Translating National Policy to Improve Environmental Conditions Impacting Public Health Through Community Planning (eBook)

Beth Ann Fiedler, PhD, is an independent researcher and author. Dr. Fiedler has authored books on medical device regulation and innovative approaches to healthcare quality. She has also successfully completed quality-award winning management and other projects for the private sector and the United States military. As a health generalist, Dr. Fiedler has explored a variety of factors influencing public policy ranging from ethics in electricity usage to her current project on medical device health technology management.  Dr. Fiedler's research includes policy analysis focused on healthcare quality and policy development to improve community health and fiscal conditions presented to representatives of the U.S. Senate, and annual conferences such as the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA); Decision Sciences Institute; Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS); Healthcare Information Technology and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); and MedBiquitous at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She has published in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, Energy Policy, the International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, the International Journal of Public Policy, the James Madison Institute (JMI) Backgrounder, the Journal of Public Administration & Governance, the Quarterly Journal of Business Studies, the Medical Equipment Technology Association (M.E.T.A.) Scholar, and in the Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute. Her work on medical malpractice for JMI has been cited as "Ideas Changing the World" by the National Center for Policy Analysis. Dr. Fiedler was recently named an ASPA Founder's Fellow in 2014 and received a 2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Excellence by the Emerald Literati Network.

Chapter 1Overview of Indicators Affecting Public HealthChapter 2Home and Community Infrastructure: Energy-Efficient HousingChapter 3Planning Healthy Communities: Abating Preventable Chronic Diseases (Childhood Obesity)Chapter 4Restoring Urban EcosystemsChapter 5Healthy Modes of TransportationChapter 6Resource Sharing When Designing Space for the Aging, Youth, FamiliesChapter 7Repurposing Abandoned BuildingsChapter 8Urban Health AccessChapter 9Sustainable Business VenturesChapter 10Rethinking the Benefits of National Parks: Eliminating Man-made BarriersChapter 11Making Water in the Desert (Israel)Chapter 12National Perspectives on the Individual Value of Land OwnershipChapter 13National Environmental Regulation and Comparative Health Policy LiteratureChapter 14Child Mortality in Pakistan: A Healthcare or Social/Environmental Issue?Chapter 15The War on Poverty and Associated DiseasesChapter 16Personal Gardens of EdenChapter 17Environmentally Responsible Health Practices: Green HealthChapter 18Health in European CitiesChapter 19Immigration Impact in Turkey