Identifying mechanisms for facilitating knowledge to action strategies targeting the built environment
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- 作者：Ghazal S. Fazli ; Maria I. Creatore ; Flora I. Matheson ; Sara Guilcher…
- 关键词：Built environment ; Population health ; Urban health ; Planning ; Transportation ; Stakeholder engagement ; Knowledge to action ; Chronic diseases
- 刊名：BMC Public Health
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：673KB
- 刊物主题：Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Biostatistics; Vaccine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2458
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundIn recent years, obesity-related diseases have been on the rise globally resulting in major challenges for health systems and society as a whole. Emerging research in population health suggests that interventions targeting the built environment may help reduce the burden of obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, translation of the evidence on the built environment into effective policy and planning changes requires engagement and collaboration between multiple sectors and government agencies for designing neighborhoods that are more conducive to healthy and active living. In this study, we identified knowledge gaps and other barriers to evidence-based decision-making and policy development related to the built environment; as well as the infrastructure, processes, and mechanisms needed to drive policy changes in this area.