The Healthy Regions Planning Exchange brings together practitioners, advocates, and community-based representatives from across the US to address structural issues that influence health and equity in regional planning.
General Resources
- Metrics for Planning Healthy Communities — American Planning Association
- Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments — California Department of Public Health
- A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity — Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Creating a Health Profile of Your Neighborhood: A How-To Guide — Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health in All Policies Resource Center — Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Human Community and Health Equity Lab – Columbia University
- State of the Region’s Health — Regional Plan Association
- What is Health Equity? — Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- How Local Governments Can Advance Health Equity through Their Built Environments — Urban Institute
- Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts — World Health Organization
- Healthy Urban Planning in Practice: Experience of European Cities — World Health Organization
Housing Resources
- Housing And Health: An Overview Of The Literature — Health Affairs
- How Does Housing Affect Health? — Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health and Housing Equity — American Public Health Association
- Universal Vouchers: Ending Homelessness and Expanding Economic Opportunity in America — University of California Berkeley, Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Transportation Resources
- TransitCenter Equity Dashboard — Transit Center
- Fight for Your Ride — Transportation for America
- Rural Transportation Toolkit — Rural Health Information Hub
Community Safety Resources
- Co-Responder Programs — Colorado Department of Human Services:
- Community Policing in Immigrant Neighborhoods: Stories of Success — Police Executive Research Forum:
- Neighborhood Activation Study — Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice: