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Public Health Policy and Practice

• Nutrition and Physical Activity in California: The Landscape of Funding and the Role of State and Local Health Departments
  January 2007
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• Local Health Departments and the Challenge of Chronic Disease: Lessons From California
  January 2007
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• Creating a Robust Public Health Infrastructure for Physical Activity Promotion
  December 2006
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• "Transforming Public Health Through Community Partnerships"
  The November edition of Preventing Chronic Disease from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention features an editorial on "Transforming Public Health Through Community Partnerships."
  www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2005/nov/toc.htm
• Health and the Built Environment
  In 2003, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) developed two reports on Health and the Built Environment. The first defines a role for public health in local land use and transportation planning and the second explores strategies for collaborating with community design professionals (many of the strategies are equally relevant to community-based agencies).
  Download:
  NACCHO HBE Public Health Role [768k pdf file]
  NACCHO HBE Collaboration [443k pdf file]
• NACCHO Model Practice Database
  The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has catalogued model and promising practices used by local health departments (LHDs) to facilitate effective and innovative public health practice. Items are listed under the general areas of Community Health, Environmental Health and Public Health Infrastructure and Preparedness. The Model Practice Database is searchable by state and topic.
  archive.naccho.org/modelPractices/