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Policies shape the spaces around us and how we move through our neighborhoods. The Public Health Law Center helps communities think about how land use, community planning, transportation planning, and green space policy can maximize opportunities for physical activity and better mobility for all.
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Planning
Recess for All: Protecting Equitable Access
Recess provides many academic and health benefits for kids, yet many schools across the U.S. use withholding of recess as a disciplinary tool. This practice disproportionately negatively affects students of color, students with disabilities, and students at under-resourced schools. This resource explains why recess matters, and explains a Minnesota law that seeks to make sure all kids and schools get the benefits of recess.
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Healthy Comprehensive Planning
At its core, comprehensive planning is a public health activity. These resources are designed to support planners, public health staff, and community advocates in understanding how comp plans can be powerful tools to advance health for all.
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Equitable Access to Parks and Greenspaces
Supporting access to parks and greenspaces for everyone is an important public health goal. These resources explain how to support equitable access to parks and greenspaces through planning and policy.
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Local Plan Implementation Toolkit
This toolkit provides resources to support implementation of local plans that improve community health and create more equitable communities. It supports plan implementation efforts in towns, cities, and counties, and can be adapted to fit a wide range of communities. Created with the Minnesota Department of Health Statewide Health Improvement Partnership.