A Model Curriculum for a Course on the Built Environment and Public Health Training for an Interdisciplinary Workforce
A Model Curriculum for a Course on the Built Environment and Public Health Training for an Interdisciplinary Workforce
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10.1016/j.amepre.2008.10.003
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
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5.5
通讯作者：
Winkle, Curtis
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作者：
Botchwey, Nisha D.;Hobson, Susan E.;Winkle, Curtis
尽管有越来越多的证据表明建筑环境对公共卫生产生直接和间接影响，但塑造建筑环境的规划者和保护公众健康的公共卫生专业人员很少互动。大多数公共卫生专业人员对城市规划者、分区委员会、市议会和其他对建筑环境做出决定的人几乎没有经验。同样，很少有规划者了解设计、土地使用或交通决策对健康的影响。弥合这一鸿沟的一项战略是，在规划和公共卫生方面开设跨学科课程，以解决建筑环境对健康的影响。2007年，专业网络和基于互联网的搜索导致在美国确定了六个主要的研究生课程，这些课程涉及建筑环境和公共卫生之间的联系。在大多数确定的课程的共同内容领域包括规划和公共卫生的历史，健康的差距，跨学科的方法，空气和水的质量，体育活动，社会资本，和心理health. Instructions的这些课程的教师合作的课程内容，作业和评估，以开发一个模型课程，遵循积极的学习为中心的方法来设计课程。拟议的模式课程是适应规划和公共卫生部门，以促进跨学科的学习。结果表明，学生获得规划和公共卫生的观点，通过这种指令，从积极的学习机会受益。教师实施拟议的跨学科模式课程将有助于弥合建筑环境和公共卫生之间的鸿沟，使规划人员和公共卫生专业人员能够重视，创造和促进健康的环境。(Am J Prev Med 2009;36（2S）：S63-S71）（C）2009年美国预防医学杂志
Despite growing evidence of the direct and indirect effects of the built environment on public health, planners, who shape the built environment, and public health professionals, who protect the public's health, rarely interact. Most public health professionals have little experience with urban planners, zoning boards, city councils, and others who make decisions about the built environment. Likewise, few planners understand the health implications of design, land use, or transportation decisions. One strategy for bridging this divide is the development of interdisciplinary courses in planning and public health that address the health implications of the built environment. Professional networking and Internet-based searches in 2007 led to the identification of six primarily graduate-level courses in the U.S. that address the links between the built environment and public health. Common content areas in most of the identified courses included planning and public health histories, health disparities, interdisciplinary approaches, air and water quality, physical activity, social capital, and mental health.Instructors of these courses collaborated on course content, assignments, and evaluations to develop a model Curriculum that follows an active learning-centered approach to course design. The proposed model curriculum is adaptable by both planning and public health departments to promote interdisciplinary learning. Results show that students gain planning and public health perspectives through this instruction, benefiting from active-learning opportunities. Faculty implementation of the proposed interdisciplinary model curriculum will help bridge the divide between the built environment and public health and enable both planners and public health professionals to value, create, and promote healthy environments. (Am J Prev Med 2009;36(2S):S63-S71) (C) 2009 American journal of Preventive Medicine