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Built Environment Approaches to Preventing Injuries
and Promoting Physical Activity
Integrating Public Health into Community Design
Sacramento, California
June 13, 2006
How I think about the work
Tools and Capacity Partners Policy
Tools and Capacity – the early years
West Contra Costa Safe Communities Project– 2001-2003– Engineers, several jurisdictions– Tools for Traffic Calming– Collision Mapping
MTC Pedestrian Committee
Dr. Jackson, 2003
Workshops like this, 2004
More Tools and Capacity
DHS Capacity-Building grants
Built Environment Strategic Plan
“Briefing Paper” on Health Impacts of the Built Environment
The Street WISE Project
First big project
Workshop Series & Elected officials forum
Partnerships – West County
West Contra Costa Cities District I Supervisor Gioia West Contra Costa Transportation
Advisory Committee East Bay Bicycle Coalition Transportation and Land Use Coalition Neighborhood Groups and CBO’s
Partnerships – Central & East CCC
Monument Community PartnershipConcord, Spanish-speaking resident group Concord beginning General Plan Update
Street Smarts Project Traffic Safety campaign morphing into built
environment work (hopefully)
Working across Disciplines
Partnering with Public Works, Planning, and Redevelopment Departments
Partnership with CA DHSThe Richmond Greenway
Policy – fertile ground Bay Area Walkable Communities
Collaborative Bay Area Regional Health Inequities
Initiative (BARHII) Richmond General Plan
Pedestrian and Bicycle Plans Contra Costa Built Environment Board
Order
Nancy Baer, MSW, Manager Injury Prevention & Physical Activity Promotion Projects
925-313-6837
