Take a Dip into the Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit

Summary

• A ‘roll up your sleeves’ session. Participants take a dip into the HBE Linkages Toolkit, and explore how it can apply to their work by trying out the Toolkit on a couple of issues/topics in their community.

Objectives

• Learn about the links between health and built environment, and rationale/case for making the links for particular issues that are of interest in the community/region.
• Learn about the components included in the toolkit and get experience with applying them to relevant community issues.
• Work with colleagues who are also interested in this work, and build experience and knowledge for future opportunities to link health outcomes with community projects related to the built environment.

Participants

• Works well with a combination of health, local government, First Nations, and community agencies that affect the built environment, who all work in the same community or region.

Planning

• Planning committee of 3-6 members from various agencies, to bring various contacts and perspectives. Two facilitators.

• To lead the workshop the facilitator(s) need to have reviewed the HBE Linkages Toolkit, and be comfortable working with and discussing issues/opportunities around health and the built environment. Local resource people can be recruited to bring their additional expertise and knowledge about the selected focus issues/topics.