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David C. Sloane;Breanna Morrison Hawkins;Jacqueline Illum;Alison Spindler;LaVonna B. Lewis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION,Vol.85,Issue3,P.202-217

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英文

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food,health disparities,participation,Sherry Arnstein

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AbstractProblem, research strategy, and findings: Sherry Arnstein castigated planners for their tokenistic participation processes. Since then, planning scholars and practitioners have attempted to improve these processes. We report on a Los Angeles (CA) case where Community Health Councils, Inc. (CHC) partnered with the city planners, public health officials, foundations, academics, and residents to pass a Health & Wellness Element in the General Plan Framework and integrate food issues into three community plans. We use a comparative multi-method approach interviewing officials and participants and documenting public meetings, strategy sessions, and other events. We find CHC did develop a successful partnership that represented an improvement over Arnstein’s lower ladders. CHC’s public comment letters had material impact on the language of the element’s provisions. CHC’s collaborative strategy resulted in inclusion of key food-related provisions in the updated West Adams Community Plan. The primary limitation is that our study ended prior to implementation, an area Arnstein accurately identified as a place where community power might be diminished.Takeaway for practice: Planners working collaboratively with community groups can achieve significant improvements in their plans. This process successfully integrated food systems and other health issues into the element and three community plans.Keywords: food, health disparities, participation, Sherry ArnsteinAdditional informationAuthor informationDavid C. SloaneDAVID C. SLOANE (dsloane@price.usc.edu) is a professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.Breanna Morrison HawkinsBREANNA MORRISON HAWKINS (bhawkins@phi.org) at the time of writing was at the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, and is now a health equity strategist at the Public Health Alliance of Southern California.Jacqueline IllumJACQUELINE ILLUM (jillum@chc-inc.org) is a senior policy analyst at Community Health Councils.Alison SpindlerALISON SPINDLER (adspindler27@gmail.com) is a planner IV and budget specialist for the City of Long Beach.LaVonna B. LewisLAVONNA B. LEWIS (llewis@price.usc.edu) is a teaching professor and director of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe acknowledge our wonderful student researchers. We recognize the many contributions of Community Health Councils, Inc., especially those of our late colleague and friend, Lark Galloway-Gilliam.RESEARCH SUPPORTThis study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Program, Grant Number: 002126-00001. Its contents are solely the authors’ responsibility and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.