posted 07/20/2012
After several years on the health beat, I've learned that covering health more comprehensively means paying more attention to how people’s health is affected by where they live.
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posted 07/20/12
posted 07/20/12
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Lesson: Health and the Built Environment
By 2012, when I started my fellowship project, several journalists -- in Philadelphia and nationally -- had written extensively about the “built environment,” food deserts and healthy food access. For my project, I looked to answer the question: “What else in a neighborhood matters to health?”
A city zoning law could help curb the number of advertisements for cigarettes and sugary drinks in Philadelphia.
In-home upgrades are supposed to help kids avoid asthma attacks, missed school days and visits to the emergency room.