HAbD News
February 2025
Did you know - The built environment can support healthy eating by incorporating it into planning and design outcomes. Read our February blog to find out about actions you can take to design healthy eating outcomes for your community.
December 2024
Our December blog is all about Sense of Place - the social attributes that contribute to the walkability and liveability of a local neighbourhood, and a sense of belonging. Find out what you can do to support a sense of place for your community.
November 2024
We've launched a new supporting module on Healthy Active by Design, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Canberra's Health Research Institute - Walkability in Less Advantaged Areas.
October 2024
Healthy Active by Design underwent a focused evaluation from July to October 2024. This work was undertaken by a Master of Public Health student, Katherine Buttigieg. The evaluation helps demonstrate the value of the resource.
September 2024
Built environments contribute to worsening climate change and air pollution, and resulting impacts on cardiovascular disease. We discuss built environment design and implementation solutions to help mitigate and reduce these impacts.
August 2024
Ten organisations from across Australia have been selected to pioneer innovative physical activity projects that support communities. These initiatives aim to encourage active lifestyles and improve heart health nationwide.
July 2024
The Australian, State and Territory Governments have prepared and released for comment many strategic documents in recent months. Which means we’ve been busy preparing responses!
June 2024
We've developed a new webform to make it easy to submit your case studies to Healthy Active by Design. We love hearing about and being able to share and promote great projects from across the country! Case studies can be submitted anytime!
May 2024
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the Community Walkability Checklist. Here's what we heard, and an outline of next steps. There's a very big question ahead...
April 2024
We’re reviewing our Community Walkability Checklist and invite industry practitioners and local councils to provide feedback which will help us improve it to better support the important work you do!
March 2024
We’ve developed a short survey (~ 3 minutes) to hear from you on how we can provide the best possible support for the important work you do in making healthy built environments a reality.
February 2024
After focusing efforts behind the scenes in recent years, we’re re-commencing communications on key issues in the built environment space to design for physical activity and health outcomes.
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