MODULE 7: Neighborhood & Built Environment (Last Review 5/1/2024)
Module Presentation
Learning Objectives
Describe the components of the neighborhood and built environment that contribute to health inequities.
Identify health disparities by zip code among resident’s own patient population.
Identify local and national resources that address disparities caused by the built environment.
Describe an example of a neighborhood-level intervention to address health disparities caused by the built environment.
Literature Review
Textbooks
Monmonier, M. How to Lie with Maps, 3rd ed. Chicago; 2018 -- Book on the subtleties of making and interpreting geographic data
Articles
Association Between Structural Housing Repairs for Low-Income Homeowners and Neighborhood Crime (10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.17067) -- Neighborhood-based intervention to reduce crime rates
From built environment to health inequalities: An explanatory framework based on evidence (10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.019)
Key Websites
Urban Health Lab -- Research and action group dedicated to partnering with communities to build healthy and safe neighborhoods
If Black lives really matter, we must invest in Black neighborhoods -- Article by Gina South about health benefits of green space and investing in Black neighborhoods
The Federal Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE)
CDC/ASTDR Social Vulnerability Index -- National database with multi factorial Social Vulnerability Index down to census tract level with data formatted for easy GIS use
Paired Resources
Supplemental Materials
Sim cases/Case studies
Case 1 - 10yo p/w SOB -- Slide 12 of core lecture ppt
Case 2 - 32yoM p/w nausea + fatigue – Slide 13
Assessments