Clark County Public Health Department gets $100,000 Grant

A $100,000 grant to Clark County Public Health Department, for the study of the ‘connection between healthy populations, and policy decisions of how communities are built’ has been announced by Active Living Research, a national program. Under the terms of the one year grant, a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the Clark County Pedestrian Master Plan, will be conducted by Public Health staff.

The staff will use geographic information systems and other tools and methods to gather data about local environmental characteristics involving pedestrian activity such as population density and connectivity of pedestrian transportation routes.  Staff will use HIA findings to provide input into the plan and identify highest-value implementation strategies to policymakers and planners.

The HIA will also examine health equity issues, such as a 6.6-year disparity in life expectancy between certain low-income and affluent Clark County neighborhoods. With high obesity rates, and generally low youth physical activity rates for Clark County, one of the initial goals of the pedestrian plan is to increase opportunities for more physical activity by improving the availability of having more safe routes to schools. The formal HIA report is due to be issued later this year.

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