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The call: http://www.transglobalhealth.
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The 10 available research projects:
http://www.transglobalhealth.
Project 9: Health Impact Assessment for Healthy Living
(Host Institute: ISGlobal)
Urbanisation is occurring at unprecedented rates
worldwide, and will present important challenges to protect and promote
population health. The United Nations projects that nearly all global
population growth from 2016 -2030 will be absorbed by cities, about 1.1 billion
new urbanites over the next 14 years. In the face of rising non-communicable
diseases, climate change impacts, potential epidemics, new tools and mechanisms
to work across health and urban planning and transport sectors are urgently
needed. There is currently a lack of use of quantitative Health Impact
Assessment (HIA) models to assess the overall burden of mortality and morbidity
related to urban and transport development and planning in cities that can be
used by policy makers to mitigate harms and increase health benefits, estimate
effects on health equity and economic costs. HIA is a novel approach that
combines mixed-methods to systematically judge the potential health effects a
proposed policy, programme or particular intervention might have on population
health and the distribution of those effects within a population (healthy
equity). The aim of the proposed research is to bring health into the
agenda of urban and transport planning by developing participatory HIA methods,
models and tools for evidence-based decision making whilst involving citizens
and other stakeholders to overcome political and cultural barriers of
implementation. The hypothesis is that HIA is a method that can be applied to
different urban contexts to assess policy scenarios on their health
consequences, and create indicators and recommendations that can optimise
health and equity in cities. We will construct a framework to identify
urban and transport related exposures with health relevance and consider demographic,
economic or geographical factors. We will develop a
comprehensive quantitative HIA model to assess scenarios of the health benefits
and risks. Quantitative sources will be supplemented by qualitative interview,
focus groups, and community network assessment techniques to contextualise public
health implications across different urban political, socio-economic, and
spatial contexts. Estimated health impacts and will be compared to health
impacts implied by business as usual. The modeling will include a health equity
assessment to help identify and target vulnerable population groups in order to
narrow the health gap, and reduce inequities throughout the whole
population. The HIA model will be developed in Barcelona, and then be
refined for applicability and application in cities worldwide, making this a
project with significant potential for global impact. This project is
transdisciplinary by nature, and aims to bring health, transport and planning
sectors together in collaboration to bridge sectorial gaps methodological
approaches, as well as to maximise impact in society.
Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD
Research Professor in Environmental Epidemiology
Director Air pollution and Urban Environment
Director Urban planning, Environment and Health Initiative
ISGlobal
Barcelona Institute for Global Health - Campus MAR
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB)
Doctor Aiguader, 88
08003 Barcelona, Spain
Tel. +34 93 214 7337 | + 34 606 05 08 14
mark.nieuwenhuijsen@isglobal.
Skype: mark.nieuwenhuijsen
Assistant: Mar Ferrer: (++34) 93
2147330
Project websites:
TAPAS http://www.tapas-program.org/
PASTA http://www.pastaproject.eu/
EXPOsOMICs http://www.exposomicsproject.
HELIX http://www.projecthelix.eu/
ICEPURE http://www.icepure.eu/
CITI-SENSE http://citi-sense.eu/
PHENOTYPE http://www.phenotype.eu/
BlueHealth www.bluehealth2020.
ESCAPE http://www.escapeproject.eu/
Urban and Transport planning,
Exposures and Health:
http://www.ehjournal.net/
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