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  • Midtown District: Health Impact Assessment Report
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2013
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    • This assessment and set of recommendations for the Midtown District is submitted by a multidisciplinary health team, convened by St. Luke's Health Initiatives (SLHI), as part of Reinvent PHX. Funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Reinvent PHX is a partnership between the city of Phoenix, Arizona State University, and SLHI to develop a long-range sustainability plan for the neighborhoods along the light rail.
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  • Health assessment report -- Midtown District and its residents -- Midtown health assets -- Community-identified health assets -- Other community assets -- Community-identified potential health assets -- Access to healthy food -- Healthy food options in midtown -- Community-identified barriers to healthy food -- Access to recreation -- Monterey Park -- Safe streets and public spaces -- Community-identified street concerns -- Injury analysis -- Street audits and epidemiological observations -- Dealing with the heat -- Health strategy report -- Healthy food strategies -- Strategy one. Strengthen the existing retail food environment in the Midtown District -- Strategy two. Create new healthy food outlets in the Midtown District -- Tools for implementation of food strategies -- Recreation strategies -- Strategy one. Enhance existing recreation facility within the Midtown District -- Strategy two. Create additional recreation facilities and opportunities for physical activity within the Midtown District -- Strategy three. Improve and enhance the physical environment to encourage residents to walk or bicycle in the Midtown District -- Tools for implementation of recreation strategies -- Safe streets and public places strategies -- Strategy one. Implement infrastructure improvements to create safe streets and public places in Midtown -- Strategy two. Implement programs that support safe streets and public places in Midtown -- Strategy three. Increase the quality, access and safety for transit users in Midtown -- Tools to implement safe streets and public places -- References -- Appendix 1. Issue brief on built environment and health -- Appendix 2. Community workshop report -- Appendix 3. Streets report -- Appendix 4. Community outreach report -- Appendix 5. Street and park audits -- Appendix 6. Additional maps

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    Midtown District: Health Impact Assessment Report (Phoenix, Arizona: City of Phoenix, 2013)

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