2010 Healthy Communities by Design

Healthy Communities by Design brings geographic analysis into urban and suburban design processes that seek to promote human health. The summit provides a forum to exchange ideas on environmental factors that affect our health and to discuss new community planning approaches that incorporate health considerations.

Title Organization Presenter Session
Bridging the Gap/Community Obesity Measures Project (BTG-COMP)—GIS Project Design [PDF] Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois—Chicago
Kevin Gibbs
GIS Manager
Moderated Panel Session—Strengthening What Works in Building Healthy Communities
Bridging the Gap/Community Obesity Measures Project (BTG-COMP)—GIS Protocols [PDF] Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois - Chicago
Kevin Gibbs
GIS Manager
Moderated Panel Session—Strengthening What Works in Building Healthy Communities
Optimal Healing Environments from Different Health Care Settings That Reduce Stress and Promote Healing [PDF] Loma Linda University Medical Center Michael Knecht
MDiv, Project Manager, Mission and Culture
Featured Speaker
Healthy RC and GIS—A Partnership for Better Health [PDF] City of Rancho Cucamonga, Healthy Cities GIS Efforts Erika Lewis-Huntley Moderated Panel Session—Strengthening What Works in Building Healthy Communities
GeoDesign—Designing Healthy Communities [PDF] Esri Shannon McElvaney
Project Manager, GeoDesign Services
Featured Speaker
GIS Value and Application of Geotechnologies in Community and Environmental Health [PDF] City of Redlands Philip Mielke, GIS Supervisor Moderated Panel Discussion—Tools for Measuring Healthy Communities
A Healthier San Bernardino County: One Community At A Time—Healthy Communities By Design [PDF] County of San Bernardino Dr. Maxwell Ohikuare
San Bernardino County Health Officer
Moderated Panel Discussion—Healthy People in Healthy Communities: The Path to Public Health Success
PALMS: The Physical Activity Location Measurement System [PDF] University of California San Diego Fred Raab
Sr. Systems Engineer
Moderated Panel Discussion—Tools for Measuring Healthy Communities
Planning for Community Health Improvement through Policy [PDF] Loma Linda University

Latino Health Collaborative
Dora Barilla, DrPH, MPH, CHES, Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management; Director, MPH, Health Policy and Leadership Program; Executive Director, Office of Health Policy and Leadership, Executive Director, Partners for Better Health; LLUMC

Evette De Luca, Interim Executive Director; Latino Health Initiative
Breakout Session 1
Redesigning Healthy Communities [PDF] City of Ontario Cathy Wahlstrom, Advance Planning Division Breakout Session 2
Policy Implications on Health, Environment and Planning in Designing Healthy Communities [PDF] Prevention Institute Manal J. Aboelata
MPH, Program Director
Work Group 3
Policies That Work [PDF] Reach Out Diana Fox
Executive Director Michael Parmer
Director of Public Policy and Prevention
Breakout Session 3
Geomedicine
Genetics + Lifestyle + Environment = Health
[PDF]
Esri Bill Davenhall
Global Manager, Health and Human Services Solutions
Lightning Talk
Legal Issues Associated with Designing and Implementing Healthy Communities [PDF] The City Project Elise Meerkatz
Staff Attorney
Featured Speaker
Addressing Environmental Risk Factors through Community Action Plan [PDF] Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice Penny Newman Working Group 1
Simulating Healthy Futures [PDF] MIT Michael Flaxman
Assistant Professor
Urban Technologies and Information Systems
Featured Speaker
Case Study: Stakeholder Development of Alternative Futures In South Florida [PDF] MIT Michael Flaxman
Assistant Professor
Urban Technologies and Information Systems
Featured Speaker
Mapping Food Desserts [PDF] Esri Jim Herries
Data Analyst

Working Group 2

Welcoming Remarks [VIDEO] San Bernardino County Neil Derry Video
Morning Keynote [VIDEO] Esri Jack Dangermond Video
GeoDesign [VIDEO] Esri Shannon McElvaney Video
Optimal Healing Environments [VIDEO] Loma Linda University Medical Center Michael Knecht, Video
Tools for Measuring Healthy Communities [VIDEO] Esri Moderated Panel Video
Afternoon Keynote [VIDEO] Loma Linda University Richard H. Hart Video
Managing Community Apprehension/Skepticism [VIDEO] Lewis Group of Companies Randall Lewis Video
Engaging the Community [VIDEO] Esri Moderated Panel Video
Leadership for Healthy Communities [VIDEO] Esri Moderated Panel Video
Potential Legal Issues with Healthy Communities [VIDEO] CityProject.org Elise Meerkatz Video
Spatial Simulation Modeling in Planning and Designing [VIDEO] MIT Michael Flaxman Video
Strengthening What Works in Building Healthy Communities [VIDEO] Esri Moderated Panel Video
Extending the Blue Zones Effect Globally [VIDEO] Healthways Joel Spoonheim Video
Heathly People in Healthy Communities [VIDEO] Esri Moderated Panel Video
Addressing Environmental Risk Factors [VIDEO] CCAEJ Penny Newman Video
Modeling and Measuring Access to Food [VIDEO] Esri Jim Herries Video
Policy Implications on Health, Environment, and Planning [VIDEO] The Prevention Institute Manal Aboelata Video
Using GIS to Help Plan and Build a Sustainable City [VIDEO] Esri Shannon McElvaney Video
Geomedicine [VIDEO] Esri Bill Davenhall Video

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