Healthy Places Research Group

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What are "Healthy Places"?

"Healthy Places" is a term that refers to buildings, neighborhoods, and even entire metropolitan areas. It explores and evaluates how we can develop, design, and build places that promote good health, support community values, and restore vitality to communities.

What is the Healthy Places Research Group?

The Healthy Places Research Group (HPRG), winner of the 2005 Golden Shoe Award for Pedestrian-Friendly Research, meets monthly to facilitate discussion and networking among the many disciplines working to create healthy places and improve the relationship between health and the built environment. HPRG is a collaboration among the following participants:

Participation is open to anyone interested in exploring the characteristics and advancement of healthy places. To learn more about HPRG, sign up to receive HPRG emails.

When does HPRG meet?

The HPRG meets once a month (typically the first Tuesday of every month from September to May, unless otherwise noted) to discuss issues and exchange information pertaining to health policy and impacts.

To learn more about some of the past meeting topics and speakers, check out the meeting archives on the HPRG calendar.

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Groups

College of Design, School of City & Regional Planning, CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
Categories
Career/Professional development, Conference/Symposium
Keywords
healthy places research group meeting
Status
  • Created By: Angelika Braig
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Dec 17, 2014 - 12:32pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:20pm