• J Epidemiol Community Health · Jun 2014

    Built environment change: a framework to support health-enhancing behaviour through environmental policy and health research.

    • Ethan M Berke and Anne Vernez-Moudon.
    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, , Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
    • J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Jun 1;68(6):586-90.

    AbstractAs research examining the effect of the built environment on health accelerates, it is critical for health and planning researchers to conduct studies and make recommendations in the context of a robust theoretical framework. We propose a framework for built environment change (BEC) related to improving health. BEC consists of elements of the built environment, how people are exposed to and interact with them perceptually and functionally, and how this exposure may affect health-related behaviours. Integrated into this framework are the legal and regulatory mechanisms and instruments that are commonly used to effect change in the built environment. This framework would be applicable to medical research as well as to issues of policy and community planning.

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