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Planning for Health Regional Staff Committee

March 16, 2017

Today’s Meeting

• VISION 2040: people, prosperity and planet

• Public health overview

• Your health concerns?

• Our opportunities?

VISION 2040 Update

The Built Environment and Health – Goal:The region’s communities will be planned and designed to promote physical, social, and mental well-being so that all people can live healthier and more active lives.

VISION 2040 and Health

Public Health Representatives

GMPBDr. Anthony Chen Dr. Susan Turner, AlternateTransportation Policy BoardDr. Ngozi OleruDr. Gary Goldbaum, AlternateRegional TOD Advisory CommitteeDr. Anthony ChenFrank DiBiase, AlternateRegional Food Policy CouncilKeri MooreRegional Staff CommitteeKeri MooreBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory CommitteeAmy Shumann

Vision 2040 and Health

What are we dying from in the U.S.?

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Cancer, malignant tumors

Chronic respiratory diseases

Gastritis, enteritis, other

Tuberculosis

Pneumonia, influenza

All other causes

What impacts our health?

Life Expectancy Health Disparities in U.S.

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White women

Black women

White men

Black men

Life Expectancy Health Disparities

Life Expectancy in Years

67.85 - < 77.86

77.86 - < 79.87

79.87 - < 81.21

81.21 - < 83.03

83.03 - 91.29

2010-2014 data

Source: Washington Tracking Network

Inequities Upstream – Disparities Downstream

Source: adapted from BARHII and CA

Department of Public Health framework

PSRC Impacts on People, Planet, Prosperity

PSRC Impacts on Heart Diseases

↓ stress

National Health Cost Estimates

Obesity and overweight

$142 billion: health care, lost wages due to illness and disability, future

earnings due to premature death

Air pollution from traffic

$50-80 billion: health care, premature death

Traffic crashes

$180 billion: healthcare, lost wages, property damage, travel delay,

legal/administrative costs, pain and suffering, lost quality of life

Estimates adjusted to 2008 dollars.

Source: The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation, APHA

How can public health help?

Source: Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention

Public Health Roles

Increasing health in all policies, including land use and

transportation policies by:

• Providing evidence-based research and data

• Identifying performance measures to monitor

• Informing and engaging affected communities

• Mobilizing community partnerships

• Developing and evaluating policies

• Supporting policy implementation

Example activities

• Plan reviews

• EIS reviews

• Health Impact Assessments

• Health Impact Reviews

• Walking Audits

• Other Opportunities?

Public Health Roles

Public Health Roles

COMP PLAN ELEMENTS

Land Use

Housing

Transportation

Capital Facilities

NaturalEnvironment

EconomicDevelopment

Parks andRecreation

Health & Well-Being

POLICY IMPACTS

Physical Activity

Stress

Air Quality

Water Quality

Safety, Injury

Placemaking

Opportunity Access

Healthy Food Access

Community Connections

HEALTH OUTCOMES

Physical Health

Mental Health

Social Health

Economic Health

Well-Being

• What health issues are you and your communities most concerned about?

• How can the PSRC and the health districts support your work planning for health?

• How can we all work together better for collective impact on shared goals?

Discussion

• April 20 – PSRC Peer Networking event

Upcoming Work

Marianne Seifert

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department

MSeifert@tpchd.org

Keri Moore

Snohomish Health District

kmoore@snohd.org

Paul Inghram, AICP

pinghram@psrc.org

Thank you!