Brownfields to Healthfields: A Retrospective Ripple Effect Mapping Evaluation in Three Rural Communities.

ABSTRACT: The environments in which we live influence our health behaviors and outcomes. The redevelopment of brownfields sites to health-promoting land uses may provide an array of benefits to individuals and communities, but these impacts can be particularly difficult to assess in rural communities using traditional evaluation approaches. This participatory evaluation aimed to explore the impacts of redeveloping rural brownfield sites into health-promoting land uses. Using a facilitated workshop-based Ripple Effects Mapping process, we evaluated three rural brownfields redevelopment sites across Appalachian portions of EPA Region 3 (mid-Atlantic). Adult members (n=32) of these communities participated in guided reflection on the redevelopment and subsequent impacts. Data were constructed as digita

SUBMITTER: Moyers-Kinsella SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448913 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature