HDMT - 2008 HDMT Accomplishments

2008 HDMT Accomplishments

Outcomes (top)

Provided one-day HDMT training for over 30 SF-based stakeholders working on land use, transportation and housing issues in SF – January 2008
Successfully incorporated many health-promoting recommendations into Western SoMa Community Plan – February 2008
Completed extensive update to HDMT, including data update, development checklist update, new sections on tool instructions, notification requirements, and endorsement disclaimer – May 2008
Provided one-day HDMT training to over 35 participants from around the country as part of HIA mini-course – July 2008
Completed HDMT application to Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans and successfully integrated many health-promoting recommendations into Area Plans, including recommendation to utilize the HDMT in Eastern Neighborhoods project review – November 2008

Reports, Publications and Profiles (top)

Grant proposal to The California Endowment with Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation and Human Impact Partners – March 2008
Grant proposal to Association of Bay Area Governments with Asian Neighborhood Design and South of Market Community Action Network – June 2008
Publication: Farhang L, Bhatia R, Comerford-Scully C, Corburn J, Gaydos M, Malekfzali S. Creating tools for healthy development: Case study of San Francisco's Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2008;14(3):255-265.
Publication: Impacts on Community Health of Area Plans for the Mission, East SoMa, and Potrero Hill / Showplace Square: An Application of the Healthy Development Measurement Tool. October 2008.

Presentations (top)

Seoul National University – February 2008
PolicyLink Equity Summit – March 2008
UC Berkeley Urban Sustainability class – March 2008
NACCHO/APA HIA Technical Assistance call – March 2008
EcoCity World Summit – April 2008
SF Department of Children, Youth and their Families – April 2008
Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force Town Hall meeting – April 2008
SFDPH Communicable Disease Control Program Seminar – May 2008
2008 EPA Brownfields Conference – May 2008
Single Payer Now Health and Housing meeting – May 2008
Senior Action Network – June 2008
SFDPH Office of Policy and Planning – October 2008
Mayor's Office of Housing – October 2008
American Public Health Association – October 2008
Low-income Investment Fund child care mapping/data group – October 2008

Significant Collaborations and Technical Assistance (top)

Initiated collaboration with Mayor's Office of Housing re: Hope SF Redevelopment
Collaborated with Social Equity Caucus organizations on the State of the Region indicators report
Continued collaboration with SF Planning Department on Eastern Neighborhoods Area Plans and Housing Element Update
Continued collaboration and technical assistance to Western SoMa Citizens Planning Task Force
Continued collaboration with Healthy Places Coalition
Continued collaboration with MAC groups re: Eastern Neighborhoods
Continued collaborations with DCYF, SFUSD and the Center for Cities and Schools to improve HDMT content
Responded to requests for information and provided technical assistance to the following local, state, national and international organizations:

San Francisco-based:
- ACORN; Asian Neighborhood Design; Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center; Chinatown CDC; Health Matters in SF; Mission Anti-displacement Coalition; Mission Economic Development Agency; Neighborhood Parks Council; PODER; Senior Action Network; SF Environment; SF Planning Commission; SF Redevelopment Agency; SF Safe; SF Department of Children, Youth and their Families; SF Unified School District; South of Market Community Action Network; Visitacion Valley Community Development Coalition; Visitacion Valley Planning Alliance; Walk SF
Non-San Francisco-based:
- Alameda County Public Health Department; Alaska Inter-Tribal Council; Alliance for a Livable Palo Alto; American Planning Association; Baltimore Department of Transportation; Bay Area Council; Bay Area Social Equity Caucus; CA Department of Public Health; CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network; Californians for Pesticide Reform; Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute; District of Columbia, Office of Planning; EDAW; Elton Consulting; Environmental Defense Fund; Human Impact Partners; Marin Community Foundation; Milwaukee Latino Health Coalition; Mithun; Montpelier, VT, Planning and Community Development; NACCHO; Peel (Canada) Health Region; PolicyLink; Portland, OR, Bureau of Planning; Public Health, Seattle & King County; San Diego Health and Human Services; Sonoma County Asthma Coalition; STAR Community Index; The California Endowment; The Sheridan Group; Transportation and Land Use Coalition; Trust for Public Land; UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools; UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Urban Alliance for Sustainability; Urban Habitat; Urban Strategies; US Environmental Protection Agency

Mentorship (top)

Worked with two UC Berkeley students to develop social cohesion element of HDMT and policy/design strategies component of the HDMT

Confirmed Adaptations/Uses of the HDMT Outside San Francisco (top)

Richmond General Plan – Health Element
Humboldt County General Plan Update
City of Oakland – Oakland Estuary Request for Proposals
West Oakland HIA checklist

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