Built Environment and Health

This guide shares policy ideas and resources that can be used to improve community health outcomes. It contains recommendations for schools, childcare, and after-care, community residents, design practitioners, faith-based organizations and institutions, healthcare providers, local governments and community organizations, state and federal governments, and workplaces. These stakeholders should work together to form a local taskforce, following a four-step process. The guide also includes a Bikeability Checklist, Walkability Checklist, and list of Funding Opportunities.