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April 2006, Vol 96, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 592
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.086603

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Designing Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids: National Public Health Week 2006

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, Executive Director

American Public Health Association

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


Figure 1
The waves, winds, and rains of Hurricane Katrina irreversibly altered the landscape of the US Gulf Coast. Some communities are rebuilding on existing foundations; others are starting anew, with a virtual tabula rasa.

Community leaders have been grappling with intense decisions on how—or in some instances, whether—to rebuild. Despite the sobering trials they face, they are presented with a unique opportunity: to factor health into community design and to rebuild these communities better than before.

Imagine having the opportunity to redesign your own community. What would you change? How would you plan development so that achieving optimum health would be . . . [Full Text]






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