Turning Evidence into Impact
Urban Health as a Global Driver of Equity and Social Justice
Conference Tracks
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Driving Equity, Combating Disparities
Contributions addressing the social and economic determinants of health, structural racism, racial disparities, ways to improve health equity and disparities in neighborhood environments, strategies for reaching and empowering vulnerable and excluded populations, decolonizing knowledge, informality, and environmental justice to ensure equitable environments, supporting the health and wellbeing of all residents.
Decolonizing knowledge and research approaches
Inequalities, environment, and health
Structural racism and health disparities
Justice in urban and transportation planning
Affordable housing, evictions and involuntary displacement
Designing and developing inclusive cities
Life expectancy differences by zip code, city, and country
Building more equitable health systems
Tools and methods to measure equity impacts of development initiatives
And more…
Mind Matters—Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing
How nature affects mental health
How restorative landscapes and nature-based solutions affect mental health
Environmental exposures and mental health impacts
Social and nature-based prescribing
Physical activity and mental health
Contributions related to how we can better understand urban determinants of mental health and the potential for exposure to nature, nature-based solutions, opportunities for physical activity and increasing social connectedness to promote improved mental health in cities.
Managing urban environments to combat social isolation and stress
Social cohesion, social capital and social equity to improve mental health
Public art and culture to promote improved mental health
And more…
Prescription for Healthy, Equitable Places
Contributions that promote healthy, active, equitable and vital communities as an integral part of government policy, community planning and development practice.
Planning and designing built environments for health
Harnessing placemaking to develop healthier places
Active transportation planning for health
Building health-supporting social environments in cities
Transforming neighborhoods into health-supporting communities
Designing green, public, and open spaces to promote health
Healthy housing
NCDs and urbanization
Approaches to enhancing physical activity and active living opportunities
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs)
And more…
Mobilizing Resources and Collaboration to Invest in Health
Social and impact investing for health
Quantifying urban health value for insurers, healthcare systems and companies
Measuring financial value of healthy buildings, e.g., workplaces, homes, schools and communities
Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) and other tools for measuring and monitoring economic value of health benefit investments
Making the economic case for investing in health supporting urban environments. Contributions describing mechanisms, methods, approaches, tools, and processes that can attract public and private sector financial and human resource investments into better health for all.
Health in all policy approaches
Tools to quantify financial gain to cities from healthier cities and citizens
Tools for measuring and monitoring health and economic impacts in urban settings
Advancing multidisciplinary and intersectoral cooperation and partnerships to improve urban health
And more…
One Life. One Planet. One Society—Leveraging One Health and Climate Action in Cities
Contributions related to using the One Health integrated approach to health and sustainability at the human-animal-environmental ecosystem interface. Research and experiences harnessing climate action to improve health, protect biodiversity, contribute to sustainability, and mitigate climate impacts across all sectors.
One Health local governance approaches, e.g., data monitoring, finance mechanisms, decision making structures, public participation, etc.
Systematic and cross-sectoral approaches to health threats at the human-animal-ecosystem interface
Infectious diseases in cities
Urbanization and zoonotic and vector-borne diseases
Providing healthy food and nutrition for urban populations
Animal health e.g., the human-animal bond, diseases in food animals
Planetary health and cities
Climate change and health impacts in urban contexts
Climate action mitigation, adaptation planning and solutions for healthier people and planet in urban settings
Climate change and municipal public services to improve air quality, clean water access and enhance food security
Heat impacts on health in urban settings
Air pollution mitigation
Role and authority of local governments in driving climate action
And more…
Cities for all Ages
Designing child-responsive policies, neighborhoods, and public spaces that explicitly support early childhood development
Environments promoting the independence and physical activity of younger persons, older persons and the disabled
Strategies to increase social interaction, cohesion and community engagement across the lifecourse
Urban systems and services that promote safety and security in urban environments for all ages
Safe play in urban settings, i.e., playable places, streets, cities
Contributions that demonstrate how urban environments and services address the needs of all residents throughout the lifecourse allowing all community members to achieve and maintain their best potential physical and mental health, independence, dignity, and quality of life.
Effectively engaging youth and adolescents in neighborhood transformation for improved health
Developing age-supporting urban environments
Strategies that support ageing in place
Intergenerational approaches to ageing
Legacy resident retention in urban environments
Equitable healthcare support and home-based services
Public health approaches to violence prevention and harm reduction for kids and youth
And more…
#HealthyATL
Local contributions on the above topics or new topics particularly relevant to local contexts and challenges, including:
Case studies from Atlanta, Georgia, the American South
Research studies in Urban Health
Local projects
Policy examples
Sustainable curriculum and SDGs in higher education
Environmental education and sustainability
And more…