支持黑人社区规划和开发步行者和活跃交通基础设施以改善建筑环境的方法
Andrea D Casas1, Hannah E Hardy2, Sheila C Cunningham3
1University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Journal of healthy eating and active living
|March 10, 2025
概括
非洲裔美国人的生活良好 - 提升健康 (LWA2) 倡议改善了黑人社区的活跃交通,促进了合作,促进了种族健康平等. 该项目通过解决系统性问题,减少了慢性疾病的差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社区健康 社区健康
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
背景情况:
- 慢性疾病中的种族差异不成比例地影响了宾夕法尼亚州阿勒盖尼县的黑人社区.
- 结构性决定因素和压迫系统有助于这些健康不平等.
- 非洲裔美国人的健康生活 (LWA2) 种族和种族对社区健康 (REACH) 方法倡议是为了解决这些问题而建立的.
研究的目的:
- 在黑人占主导地位的社区实施积极的交通项目,以解决慢性疾病的差异.
- 促进县部门 (经济发展,卫生) 与黑人优先社区之间的联系.
- 通过减少健康差异,促进种族健康平等.
主要方法:
- 专注于积极的运输项目,主要是位于宾夕法尼亚州阿勒盖尼县的黑人社区.
- 改善了骑自行车 (2英里) 和步行 (3英里) 的基础设施,通过降低交通压力,提高安全性和更换人行道.
- 促进了LWA2-REACH社区与阿勒盖尼县经济发展部门之间的合作.
主要成果:
- 在县经济发展,卫生部门和黑人社区之间建立了新的联系.
- 提高社区对积极交通规划带来的好处的认识.
- 证明市政府意识到社区对积极交通规划的兴趣.
结论:
- LWA2-REACH倡议是黑人社区多部门,居民参与的慢性疾病预防的典范.
- 这种方法可以有效地通过减少健康差异来提高种族健康平等.
- 社区参与的规划流程对于解决系统性卫生障碍至关重要.
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