Public Health

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Innovation Lab - Concept Developing and Prototyping: Learning resources to understand the topic.

  • No USDN-Funded Products to Date

Innovation Lab - Refinement: Tools and guides to inform developing programs

Adoption Accelerator - Standards Emerging and Scaling: Implementation examples to show how it is being done


Innovation Lab - Concept Developing and Prototyping: Learning resources to understand the topic.

No USDN-Funded Products to Date. 

Innovation Lab - Refinement: Tools and guides to inform developing programs.

Electronic Registration Systems for Cooling Towers - Improving Public Health and Sustainability Outcomes Project: This project developed a template to create standardized yet flexible cooling tower registries that will improve health outcomes, address disparity in which populations are sickened, and increase water and energy efficiency. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2020)
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Real-Time Wildfire Smoke Communications Project:This project developed replicable resources for local governments and partners to use in advancing resilience to wildfire and grass fire smoke, particularly among those populations most impacted. This work provides a template for ways to engage internal and external stakeholders in climate resilience, as well as sample workflows that can be used for response to air quality or other public health issues. (USDN Innovation Fund, 2019)
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Adoption Accelerator - Standards Emerging and Scaling: Implementation examples to show how it is being done.

Healthy Homes Neighborhood Pilot in Newark, NJ: A project to develop and implement scalable strategies for promoting healthier, more energy-efficient homes through a pilot targeting children under six exposed to lead in two target neighborhoods. (Partners for Places, 2019)
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People for Parks - Community School Parks in Los Angeles, CA: A project to open vibrant school playgrounds to the public in underserved Los Angeles; empower low-income residents through enhanced community engagement; and advance local joint-use policies. (Partners for Places, 2019).
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Connecting Shaded Spaces for Public Health in South Florida - Phase II:  A project to provide critical shade along public transit routes in two tree-deprived neighborhoods in Miami-Dade County, FL so that the low-income residents can comfortably walk to – and wait for – the bus. This effort expands the successful Partners for Places-funded SHADE project and makes riding the bus a more viable option, by creating a humane, comfortable and safe waiting experience for the bus rider (Partners for Places, 2016).
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 Farmers’ Markets Help Low-Income Residents Purchase Healthy, Local Food in Minneapolis: A project to strengthen the local food system by helping Minneapolis’ 35 farmers’ markets work together, collect metrics on their impact and conduct a joint “Minneapolis Buy Local” marketing campaign. In addition, the program will expand an innovative program at the West Broadway Farmers Market’s that incentivizes low-income residents to purchase healthy foods by having doctors give patients food prescriptions (Partners for Places, 2016).
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GIS Tool to Integrate Environmental, Social, and Health Data in New Orleans LA: A project to create a GIS tool that collects environmental, social, and health outcome data to better inform the City and developers on how, where, and when to incorporate "green". (Partners for Places, 2015).
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Neighborhood Greening in Louisville KY: A project to implement a neighborhood-scale greening plan in a socioeconomically and environmentally-deprived neighborhood; this project will assess the impact of the natural environment on human health. (Partners for Places, 2015).
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Urban Village Centers in Indianapolis IN: A project to support early action projects in the creation of three vibrant urban village centers in Indianapolis by enhancing livability, opportunity, vitality, and education. (Partners for Places, 2015).
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Wildfire Resiliency Program in Missoula MT: A project to prepare the community to thrive amid increasing summer wildfire smoke and heat by helping Missoulians to be physically, mentally, and economically healthy and resilient. (Partners for Places, 2015).
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Active Transportation for Better Public Health in Tacoma WA: An active transportation program to provide equitable access to sustainable transportation and improve public health. (Partners for Places, 2014). 
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Connecting Shaded Spaces For Public Health in South Florida: A project to create shaded open spaces to promote physical activity in Miami-Dade County. (Partners for Places, 2014). 
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Urban Agriculture Project to Address Health and Food Insecurity in Hamilton ON: An urban agriculture project to address health, sustainable environments, and food insecurity in the McQuesten neighborhood. (Partners for Places, 2014). 
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Clean Air Social Marketing Campaign in Salt Lake City UT: Clean Air Neighborhoods, a neighborhood-based social marketing campaign to help individuals negotiate barriers to alternative transportation. (Partners for Places, 2013).
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Growing, Distributing, and Learning about Fresh Produce in Sarasota FL: A project to enhance access to, awareness about, and sustainable production of fresh produce through integrated community garden improvements, mobile produce delivery, and nutrition education. (Partners for Places, 2013). 
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