title: Place shaping to create health and wellbeing using health impact assessment: health geography applied to develop evidence-based practice.
abstract: In a political milieu where there is pressure towards localised and participative decisionmaking, and an environment of global recession and environmental degradation, it is crucial that population health considerations inform strategic decisions. The paper puts forward 'place shaping to create health and wellbeing' as a strategic tool, drawing on ideas that are fundamental in health geography, and argues that this is an important emerging application of Health Impact Assessment (HIA), as part of evidence-based practice. These views developed primarily from case study work in the North East of England aiming to enhance health and wellbeing in a population with significant health disadvantages.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Public Policy and Health, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University Queen׳s Campus, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK. Electronic address: a.m.learmonth@durham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Alyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Learmonth
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D062489:Health Impact Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011634:Public Health