[lg policy] bibitem: An Exploration of Language, Policies, and Collaborative Actions by Planning and Public Health Professionals to Guide Active Community Design

[Harold Schiffman]

	An Exploration of Language, Policies, and Collaborative Actions by
Planning and Public Health Professionals to Guide Active Community
Design
Authors: 	BERGERON, KIMBERLY ANN


Bergeron_Kimberly_A_201205_Phd.pdf		4.2 MB	Adobe PDF	View/Open
Issue Date: 	6-Jun-2012

Abstract: 	The objective of this research project was to gain a better
understanding of the language, policies and collaborative actions
undertaken by planning and public health professionals that are
relevant to the design of active communities. The overarching aim of
this research was to develop resources to facilitate the collaborative
efforts of planners and public health professionals working together
to create active communities. To this end, three studies were
undertaken. In the first study, publicly available documents,
websites, and published reports from five Government of Ontario
ministries were reviewed. The review produced 136 terms for inclusion
in a joint glossary of terms for planners and public health
professionals. In the second study legislation/strategies from the
same five government ministries were reviewed and interviews were
conducted with 10 government policy-makers to identify priorities,
challenges and inter-sectoral collaboration to enhance the design of
active communities. This process produced a policy inventory of 39
Ontario laws/strategies that govern planners and public heath
professionals working to enhance the design of active communities and
identified challenges related to achieving inter-ministry
collaboration and coordination towards a provincial active
communities’ agenda. The third study recruited planners and public
health professionals working in the province of Ontario to participate
in a concept mapping process to identify ways they currently work
together to enhance the design of active communities. This process
generated 72 actions that represent collaborative efforts planners and
public health professionals engage in when designing active
communities. These actions were then organized by importance and
feasibility, resulting in the development of a coordinated action
framework that features four planning actions for planners, nineteen
proximal and six distal coordinated actions for planners and public
health professionals and six public health actions for public health
professionals. Collectively, results from these three studies
contribute to our understanding of the language, policies, and
collaborative actions employed by planning and public health
professionals that are relevant to the design of active communities.
The resources developed from this project are intended to support and
facilitate the collaborative efforts of planners and public health
professionals working to create active communities.

Description: 	Thesis (Ph.D, Kinesiology & Health Studies) --
Queen's University, 2012-06-04 14:33:13.672
URI: 	http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7269
Appears in Collections:	Queen's Theses & Dissertations Kinesiology &
Health Studies Graduate Theses

http://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/7269
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