Accomplishments in 2008
Outcomes | Reports, Publications and Profiles | Presentations | Significant Collaborations and Technical Assistance | Mentorship | Confirmed Adaptations/Uses of the HDMT Outside San Francisco |
Outcomes (top)
- Provided one-day HDMT training for over 30 SF-based stakeholders working on land use, transportation and housing issues in SF – January 2008
- Successfully incorporated many health-promoting recommendations into Western SoMa Community Plan – February 2008
- Completed extensive update to HDMT, including data update, development checklist update, new sections on tool instructions, notification requirements, and endorsement disclaimer – May 2008
- Provided one-day HDMT training to over 35 participants from around the country as part of HIA mini-course – July 2008
- Completed HDMT application to Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans and successfully integrated many health-promoting recommendations into Area Plans, including recommendation to utilize the HDMT in Eastern Neighborhoods project review – November 2008
Reports, Publications and Profiles (top)
- Grant proposal to The California Endowment with Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation and Human Impact Partners – March 2008
- Grant proposal to Association of Bay Area Governments with Asian Neighborhood Design and South of Market Community Action Network – June 2008
- Publication: Farhang L, Bhatia R, Comerford-Scully C, Corburn J, Gaydos M, Malekfzali S. Creating tools for healthy development: Case study of San Francisco's Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2008;14(3):255-265.
- Publication: Impacts on Community Health of Area Plans for the Mission, East SoMa, and Potrero Hill / Showplace Square: An Application of the Healthy Development Measurement Tool. October 2008.
Presentations (top)
- Seoul National University – February 2008
- PolicyLink Equity Summit – March 2008
- UC Berkeley Urban Sustainability class – March 2008
- NACCHO/APA HIA Technical Assistance call – March 2008
- EcoCity World Summit – April 2008
- SF Department of Children, Youth and their Families – April 2008
- Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force Town Hall meeting – April 2008
- SFDPH Communicable Disease Control Program Seminar – May 2008
- 2008 EPA Brownfields Conference – May 2008
- Single Payer Now Health and Housing meeting – May 2008
- Senior Action Network – June 2008
- SFDPH Office of Policy and Planning – October 2008
- Mayor's Office of Housing – October 2008
- American Public Health Association – October 2008
- Low-income Investment Fund child care mapping/data group – October 2008
Significant Collaborations and Technical Assistance (top)
- Initiated collaboration with Mayor's Office of Housing re: Hope SF Redevelopment
- Collaborated with Social Equity Caucus organizations on the State of the Region indicators report
- Continued collaboration with SF Planning Department on Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans and Housing Element Update
- Continued collaboration and technical assistance to Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force
- Continued collaboration with Healthy Places Coalition
- Continued collaboration with MAC groups re: Eastern Neighborhoods
- Continued collaborations with DCYF, SFUSD and the Center for Cities and Schools to improve HDMT content
- Responded to requests for information and provided technical assistance to the following local, state, national and international organizations:
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San Francisco-based:
- ACORN; Asian Neighborhood Design; Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center; Chinatown CDC; Health Matters in SF; Mission Anti-displacement Coalition; Mission Economic Development Agency; Neighborhood Parks Council; PODER; Senior Action Network; SF Environment; SF Planning Commission; SF Redevelopment Agency; SF Safe; SF Department of Children, Youth and their Families; SF Unified School District; South of Market Community Action Network; Visitacion Valley Community Development Coalition; Visitacion Valley Planning Alliance; Walk SF
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Non-San Francisco-based:
- Alameda County Public Health Department; Alaska Inter-Tribal Council; Alliance for a Livable Palo Alto; American Planning Association; Baltimore Department of Transportation; Bay Area Council; Bay Area Social Equity Caucus; CA Department of Public Health; CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute; District of Columbia, Office of Planning; EDAW; Elton Consulting; Environmental Defense Fund; Human Impact Partners; Marin Community Foundation; Milwaukee Latino Health Coalition; Mithun; Montpelier, VT, Planning and Community Development; NACCHO; Peel (Canada) Health Region; PolicyLink; Portland, OR, Bureau of Planning; Public Health, Seattle & King County; San Diego Health and Human Services; Sonoma County Asthma Coalition; STAR Community Index; The California Endowment; The Sheridan Group; Transportation and Land Use Coalition; Trust for Public Land; UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools; UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Urban Alliance for Sustainability; Urban Habitat; Urban Strategies; US Environmental Protection Agency
Mentorship (top)
- Worked with two UC Berkeley students to develop social cohesion element of HDMT and policy/design strategies component of the HDMT
Confirmed Adaptations/Uses of the HDMT Outside San Francisco (top)
- Richmond General Plan – Health Element
- Humboldt County General Plan Update
- City of Oakland – Oakland Estuary Request for Proposals
- West Oakland HIA checklist
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