14 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ad29ce00b5e5961146ee8affea755d10d86ba083afd56913f3b9992570e534be