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Planning Information Sheet: Integrating Health into Comprehensive Planning <br /> - Introduction officials speak of health in relation to physical <br /> activity,the natural environment,public safety, <br /> This first sheet in the series helps communities healthy eating,mental health,social capital, <br /> begin thinking about how to integrate health pollutants,and epidemiological issues related to <br /> into their planning and design decisions.We such topics as mortality,obesity,and respiratory <br /> showcase:background information on the diseases.The following common definitions <br /> relationship between health and the built of health illustrate that the connection to the <br /> environment;various approaches to integrate built environment is often isolated or indirectly <br /> health into comprehensive planning;examples connected to the built environment(Ison 2000): <br /> from the Twin Cities region and across the U.S. <br /> related to integrating health and planning;and • "Health is a state of complete physical, <br /> opportunities to integrate health into a traditional mental,and social well-being, and not merely <br /> comprehensive plan framework, focused on the the absence of disease or infirmity," as defined <br /> requirements of the Twin Cities Metropolitan by the Preamble to the Constitution of the <br /> Council World Health Organization(WHO 1948). <br /> •"Health is the reduction in mortality, <br /> g morbidity, and disability due to detectable <br /> disease or disorder,and an increase in the <br /> perceived level of health," as defined by the <br /> World Health Organization Regional Office <br /> Cp for Europe in"HEALTH21:The Health for <br /> All Policy Framework for the WHO European <br /> an {' Region" (WHO Regional 1999). <br /> � e <br /> -` -"Health is a resource for everyday life,not <br /> F e the object of living.It is a positive concept <br /> emphasizing social and personal resources <br /> p g <br /> as well as physical capabilities," as defined <br /> -y in WHO's"Health Promotion Glossary" <br /> (Nutbeam 1998). <br /> •"Health is the capacity of people to adapt to, <br /> e .. t respond to,or control life's challenges and <br /> n l re changes," as defined in"Health Impact <br /> Assessment as a Tool for Population Health <br /> Promotion and Public Policy" (Frankish et al. <br /> 1996). <br /> eye ¢u cQ o 4 t <br /> Public Health Overview <br /> There is growing interest in the link between the <br /> built environment and health.The traditional <br /> notions of planning encompass land use, <br /> transportation,community facilities,housing, <br /> and parks and open space,while public health <br /> Bicycle parking garages feature green roofs in Hammarby <br /> Siostad,Stockholm,Sweden <br /> Design for Health 3 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA <br /> www.designtorhealth.net <br />