Rutgers scholars have been at the forefront of promoting Health in All Policies (HiAP) as a collaborative approach to reducing disparities and improving the health of all communities and people by incorporating health considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas. As part of the EAC team’s continuing HiAP efforts in New Jersey, they prepared […]
2019, energy, Hagen, HIA, Lowrie
EAC’s Karen Lowrie and Leigh Ann Von Hagen of the Voorhees Transportation Center wrote an article about the training sessions that they have conducted for professionals on Health Impact Assessment in conjunction with the Rutgers Office of Continuing Education. This “Perspectives from the Field” article is in the November 2018 issue of the Chronicles of […]
health impact assessment, HIA, Lowrie
Karen Lowrie co-facilitated a workshop on May 9 at the Rutgers Atlantic Cape campus with Leigh Ann Von Hagen as part of the Planning Health Communities Initiative. Health Department members from four Southern New Jersey counties learned about Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies, in preparation for selecting projects in their counties that could benefit […]
County Health Ranking, Health in All Policies, HIA, Lowrie, PHCI, SOPHE
Karen Lowrie of EAC, together with Planning Healthy Communities Initiatives (PHCI) colleague Leigh Ann Von Hagen of the Voorhees Transportation Center, conducted training in Health Impact Assessment at nine regional “A-team” meetings held at locations around New Jersey by the NJ Housing and Community Development Network during January and February of 2018. Dozens of representatives […]
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Lowrie, K., L.A. Von Hagen and E. Sewell. 2014. Middlesex Greenway Access Plan Health Impact Assessment. (http://phci.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Middlesex-Greenway-HIA.pdf) Members of the EAC team, in conjunction with the New Jersey Health Impact Collaborative (NJHIC) at Rutgers University carried out the Middlesex Greenway Access Plan Health Impact Assessment (HIA) concurrently with a Together North Jersey Local Demonstration Project […]
2014, greenway, health, HIA, Lowrie, Middlesex
EAC staff supervised a masters planning studio project that analyzed health impacts of a potential new bike share program planned for Rutgers and three surrounding communities. See summary and full report here: (http://bloustein.rutgers.edu/rutgers-university-bike-share/)
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Lowrie, Karen W. 2017. New Brunswick Municipal Public Access Plan Desktop Health Impact Assessment. Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. A Rapid HIA was conducted to consider the health impacts of the Municipal Public Access Plan developed by the City of New […]
2017, HIA, Lowrie, New Brunswick