by Susan Kay Cummins, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Richard Joseph Jackson, MD, MPH on June 2009
| Notes | The built environment embraces a wide range of concepts, from the design and integrity of housing, to land use and urban planning. A high quality environment is essential for children to achieve optimal health and development. Building and land use policies, including the quality and design of a child's physical environment, can cause or prevent illness, disability, and injury, and degrade or preserve natural resources. Although many common pediatric conditions, such as obesity, asthma, and lead poisoning as well as injuries, are associated with risk factors in a child's built environment, this issue has received little attention from researchers or policy makers. The authors suggest that this new field is ripe for etiologic and prevention research and that we need pediatric advocates to speak out for children's needs within this arena. Note: Single copies of this article may be downloaded and printed only for personal research and study. | | URL | View the content | | Category | Health / Children's Health
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