Alachua County Transportation Access to Healthy Food Sources
Alachua County Transportation Access to Healthy Food Sources
LocationAlachua County
Florida
Organization University of Florida Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida Department of Health
The University of Florida Department of Urban and Regional Planning, in partnership with the Florida Department of Health, conducted a rapid health impact assessment of proposed changes to built environment and transportation access in the Tower Triangle area of the city of Gainesville, in Alachua County, Florida. The HIA focused on how these proposed changes could impact transportation access to healthy food sources.
The Health Impact Project’s toolkit contains resources that help communities, agencies, and other organizations take action to improve public health. The toolkit offers a collection of health impact assessments, guides, and other research to support policymakers’ efforts to consider health when making decisions across sectors, such as housing, planning, and education.
