About
Through the lens of the built environment, we address the complex social, economic, and environmental determinants of health that fall outside of the typical health care setting but have major influences on quality of life.
Our projects focus on community engagement, youth advocacy, health equity, and measurement of the built environment with emerging technologies. We disseminate community design and public health academic and professional multidisciplinary training and community building resources through the Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse (BEPHC).
The Healthy Places Lab is also a core member of the Physical Activity Research Center (PARC), which builds the evidence about the policies, practices and aspects of the built environment that promote safe and developmentally appropriate physical activity for all youth and their families.