NC Institute for Public Health, UNC School of Public Health

26th Annual Minority Health Conference

Mary Northridge, Ph.D. M.P.H.

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diamond.gif (73 bytes) Reference articles for the keynote presentation:

Mary E. Northridge, Elliott D.Sclar, & Padmini Biswas
Sorting Out the Connections Between the Built Environment and Health: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating Pathways and Planning Healthy Cities.
Journal of Urban Health, 2003 (Dec);80(4):556:568.
 
 
Single copies of the article can be printed out and distributed to interested colleagues who may wish to use the article for their own personal research/study purposes only. For those wishing to make any commercial use of the article, please email journals.permissions@oupjournals.org for permission. This article should only be viewed or printed from the OUP site, not hosted by your own personal/institutional web site or that of other third parties.
Elliott D. Sclar and Mary E. Northridge
Slums, Slum Dwellers, and Health
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1381.
Editor's choice article from
American Journal of Public Health's special issue devoted to the built environment and health. Available for download, printing and distribution. [download PDF]
diamond.gif (73 bytes) Other reference articles for the keynote presentation from the "Research and Practice" section of the American Journal of Public Health's September 2003(Volume 93, Issue 9) issue devoted to the built environment and health (available for download, printing & distribution):
 
Richard J. Jackson
The Impact of the Built Environment on Health: An Emerging Field
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1382-1384.
Editorial
[download PDF]

Nina Wallerstein, Bonnie M. Duran, Jolene Aguilar, Lorenda Joe, Felipita Loretto, Anita Toya, Harriet Yepa-Waquie, Randy Padilla, and Kevin Shendo
Jemez Pueblo: Built and Social-Cultural Environments and Health Within a Rural American Indian Community in the Southwest
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1517-1518.[download PDF]
 
Kenneth E. Powell, Linda M. Martin, and Pranesh P. Chowdhury
Places to Walk: Convenience and Regular Physical Activity
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1519-1521. [download PDF]
 
Michael Greenberg, Henry Mayer, K. Tyler Miller, Robert Hordon, and Daniel Knee
Reestablishing Public Health and Land Use Planning to Protect Public Water Supplies
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1522-1526. [download PDF]
 
Stephen J. Gaffield, Robert L. Goo, Lynn A. Richards, and Richard J. Jackson
Public Health Effects of Inadequately Managed Stormwater Runoff
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1527-1533. [download PDF]  
 
Robert W. Burchell and Sahan Mukherji
Conventional Development Versus Managed Growth: The Costs of Sprawl
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1534-1540. [download PDF]
 
Reid Ewing, Richard A. Schieber, and Charles V. Zegeer
Urban Sprawl as a Risk Factor in Motor Vehicle Occupant and Pedestrian Fatalities
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1541-1545. [download PDF] 
 
Kevin M. Leyden
Social Capital and the Built Environment: The Importance of Walkable Neighborhoods
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1546-1551. [download PDF]
 
Brian E. Saelens, James F. Sallis, Jennifer B. Black, and Diana Chen
Neighborhood-Based Differences in Physical Activity: An Environment Scale Evaluation
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1552-1558. [download PDF]
 
Xavier R. Bonnefoy, Matthias Braubach, Brigitte Moissonnier, Kubanychbek Monolbaev, and Nathalie Röbbel
Housing and Health in Europe: Preliminary Results of a Pan-European Study
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1559-1563. [download PDF]
 
William H. Lucy
Mortality Risk Associated With Leaving Home: Recognizing the Relevance of the Built Environment
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1564-1569. [download PDF]
 
Sherry Everett Jones, Nancy D. Brener, and Tim McManus
Prevalence of School Policies, Programs, and Facilities That Promote a Healthy Physical School Environment
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1570-1575. [download PDF]
 
Tama Leventhal and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Moving to Opportunity: an Experimental Study of Neighborhood Effects on Mental Health
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1576-1582. [download PDF]
 
Billie Giles-Corti and Robert J. Donovan
Relative Influences of Individual, Social Environmental, and Physical Environmental Correlates of Walking
Am J Public Health 2003 93: 1583-1589. [download PDF]

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American Journal of Public Health's September 2003(Volume 93, Issue 9) issue devoted to the built environment and health. (Table of contents)
The September 2003 issue of American Journal of Public Health features a selection of articles on built environment and health including "Slums, Slum Dwellers, and Health" by Elliott D. Sclar and Mary E. Northridge. (All 12 articles in the Research Practice section, the Editor's choice article by Dr. Northridge & one editorial article are available for download, printing and distribution - click here)
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Journal of Urban Health's December 2003(Volume 80, Issue 4) issue has a special section featuring 5 related articles on built environment and health. (Table of contents)
The December 2003 issue of Journal of Urban Health features 5 related articles on built environment and health including "Sorting Out the Connections Between the Built Environment and Health: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating Pathways and Planning Healthy Cities" by Mary E. Northridge, Elliott D. Sclar, and Padmini Biswas.
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American Journal of Health Promotion's Sept/Oct 2003 issue - Special issue on Health Promoting Community Design (Table of contents)
“The vast majority of the American public is sedentary, despite two decades of programs to encourage them to exercise. This special issue provides a conceptual, methodological and research base for the emerging field of “health promoting community design,” and “active living by design”... a strategy of designing workplaces and whole communities to engineer activity BACK INTO people's lives.”
   
 

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