Resources

Healthy Built Environment Checklist

The Healthy Built Environment Checklist is a practical tool to help deliver the quality local environments needed for well-connected and liveable communities in NSW, through engagement with planning and development processes.

The checklist offers a standardised way to evaluate built environment factors that affect health and suggests ways to improve health outcomes.  It covers 11 characteristics of healthy development including healthy eating, physical activity, housing, transport and connectivity, quality employment, community safety and security, open space and natural features, social infrastructure, social cohesion and connectivity, environment and health, and environmental sustainability and climate change.  Each chapter includes key questions, up-to-date evidence and leading practice.

The checklist supports the capacity of health professionals and others to provide informed, health-focused advice on development policies, plans and proposals to promote healthy planning as a core component of good design and amenity of the built environment for people, places and public spaces.

SWSLHD Position Statement: Healthy Urban Planning & Placemaking in South Western Sydney Local Health District

SWSLHD Position Statement on Healthy Urban Planning & Placemaking developed by the Healthy Places team, SWSLHD Planning Unit and CHETRE in consultation with local councils, Transport for NSW; Department of Planning and Environment; Western Sydney Planning Partnership; Ministry of Health; and Greater City Commission . The Position Statement is designed to guide urban planning and development decisions in SWS using evidence and best practice for sustaining human health. 

Population Health: Gambling Harm and Health Impact Position Statement

The Gambling Harm and Health Impact Position Statement outlines Population Health’s commitment to reducing gambling related harm and its impacts on our community’s health and wellbeing. The statement provides guidance for staff and partners on reducing exposure to gambling environments, prioritising non gambling venues for activities, and avoiding sponsorship or funding from gambling industries. It supports consistent practice across programs, strengthens community awareness of gambling harm, and is a strategic step towards addressing the significant health, social, and economic consequences of gambling.