Welcome to PHEAL

PHEAL stands for Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership. The PHEAL Guiding Principles were developed by a group of 77 committed individuals who sought to create a policy platform to reaffirm the imperative need for public health and design professionals to work together to foster an environment of synergy with the purpose of empowering and elevating the voices of historically overburdened communities with health inequities in the time of COVID-19.

The Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy and Leadership’s vision, mission, values, and guiding principles are intended to serve as a tool for professionals and technical experts working at public, private and non-profit organizations that operate in urban, suburban, rural, and other settlement contexts in the following broad fields: planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, civil engineering, transportation, community development, real estate, parks and recreation, sustainability and resilience, green building, public health and any other professions concerning the impact of the built environment and health outcomes.

Please note, while the PHEAL initiative is graciously currently being hosted by State of Place, PHEAL is a separate, unaffiliated initiative to which State of Place’s Founder/CEO, Dr. Mariela Alfonzo contributed. PHEAL thanks State of Place for its support! You can follow PHEAL below!