Using the grass-roots ATSDR Brownfields/Land Revitalization Action
Model, a diverse development community comprised of residents; city planners;
government; non-profits; and public and environmental health stakeholders can create
and track public health indicators associated with redevelopment. Commonly
selected factors include: traditional health indicators such as asthma and
cardiovascular disease; indicators of the built environment such as measures of
green space, access to healthy foods, and abandoned or vacant properties; and
socio demographic indicators such as poverty, educational attainment, and
ethnicity. The end result provides
information on the community health indicators that may be used to address
health and other disparities in these communities.
This poster demonstrates the beginnings of a consistent set of
land revitalization community health indicators from national, state, and local
perspectives. Inherent challenges in creating indicators are discussed. These challenges include issues related to
geographic scale, data access, confidentiality, data quality, uncertain
estimates due to small numbers, and the resources needed to collect the
data.
1. See
how communities across the U.S. with common land reuse issues led to the
creation of core indicators now used to track impacts of redevelopment on
public health
2. Learn
a method to engage communities while addressing environmental public health
issues
3. Understand how to overcome
challenges associated with this process
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