Transportation Insecurity as Part of a Medical Diagnosis
Health and Transportation Resource Center
Public Health
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Social Determinants
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Welcome
The pursuit of good health and well-being is inextricably intertwined with an individual’s ability to move freely about their community. Mobility choices available to an individual can be a driver in where a person chooses to live, the social and health-promoting activities they pursue, and the health-related services they access. Thus their health and well-being can be greatly impacted by choices offered and decisions made in the health care services, public health, social services, and transportation sectors.
This resource center has been created to assist mobility management professionals and their communities in understanding the intersection specifically among health care, public health, and transportation. (Note that when we talk about “transportation,” we are referring not only to the actual vehicles that move people, but also the infrastructure that allows people to connect to and use those vehicles and on which those vehicles travel.)
Within this Resource Center, we discuss the common (and sometimes divergent) goals and activities within the health care, public health, and transportation sectors, and offer resources to help better align these goals and activities and promote overall good health and well-being. Mobility management professionals can explore how mobility intersects with public health and health care, read and watch case examples of communities integrating mobility and health in practice, and browse NCMM’s resource library of relevant resources. Our goal with this Center to give you the tools to forge new alliances and better serve your community.
Help us add to these pages. If you know of a good resource, send it our way to info@nc4mm.org.
Dive in:
Introductory Resources on Health and Transportation
US DOT and CDC Health and Transportation Tool
This tool provides data on a set of transportation and public health indicators for each U.S. state and metropolitan area that describe how the transportation environment affects safety, active transportation, air quality, and connectivity to destinations.
CDC Recommendations for Improving Health through Transportation Policy
This document provides policy and program recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that protect and promote health while accomplishing primary transportation goals and objectives.
A Guidebook for Communications between Transportation and Public Health Communities
This user-friendly guidebook for state and local transportation professionals that identifies the challenges and best practices for successful communication and collaboration between transportation and public health professionals.
Recent Blog Posts on Health and Mobility:
Imagine going to a doctor and getting a prescription for transportation insecurity. Thanks to the work of the Gravity Project,
Dialysis Care During a Wildfire
There are many things that need to happen when natural disasters hit, from evacuation to emergency responses, to relief efforts.
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for Children
Access to healthcare is essential for everyone, but it is particularly important for children’s growth and development. Healthcare access improves
Rides to Recovery: Accessing Substance Use Disorder Treatment
“The success of the program lies in its ability to tailor transportation services to meet the unique needs of each individual. With staff expertise and lived experience, we ensure empathy and understanding are at the forefront of every trip, fostering trust and rapport among our riders.”
Ontario county works with partners to get seniors to medical appointments
The community’s transit authority partnered with the Red Cross, a local First Nations and other organizations and recruited volunteers to drive handicapped accessible vehicles.
Nashville healthcare organization partners with local transit
In Nashville, TN, Neighborhood Health, a nonprofit organization that serves patients regardless of their ability to pay, partners with the city’s transit organization to get people to appointments.