Textbooks commonly used in the courses are Urban Sprawl and Public Health by H Frumkin, L Frank and R. Jackson, Neighborhoods and Health by I Kawachi and L Berkman, and Integrating Planning and Public Health by M Morris, R Duncan, K Hannaford, et.al. In addition, instructors drew journal readings most frequently from the public health field (American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Journal of Urban Health) and from planning related publications and organizations (Cities, Transportation Research Board). Public health journals were drawn on more than planning-related publications because public health journals have published the majority of research in this area and supported special issues on this topic; planning-related journals have begun to do so recently. These readings spanned a variety of topics from history of the two disciplines, transportation planning and safety to health care policy. The readings also included overview and commentary articles, theory papers and technical research reports.
A wonderful addition to the site is student comments on some of the articles listed below. These are from student in the Health and Built Environment Course taught at the University of Washington. Students commenting span multiple disciplines including epidemiology, urban design and planning, social work, health services, and environmental health.
Commonly Required Texts
Kawachi I, Berkman LF. Neighborhoods and Health. Oxford(UK): Oxford University Press; 2003.
Morris M, Duncan R, Hannaford K, Kochtitzky C, Rogers V, Roof K, Solomon J. Integrating planning and public health. Chicago: APA Planning Advisory Service; 2006.
Additional Texts on Specific Skills or Targeted Topics
Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history. New York, NY: Penguin; 2004.
Barton, Hugh. Healthy Urban Planning. New York, NY: Spon Press, 2000.
Fink LD. Creating significant learning experiences: an integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2003.
Flink, Charles, Olka, Kristine, Searns, Robert, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Burwell, David. Trails for the Twenty-Firast Centry: Planning, Design, and Management Manual for Multi-Use Trails. Washington, DC: Island, 2001.
Hynes, Patricia H., Lopez, Russell. Urban Health: Readings in the Socail, Built, and Physical Environments of U.S. Cities. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2009.
Leavitt, Judith W. Typhoid Mary. Boston, MA: Beacon; 1996.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. New York, NY: Harper Perennial; 2005.
Boarnet M, Anderson C, Day K, McMillan T, Alfonzo M. Evaluation of the California Safe Route school legislation: Urban form changes and children's active transportation to school. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2): 134-140.
Botchwey N, Hobson S, Dannenberg A, Mumford K, Contant C, McMillan T, Jackson R, Lopez R, Winkle C. Built Environment and Health Model Curriculum. Am J Prev Med 2009; 36(2, Supplement): S63-S71. (Student Comments)
Built Environment Institute II: "Teaching the Built Environment - Health Connection" APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Public Health and Human Rights. Environment Section Program; 2006 Nov 7; Boston, MA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Blood lead levels in young children—United States and selected states, 1996–1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2000;49(50):1133-7. (Student Comments)
Cunningham, T., N. Botchwey, R. Dillingham, V. Netshandama, J. Boissevan, K. Firehock, G. Learmonth, and G. Louis. 2009. Understanding Water Perceptions in Limpopo Province: A Photovoice Community Assessment. Environmental Pollution and Public Health, IEEE.
Dannenberg AL, Jackson RJ, Frumkin H, Schieber RA, Pratt M, Kochitzky C, Tilson HH. The impact of community design and land-use choices on public health: a scientific research agenda. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1500-8.
Frank LD, Greenwald MJ, Winkelman S, Chapman J, Kavage S. Carbonless footprints: Promoting health and climate stabilization through active transportation. Am J Prev Med 2010; 50:99-105. (**NEW ADDITION**)
Friedman MS, Powell KE, Hutwagner L, Graham LM, Teague WG. Impact of changes in transportation and commuting behaviors during the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on air quality and childhood asthma. JAMA2001;285(7):897-905. (Student Comments)
McAvoy P, Driscoll M, Gramling B. Integrating the environment, the economy, and community health: A Community Health Center's initiative to link health benefits to smart growth. Am J Public Health 2004;94(4):525-7.
McMichael AJ. The urban environment and health in a world of increasing globalization: issues for developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78(9):1117-26. (Student Comments)
Martin M, Leonard M, Allen S, Botchwey N, Carney M. Commentary: Using Culturally Competent Strategies to Improve Traffic Safety in the Black Community. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2004;44(4): 414-418.
Northridge ME, Sclar ED, Biswas P. Sorting out the connections between the built environment and health: a conceptual framework for navigating pathways and planning healthy cities. J Urban Health 2003;80(4):556-68. (Student Comments)
Raja S, Ma C, Yadav P. Beyond food deserts: measuring and mapping racial disparities in neighborhood food environments. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 2008; 27: 469-482. (Student Comments)
Saegert SC, Klitzman S, Freudenberg N, Cooperman-Mroczek J, Nassar S. Healthy housing: a structured review of published evaluations of U.S. interventions to improve health by modifying housing in the United States, 1990-2001. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9):1471-7. (Student Comments)
Sclar ED, Northridge ME, Karpel EM. Promoting interdisciplinary curricula and training in transportation, land use, physical activity, and health. Transportation Research Board Special Report 282: Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence.
Twiss J, Dickinson J, Duma S, Kleinman T, Paulsen H, Rilveria L. Community gardens: lessons learned from California Healthy Cities and Communities. Am J Public Health 2003;93(9): 1435-41. (Student Comments)