Training Description

Transition from programs to policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change for lasting improvements in your community. This webinar explores the what, why, and how of PSEs through local examples from across the state of Massachusetts.

Learning Objectives:
Participants completing this training will be able to

• Define Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes
• Describe local  Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes examples
• Identify key components and strategies to incorporate  Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes in their own community initiatives

Presenters (2-26-15 webinar)

• Nicole Bourdon, Springfield Mass in Motion
• Barry Keppard, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
• Aleya Martin, Health Resources in Action
• Kathleen McCabe, Health Resources in Action
• Karen Pohlman, Baystate Health

Presentation (2-26-15 webinar)

Presenters (11-12-14 webinar)

• Aleya Martin, Community Health Training Institute, HRiA
• Kathleen McCabe, HRiA
• Catherine Ratte, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
• Arlene Goldstein, Blue Hills CHNA 20 (Formerly of Impact Quincy)

Presentation (11-12-14 webinar)

Webinar Recording (2-26-15)

Webinar Recording (11-12-14)

Additional Resources from MAPC

MAPC Public Health Division
http://www.mapc.org/public-health

Complete Streets

• MAPC's Complete Streets Resources: http://www.mapc.org/complete-streets-roll
• SGA's Best Complete Streets Policies 2014: http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/complete-streets-2014-analysis(five of the top 10 are in MA)
• For the Systems review, MAPC based its framework on the one developed in PVPC's Health Community Design Toolkit: http://www.pvpc.org/projects/healthy-community-design-toolkit-leveraging-positive-change

Healthy Neighborhood Equity Fund

• HIA: http://www.mapc.org/hnef

• Conservation Law Foundation's HNEF webpage: http://www.clf.org/our-work/clf-ventures/healthy-neighborhoods-equity-fund/

Housing

• HIA Pathways (which includes housing): http://www.mapc.org/sites/default/files/CITC_HIA_Pathway_Diagrams.pdf
• CITC HIA webpage: http://www.hria.org/resources/public-health-toolkits/community-investment-tax-credit-hia/