health impact assesment

Tempe’s Health Impact Assessment

By |2011-11-18T08:17:43-07:00November 18th, 2011|General|

Your health is influenced by lots of things- genetics, behaviors, and the environment into which you're born, grow, work, and live.  A “Health Impact Assessment” is a way of assessing and influencing policy or project decisions to improve health.  A simple example is that if your neighborhood has safe, accessible sidewalks or walking or biking paths, you’ll be more likely to be physically active.  [...]

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Childhood Obesity Assessment Grant

By |2017-02-10T09:52:15-07:00June 16th, 2010|Prevention|

Congratulations to our Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity for their grant award announced this month from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Leadership for Healthy Communities program.  Over the coming year, we’ll be strengthening our capacity to make a dent in childhood obesity by conducting a health impact assessment to prevent childhood [...]

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