The Built Environment Assessment Training (BEAT) Institute

06/13/2010 – 06/18/2010

Philadelphia, PA, USA

The Built Environment Assessment Training (BEAT) Institute is a week-long institute designed to train investigators and practitioners tangible skills that can be used to measure many of the aspects of the built environment that are believed to have an effect on health.

What is the built environment? The built environment is defined as the buildings, roads, utilities, homes, food stores, restaurants, fixtures, parks and all other man-made entities that form the physical characteristics of a community. The built environment includes nutrition and physical activity environments, streetscapes, transportation environments, and everything in between.

http://www.med.upenn.edu/beat/

For more information, please contact:

Erica Davis
Program Coordinator, BEAT Institute
Center for Heath Behavior Research
University of Pennsylvania
802 Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021

Office Number: 215-746-4157
Fax Number: 215-573-5315
Email: edavi@upenn.edu