Public Health Spatial Planning in Practice

Michael Chao-Jung Chang is a Chartered Fellow town planner and public health professional working at the intersection of spatial planning for health policy development and implementation at national and local levels. Liz Green is a Consultant in Public Health / Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment, Public Health Wales and Visiting Professor at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments. Carl Petrokofsky is a Consultant in Public Health who developed the Healthy Places programme at Public Health England and Visiting Professor at the WHO.

Introduction


Part 1: Scene Setting


1. Evidence Case for Action


2. Policy and Professional Skills Context


3. Current State of Planning for Health


Part 2: Health, Wellbeing and Equity Impacts


4. Health in All Policies


5. Health Impact Assessment in Planning


6. Health in Other Impact Assessments


Part 3: Actions to Improve Practice


7. Health and Wellbeing in Planning Policy


8. Health and Wellbeing in Planning Decisions


9. Rise of the Public Health Spatial Planning Practitioner


Part 4: Health Benefits and Outcomes


10. Value and Outcomes


11. Securing Value


Concluding Reflections