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April 2004, Vol 94, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 525-527
© 2004 American Public Health Association

FIELD ACTION REPORT

Integrating the Environment, the Economy, and Community Health: A Community Health Center’s Initiative to Link Health Benefits to Smart Growth

Peter V. McAvoy, JD, MS, Mary Beth Driscoll, BA and Benjamin J. Gramling, BS

The authors are with the Department of Environmental Health, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Milwaukee, Wis.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Mary Beth Driscoll, Department of Environmental Health, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, 1337 S Cesar Chavez Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53204 (e-mail: mary.driscoll{at}sschc.org).

The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center (SSCHC) in Milwaukee, Wis, is making a difference in the livability of surrounding neighborhoods and the overall health of the families it serves. SSCHC is going beyond traditional health care provider models and working to link the environment, the economy, and community health through urban brownfield redevelopment and sustainable land-use planning.

In 1997, SSCHC recognized that restoration of local air and water quality and other environmental conditions, coupled with restoring family-supporting jobs in the neighborhood, could have a substantial impact on the overall health of families. Recent events indicate that SSCHC’s pursuit of smart growth strategies has begun to pay off.




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