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This document summarizes information about healthy cities from various sources. It defines a healthy city, discusses social determinants of health, and outlines what actions healthy cities take which include political commitment, leadership, partnerships. It provides examples of characteristics of healthy cities like clean environments, meeting basic needs, and access to health services. The document traces the history and development of the healthy cities movement starting with the WHO and outlines both successes and hazards. It concludes with next steps like further research and networking.
The Naorlunga project in Australia aimed to create healthier cities through an 18-year sustainability initiative. Key aspects of the initiative's success included its visionary leadership, adaptive model, community engagement, recognition among organizations, and links with universities. The project began in 1991 as a way to implement the World Health Organization's health promotion strategies at the city level. It started as a pilot and expanded with additional funding. The suburb of Noarlunga in Adelaide, South Australia was a focus area for projects addressing community safety, drugs, and domestic violence. Evaluations found the initiative helped raise healthy activities and was sustainable over its 25 projects from 1987 to 2005 by targeting social factors, showing supportive leadership, adapting its approach, balancing short and long
1) The document summarizes the 2013 annual business and technical conference of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network held in Izmir, Turkey from September 20-22, 2013.
2) The conference focused on implementing the WHO's Health 2020 strategy and healthy cities as a vehicle for action.
3) Key topics included translating rhetoric into action through the healthy cities movement, assets and learning from healthy cities, changing urban contexts, commitments to healthy cities, and engaging countries and cities in implementing Health 2020.
The document outlines the Health 2020 vision and strategic objectives to improve population health and reduce health inequities across Europe. It focuses on improving Roma health, who experience significant health inequities compared to the general population, through six policy actions: tackling the health divide; investing in health promotion; tackling major diseases like smoking and obesity; creating supportive environments; strengthening people-centered health systems; and adopting multi-sectoral approaches.
The Belfast Declaration was adopted in 2003 by mayors and politicians attending the International Healthy Cities Conference to celebrate 15 years of the Healthy Cities movement. The declaration expresses cities' commitment to health and sustainable development. It pledges cities to build partnerships, design supportive environments, tackle wider health determinants, and create effective policies. As political leaders, signatories commit to reducing inequalities, promoting good governance, building safe cities, and demonstrating the relevance of their work. They call on national governments to support Healthy Cities networks and the WHO to provide leadership.
Presentation by Isabelle Beauclercq, International Organization for Migration (IOM), on the occasion of the EESC hearing on Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on health and anti-discrimination (Brussels, 12 May 2014)
Urban populations are increasing rapidly and concentrating in cities, which exacerbate health risks like communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, violence, and mental health issues. Cities also concentrate resources that can promote well-being but poverty remains a challenge. Rural areas lack environmental sanitation, control of communicable diseases, health education, and adequate primary health care services and facilities. Improving rural health requires political will, community participation, and increased health budgets to expand services and address absent infrastructure.
The document provides a rationale for launching a National Urban Health Mission in India. It notes that India's urban population is growing rapidly and will reach 43.2 crores by 2021, increasing strain on urban infrastructure. Despite proximity to facilities, urban poor access to healthcare is severely restricted due to inadequacies in the public system, ineffective outreach, weak referrals, social exclusion, and lack of economic resources. Health indicators among urban poor, such as under-5 mortality, are significantly worse than urban averages. A National Urban Health Mission is proposed to effectively address health concerns of the growing urban poor population.
This document summarizes information about healthy cities from various sources. It defines a healthy city, discusses social determinants of health, and outlines what actions healthy cities take which include political commitment, leadership, partnerships. It provides examples of characteristics of healthy cities like clean environments, meeting basic needs, and access to health services. The document traces the history and development of the healthy cities movement starting with the WHO and outlines both successes and hazards. It concludes with next steps like further research and networking.
The Naorlunga project in Australia aimed to create healthier cities through an 18-year sustainability initiative. Key aspects of the initiative's success included its visionary leadership, adaptive model, community engagement, recognition among organizations, and links with universities. The project began in 1991 as a way to implement the World Health Organization's health promotion strategies at the city level. It started as a pilot and expanded with additional funding. The suburb of Noarlunga in Adelaide, South Australia was a focus area for projects addressing community safety, drugs, and domestic violence. Evaluations found the initiative helped raise healthy activities and was sustainable over its 25 projects from 1987 to 2005 by targeting social factors, showing supportive leadership, adapting its approach, balancing short and long
1) The document summarizes the 2013 annual business and technical conference of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network held in Izmir, Turkey from September 20-22, 2013.
2) The conference focused on implementing the WHO's Health 2020 strategy and healthy cities as a vehicle for action.
3) Key topics included translating rhetoric into action through the healthy cities movement, assets and learning from healthy cities, changing urban contexts, commitments to healthy cities, and engaging countries and cities in implementing Health 2020.
The document outlines the Health 2020 vision and strategic objectives to improve population health and reduce health inequities across Europe. It focuses on improving Roma health, who experience significant health inequities compared to the general population, through six policy actions: tackling the health divide; investing in health promotion; tackling major diseases like smoking and obesity; creating supportive environments; strengthening people-centered health systems; and adopting multi-sectoral approaches.
The Belfast Declaration was adopted in 2003 by mayors and politicians attending the International Healthy Cities Conference to celebrate 15 years of the Healthy Cities movement. The declaration expresses cities' commitment to health and sustainable development. It pledges cities to build partnerships, design supportive environments, tackle wider health determinants, and create effective policies. As political leaders, signatories commit to reducing inequalities, promoting good governance, building safe cities, and demonstrating the relevance of their work. They call on national governments to support Healthy Cities networks and the WHO to provide leadership.
Presentation by Isabelle Beauclercq, International Organization for Migration (IOM), on the occasion of the EESC hearing on Better Roma inclusion through civil society initiatives: focus on health and anti-discrimination (Brussels, 12 May 2014)
Urban populations are increasing rapidly and concentrating in cities, which exacerbate health risks like communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, violence, and mental health issues. Cities also concentrate resources that can promote well-being but poverty remains a challenge. Rural areas lack environmental sanitation, control of communicable diseases, health education, and adequate primary health care services and facilities. Improving rural health requires political will, community participation, and increased health budgets to expand services and address absent infrastructure.
The document provides a rationale for launching a National Urban Health Mission in India. It notes that India's urban population is growing rapidly and will reach 43.2 crores by 2021, increasing strain on urban infrastructure. Despite proximity to facilities, urban poor access to healthcare is severely restricted due to inadequacies in the public system, ineffective outreach, weak referrals, social exclusion, and lack of economic resources. Health indicators among urban poor, such as under-5 mortality, are significantly worse than urban averages. A National Urban Health Mission is proposed to effectively address health concerns of the growing urban poor population.
The document discusses the relationship between urban planning and public health. It begins by providing a brief history of how the two fields developed separately in response to 19th century crises but are now interconnected. Rapid urbanization is putting pressure on infrastructure and leading to increased poverty and health issues. The document calls for urban planners and public health experts to work together by applying health trends knowledge to policy and design decisions to promote healthier living environments and lifestyles.
Belak andrej health_system_limitations_of_roma_health_in_slovakia_isbn9788097...Marek Kmeť
In the publication, Charles University anthropologist Andrej Belák offers a pragmatic summary of his field research focused on how and why steep health disparities among Roma and non-Roma in the region might paradoxically be contributed by health-systems, too.
Antropológ Andrej Belák z Karlovej univerzity v publikácii ponúka pragmatické zhrnutie svojho terénneho výskumu, zameraného na otázky ako a prečo k príkrym rozdielom v zdraví medzi Rómami a Nerómami v regióne môžu prispievať paradoxne i systémy zdravotníctva.
How to improve life of the Roma? Challenges and interdisciplinary promisessophieproject
Workshop including the SOPHIE study "A Bottom-up Approach to Employment: Does it have an impact on health equity?", presented at the 7th European Public Health Conference: "Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care". Glasgow, 20th to 22nd November 2014.
Chairs: Prof S. A. Reijneveld, U of Groningen, and Assoc Prof Andrea Madarasova Geckova PhD, Safarik U in Kosice. Presentations: (1) Health, health-related behaviour and socioeconomic characteristics of population living in separated and segregated Roma settlements, by Ingrid Babinská & Peter Kolarčík; (2) Health care accessibility problems of Roma population living in separated and segregated Roma settlements, by Daniela Bobáková; (3) A Bottom-up Approach to Employment: Does it have an impact on health equity?, by Lucia Bosáková; (4) Segregated Roma and health-system professionals in Slovakia: A comparison of two perspectives on Roma-involving health disparities, by Andrej Belak.
The document discusses the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. It aims to address health issues among urban poor populations through several key strategies:
1. Strengthening existing public health infrastructure in cities by establishing Primary Urban Health Centers (PUHCs) to improve access and referrals.
2. Partnering with non-governmental providers to fill gaps in health services through models like public-private partnerships.
3. Developing community-based healthcare through mechanisms like urban health activists, community-level care, and community-managed health insurance and risk pooling.
The NUHM seeks to improve health services for urban poor populations facing issues like poor living conditions, lack of access to facilities
The DC Age-Friendly City Initiative is part of an international effort by the WHO to address the trends of population aging and urbanization. As of 2007, over half of the world's population lives in cities, and this is projected to rise to 60% by 2030. Also, people are living longer due to improved health. The proportion of people aged 60+ is expected to double to 22% of the world's population by 2050. The WHO developed the Global Age-Friendly Cities project to help cities prepare for these converging trends. DC has adopted 10 domains identified by WHO as influencing older adults' health and quality of life, including features like transportation, housing, social participation, and community support services.
The document discusses community-based primary healthcare (PHC) development. It outlines the key points of the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 which established PHC as the goal of health for all. The main components of community-based PHC development include community participation, self-reliance, recognition of the interrelationship between health and development, social mobilization, and decentralization. The functions of PHC involve medical care, maternal and child health services, disease prevention and control, and health education provided in a way that is responsive to the community.
The document provides an overview of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. It was launched in 2013 to address health issues among urban populations, especially the urban poor. Key goals are to facilitate equitable access to quality healthcare, strengthen existing health systems, and partner with local organizations. The NUHM aims to reduce mortality rates and improve access to services for vulnerable groups through expanding primary healthcare infrastructure, community health workers, and involvement of urban local bodies.
This document outlines urgent actions needed by member states and the WHO to address the social determinants of health and protect the right to health. It calls for 1) implementing universal healthcare and social protection systems, 2) using taxes to finance actions on social determinants of health, and 3) recognizing the impact of unregulated corporations and financial institutions on health inequalities. It emphasizes the need for intersectoral action, public participation in policymaking, and accountability to promote health equity globally.
This document provides an overview of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. It discusses the rapid urbanization occurring in India and the related health challenges faced by urban poor populations. The NUHM was launched to address these issues through improving access to quality healthcare for urban poor communities, with a focus on slums. Key objectives of the NUHM include strengthening public health infrastructure and services in urban areas, facilitating community-based healthcare, and improving health outcomes for vulnerable groups. The NUHM aims to cover all cities with populations over 50,000 through district-level implementation structures.
The document proposes the National Urban Health Mission to address health issues of India's growing urban poor population. Key points:
1) India's urban population is growing rapidly and will reach 43.2 crores by 2021, increasing strain on infrastructure. The urban poor have poor access to healthcare due to inadequate public systems and high costs of private care.
2) The NUHM will cover all cities over 1 lakh people and state capitals. It will focus on the urban poor, especially those in slums, as well as other vulnerable groups. The mission aims to facilitate equitable access to available healthcare.
3) Components include strengthening public primary care, engaging private providers, promoting community involvement, organizing women into health
1. The document provides an overview of urban health issues in India. It discusses the rapid urbanization occurring in India and its impact on health. Key issues include a growing urban poor population living in slums with poor access to water, sanitation, and healthcare.
2. Health indicators for India's urban poor are significantly worse than for other urban populations. For example, under-five mortality is much higher and immunization rates much lower among the poorest quartile. Malnutrition rates are also higher among the urban poor.
3. Access to basic services like piped water and sanitation facilities is severely lacking for the urban poor in India. For example, over 80% of the poorest urban population does
This document provides an overview of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. Some key points:
- NUHM was launched to address health issues among urban poor populations, especially slum dwellers, as urbanization is rising rapidly in India.
- It aims to provide equitable access to quality healthcare through strengthening public health systems and partnerships with NGOs.
- Key strategies include improving public health infrastructure, increasing access to healthcare, promoting community-based health insurance, and capacity building.
- At the community level, it utilizes Urban Social Health Activists and Mahila Arogya Samities to deliver primary healthcare and outreach through newly established Urban Primary Health Centers.
Importance of Community Health Strategy (CHS) in attaining health goals (MNCH...REACHOUTCONSORTIUMSLIDES
This document outlines Kenya's community health strategy. It discusses how community health units empower communities to take control of their health, hold leaders accountable, and improve health outcomes. The strategy aims to enhance access to healthcare through sustainable community services. Key points include:
- Community health units are a key part of Kenya's healthcare system and Vision 2030 goals.
- Over 4587 units had been established by 2015, serving over 40,000 communities.
- The strategy has contributed to improved maternal and child health indicators in Kenya.
- Continued support is needed to ensure resources, training, and data systems for community health volunteers and units.
- Research shows community health strategies can increase healthcare utilization and reduce childhood mortality.
Rural health care: Towards a healthy rural indiaGarima Kohli
The document discusses the poor state of healthcare in rural India. It notes that many rural health centers are understaffed, with 8% lacking doctors, 39% lacking lab technicians, and 18% lacking pharmacists. It further discusses how organizations are using mobile technology to help address some of the key issues, such as by creating tools to gather community feedback and increase accountability of healthcare services. Gram Vaani in particular is highlighted for their work deploying mobile and IVR solutions to automate processes and apply best practices to help connect organizations with rural communities.
The document outlines the theoretical framework of healthy cities/healthy communities, which involves citizens creating communities where all systems work well together to support good quality of life. Key components include a comprehensive view of health, commitment to health promotion, and addressing social determinants of health through collaborative problem-solving. The process involves assembling a diverse group, assessing community assets/issues, choosing an issue to focus on, developing and implementing a strategy, and continually monitoring/adjusting to tackle new issues.
Aet508 week6 - community-based services and educationatucker2
The document discusses the future of community-based services and education. It outlines that according to Healthy People 2020, an individual's health is influenced by personal, organizational, environmental, and policy factors. Community-based education programs aim to improve health by reaching people outside traditional healthcare settings in schools, workplaces, and communities. Studies show these programs have successfully addressed issues like chronic diseases, mental illness, and health promotion. The document advocates for continued funding and expansion of such sustainable programs to rural areas.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) presented by Vandana Singh. It provides definitions of MDGs as goals adopted by 189 countries in 2000 to improve lives of the world's poorest people by 2015. It outlines the 8 goals and targets to eradicate poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child and maternal mortality, combat diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership. It then discusses India's progress and status in achieving the health-related MDG targets related to poverty, education, gender, mortality rates, and environmental sustainability.
Community diagnosis is a tool used in Healthy Cities Projects to understand community health. It involves collecting both quantitative and qualitative data on health status, determinants of health, and potential for healthy city development. The process includes setting up a committee, defining the scope, collecting data through surveys and statistics, analyzing trends and comparisons, reaching diagnoses, and disseminating results through reports and presentations to influence policy. Conducting community diagnosis regularly allows Healthy Cities Projects to continuously improve public health.
Presentation delivered by Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, at the Meeting of the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (24 February 2015, Madrid, Spain)
The document discusses the relationship between urban planning and public health. It begins by providing a brief history of how the two fields developed separately in response to 19th century crises but are now interconnected. Rapid urbanization is putting pressure on infrastructure and leading to increased poverty and health issues. The document calls for urban planners and public health experts to work together by applying health trends knowledge to policy and design decisions to promote healthier living environments and lifestyles.
Belak andrej health_system_limitations_of_roma_health_in_slovakia_isbn9788097...Marek Kmeť
In the publication, Charles University anthropologist Andrej Belák offers a pragmatic summary of his field research focused on how and why steep health disparities among Roma and non-Roma in the region might paradoxically be contributed by health-systems, too.
Antropológ Andrej Belák z Karlovej univerzity v publikácii ponúka pragmatické zhrnutie svojho terénneho výskumu, zameraného na otázky ako a prečo k príkrym rozdielom v zdraví medzi Rómami a Nerómami v regióne môžu prispievať paradoxne i systémy zdravotníctva.
How to improve life of the Roma? Challenges and interdisciplinary promisessophieproject
Workshop including the SOPHIE study "A Bottom-up Approach to Employment: Does it have an impact on health equity?", presented at the 7th European Public Health Conference: "Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care". Glasgow, 20th to 22nd November 2014.
Chairs: Prof S. A. Reijneveld, U of Groningen, and Assoc Prof Andrea Madarasova Geckova PhD, Safarik U in Kosice. Presentations: (1) Health, health-related behaviour and socioeconomic characteristics of population living in separated and segregated Roma settlements, by Ingrid Babinská & Peter Kolarčík; (2) Health care accessibility problems of Roma population living in separated and segregated Roma settlements, by Daniela Bobáková; (3) A Bottom-up Approach to Employment: Does it have an impact on health equity?, by Lucia Bosáková; (4) Segregated Roma and health-system professionals in Slovakia: A comparison of two perspectives on Roma-involving health disparities, by Andrej Belak.
The document discusses the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. It aims to address health issues among urban poor populations through several key strategies:
1. Strengthening existing public health infrastructure in cities by establishing Primary Urban Health Centers (PUHCs) to improve access and referrals.
2. Partnering with non-governmental providers to fill gaps in health services through models like public-private partnerships.
3. Developing community-based healthcare through mechanisms like urban health activists, community-level care, and community-managed health insurance and risk pooling.
The NUHM seeks to improve health services for urban poor populations facing issues like poor living conditions, lack of access to facilities
The DC Age-Friendly City Initiative is part of an international effort by the WHO to address the trends of population aging and urbanization. As of 2007, over half of the world's population lives in cities, and this is projected to rise to 60% by 2030. Also, people are living longer due to improved health. The proportion of people aged 60+ is expected to double to 22% of the world's population by 2050. The WHO developed the Global Age-Friendly Cities project to help cities prepare for these converging trends. DC has adopted 10 domains identified by WHO as influencing older adults' health and quality of life, including features like transportation, housing, social participation, and community support services.
The document discusses community-based primary healthcare (PHC) development. It outlines the key points of the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 which established PHC as the goal of health for all. The main components of community-based PHC development include community participation, self-reliance, recognition of the interrelationship between health and development, social mobilization, and decentralization. The functions of PHC involve medical care, maternal and child health services, disease prevention and control, and health education provided in a way that is responsive to the community.
The document provides an overview of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. It was launched in 2013 to address health issues among urban populations, especially the urban poor. Key goals are to facilitate equitable access to quality healthcare, strengthen existing health systems, and partner with local organizations. The NUHM aims to reduce mortality rates and improve access to services for vulnerable groups through expanding primary healthcare infrastructure, community health workers, and involvement of urban local bodies.
This document outlines urgent actions needed by member states and the WHO to address the social determinants of health and protect the right to health. It calls for 1) implementing universal healthcare and social protection systems, 2) using taxes to finance actions on social determinants of health, and 3) recognizing the impact of unregulated corporations and financial institutions on health inequalities. It emphasizes the need for intersectoral action, public participation in policymaking, and accountability to promote health equity globally.
This document provides an overview of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. It discusses the rapid urbanization occurring in India and the related health challenges faced by urban poor populations. The NUHM was launched to address these issues through improving access to quality healthcare for urban poor communities, with a focus on slums. Key objectives of the NUHM include strengthening public health infrastructure and services in urban areas, facilitating community-based healthcare, and improving health outcomes for vulnerable groups. The NUHM aims to cover all cities with populations over 50,000 through district-level implementation structures.
The document proposes the National Urban Health Mission to address health issues of India's growing urban poor population. Key points:
1) India's urban population is growing rapidly and will reach 43.2 crores by 2021, increasing strain on infrastructure. The urban poor have poor access to healthcare due to inadequate public systems and high costs of private care.
2) The NUHM will cover all cities over 1 lakh people and state capitals. It will focus on the urban poor, especially those in slums, as well as other vulnerable groups. The mission aims to facilitate equitable access to available healthcare.
3) Components include strengthening public primary care, engaging private providers, promoting community involvement, organizing women into health
1. The document provides an overview of urban health issues in India. It discusses the rapid urbanization occurring in India and its impact on health. Key issues include a growing urban poor population living in slums with poor access to water, sanitation, and healthcare.
2. Health indicators for India's urban poor are significantly worse than for other urban populations. For example, under-five mortality is much higher and immunization rates much lower among the poorest quartile. Malnutrition rates are also higher among the urban poor.
3. Access to basic services like piped water and sanitation facilities is severely lacking for the urban poor in India. For example, over 80% of the poorest urban population does
This document provides an overview of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in India. Some key points:
- NUHM was launched to address health issues among urban poor populations, especially slum dwellers, as urbanization is rising rapidly in India.
- It aims to provide equitable access to quality healthcare through strengthening public health systems and partnerships with NGOs.
- Key strategies include improving public health infrastructure, increasing access to healthcare, promoting community-based health insurance, and capacity building.
- At the community level, it utilizes Urban Social Health Activists and Mahila Arogya Samities to deliver primary healthcare and outreach through newly established Urban Primary Health Centers.
Importance of Community Health Strategy (CHS) in attaining health goals (MNCH...REACHOUTCONSORTIUMSLIDES
This document outlines Kenya's community health strategy. It discusses how community health units empower communities to take control of their health, hold leaders accountable, and improve health outcomes. The strategy aims to enhance access to healthcare through sustainable community services. Key points include:
- Community health units are a key part of Kenya's healthcare system and Vision 2030 goals.
- Over 4587 units had been established by 2015, serving over 40,000 communities.
- The strategy has contributed to improved maternal and child health indicators in Kenya.
- Continued support is needed to ensure resources, training, and data systems for community health volunteers and units.
- Research shows community health strategies can increase healthcare utilization and reduce childhood mortality.
Rural health care: Towards a healthy rural indiaGarima Kohli
The document discusses the poor state of healthcare in rural India. It notes that many rural health centers are understaffed, with 8% lacking doctors, 39% lacking lab technicians, and 18% lacking pharmacists. It further discusses how organizations are using mobile technology to help address some of the key issues, such as by creating tools to gather community feedback and increase accountability of healthcare services. Gram Vaani in particular is highlighted for their work deploying mobile and IVR solutions to automate processes and apply best practices to help connect organizations with rural communities.
The document outlines the theoretical framework of healthy cities/healthy communities, which involves citizens creating communities where all systems work well together to support good quality of life. Key components include a comprehensive view of health, commitment to health promotion, and addressing social determinants of health through collaborative problem-solving. The process involves assembling a diverse group, assessing community assets/issues, choosing an issue to focus on, developing and implementing a strategy, and continually monitoring/adjusting to tackle new issues.
Aet508 week6 - community-based services and educationatucker2
The document discusses the future of community-based services and education. It outlines that according to Healthy People 2020, an individual's health is influenced by personal, organizational, environmental, and policy factors. Community-based education programs aim to improve health by reaching people outside traditional healthcare settings in schools, workplaces, and communities. Studies show these programs have successfully addressed issues like chronic diseases, mental illness, and health promotion. The document advocates for continued funding and expansion of such sustainable programs to rural areas.
The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) presented by Vandana Singh. It provides definitions of MDGs as goals adopted by 189 countries in 2000 to improve lives of the world's poorest people by 2015. It outlines the 8 goals and targets to eradicate poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child and maternal mortality, combat diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership. It then discusses India's progress and status in achieving the health-related MDG targets related to poverty, education, gender, mortality rates, and environmental sustainability.
Community diagnosis is a tool used in Healthy Cities Projects to understand community health. It involves collecting both quantitative and qualitative data on health status, determinants of health, and potential for healthy city development. The process includes setting up a committee, defining the scope, collecting data through surveys and statistics, analyzing trends and comparisons, reaching diagnoses, and disseminating results through reports and presentations to influence policy. Conducting community diagnosis regularly allows Healthy Cities Projects to continuously improve public health.
Presentation delivered by Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, at the Meeting of the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board (24 February 2015, Madrid, Spain)
This document presents a consolidated assessment report on the Community Based Approach to Local Development Project implemented in Ukraine from 2007-2011. The Project aimed to improve living conditions in rural and semi-urban areas by promoting community-based initiatives and local governance. It established support structures that brought together local communities, councils, and authorities. Surveys found the approach strengthened self-governance and decision-making while improving infrastructure, services, and social cohesion. Over 1.2 million citizens benefited from community projects. The report recommends continuing the process and structures under a national framework to sustainably develop local communities in Ukraine.
The document summarizes key definitions and concepts regarding health, sustainable development, and the relationship between the two. It discusses the WHO definition of health, the Brundtland Commission definition of sustainable development, and how the goals of sustainable development cannot be achieved without attention to population health. It provides examples of steady gains in global health in recent decades and discusses the importance of addressing health inequities both between and within cities and countries.
The document summarizes key definitions and concepts regarding health, sustainable development, and the relationship between the two. It discusses the WHO definition of health, the Brundtland Commission definition of sustainable development, and how the goals of sustainable development cannot be achieved without attention to population health. It provides examples of steady gains in global health in recent decades and discusses the importance of addressing health inequities both between and within cities and countries.
The BRIDGE Health project involves 31 institutes from 16 European countries. It aims to develop a strategic policy paper and technical blueprints for a future integrated European health information system covering both public health and healthcare. The project will disseminate results through technical reports, workshops, and meetings to target audiences like policymakers, researchers, and the general public. It seeks to ensure sustainability of health information activities and enhance synergy between domains like population health monitoring, disease registries, and clinical data collection.
Liveability Policy Research Update - December 2015 FINALIain Butterworth
This document provides an overview of work done in 2015 to develop indicators of urban liveability in Victoria. It discusses:
1) The Victorian Liveability Research Program led by the University of Melbourne, which aims to conceptualize and measure liveability across seven domains and their relationship to health.
2) Milestones in 2015 including developing measures for each domain, knowledge sharing activities, and informing state policies like the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.
3) Examples of how the liveability framework is being applied in various regional and local initiatives across Victoria to strengthen communities.
The document summarizes key points from a speech given by the WHO Regional Director for Europe on health challenges in the European region and strategies to address them. The main points are:
1) There are significant health inequities within and between countries in the European region in terms of life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. Nordic countries have some of the highest rates.
2) Investing in public health, disease prevention, and addressing social determinants of health through intersectoral policies can help reduce inequities and improve population health outcomes.
3) The Health 2020 policy framework and examples from countries like Norway that have strengthened public health infrastructure and implemented intersectoral governance approaches provide guidance for addressing challenges and closing
1 - Rural-Proofing-Health-Theadora Swift Koller & Betty-Ann Bryce.pdfOECDregions
The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference was held in Cavan, Ireland on 28-30 September 2022 under the theme "Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving
Rural Places".
These are the presentations from the Pre-conference session "Rural Proofing for Health".
For more information visit https://www.oecd.org/rural/rural-development-conference/.
Ministerial lunch: Migration and health in the WHO European Region - presentation delivered by Dr Santino Severoni, Coordinator, Public Health and Migration, on 14 September 2015, at the 65th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (Vilnius, Lithuania, 14–17 September 2015)
The document is a 5-year strategic and investment plan for the health sector in Busia County, Kenya from 2018-2023. It was developed through stakeholder consultation to guide health priorities and investments. The plan aims to improve health services and outcomes, ensure universal access to essential care, and support the county's vision of a healthy productive population. It outlines 6 strategic objectives, targets for key health indicators, and approaches for coordinated implementation across county and sub-county levels through 2023.
The document outlines the Strategic Plan for developing the National Health Information System in Moldova from 2008-2017. The plan has 7 sections that address strategic priorities such as strengthening data quality, administrative capacity, population statistics, health services statistics, information technology, health financing/workforce, and coordination/data analysis. The plan aims to improve health system stewardship by developing the information system according to international standards and integrating data to support evidence-based policymaking and priority setting.
presented by Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe on 18 November 2014 at Ministerial Meeting in Skopje, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Presentation delivered by Claudia Stein, Director, Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, on 15 September 2015, at the 65th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (Vilnius, Lithuania, 14–17 September 2015)
06Mar24 Mental health EU roundtable slides.pptxILC- UK
The document summarizes a meeting discussing policy priorities for mental health in Belgium and the EU. It provides global context on the burden of mental illness, with anxiety and depression most common. Data is presented on government spending and suicide rates in various countries. The meeting objectives are to compare approaches to mental health diagnoses in different countries and make policy recommendations. Barriers to universal coverage for mental disorders are discussed. The EU's initiatives to address workplace wellbeing, youth mental health, and underserved groups are highlighted. Roundtable discussions center on social and health system factors affecting treatment journeys, and what countries can learn from each other. Conclusions will be presented on addressing acute mental health challenges across the EU.
06Mar24 Mental health EU roundtable slides.pptxILC- UK
The document summarizes a meeting discussing policy priorities for mental health in Belgium and the EU. It provides global context on the burden of mental illness, with anxiety and depression most common. Data is presented on government spending and suicide rates in various countries. The meeting objectives are to compare approaches to mental health diagnoses in different countries and make policy recommendations. Barriers to universal coverage for mental disorders are discussed. The EU's initiatives to address workplace wellbeing, youth mental health, and underserved groups are highlighted. Roundtable discussions center on social and health system factors affecting treatment journeys, and what countries can learn from each other. Conclusions will be presented on addressing acute mental health challenges across the EU.
Paper José Enrique Borrás - eHealth policies review: From European Union to t...WTHS
This document provides an overview of eHealth policies from different levels, starting globally with the World Health Organization (WHO), then focusing on policies in the European Union, and finally analyzing eHealth policies and systems in the Valencia Region of Spain. It discusses the establishment of eHealth strategies and tools by the WHO. It also outlines the European Union's eHealth Action Plan of 2004 and efforts to develop standards and cooperation among member states. Finally, it indicates that the document will analyze current eHealth policies, systems, and trends in the Valencia Region in Spain.
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The DReAMS project team met in Thimphu, Bhutan from July 2nd to 7th, 2012 to discuss the DReAMS project. The DReAMS project aims to link sustainable natural resource use with poverty alleviation, addressing UN Millennium Development Goals of ending poverty and hunger and achieving environmental sustainability. Visitors can find more information about the project at http://dreams.ecobudget.org/home/.
The World Urban Campaign aims to promote sustainable urban development. It will unite various networks and organizations around best practices, tools, and policies. The campaign will measure progress and connect different audiences including governments, NGOs, and the private sector. A key initiative is the "100 Cities" project which will document "Living Practices" through stories from various actors in cities around the world to facilitate sharing and learning about making cities more livable and sustainable.
The RENAISSANCE project aimed to turn a public urbanization in Zaragoza, Spain into a research center on sustainable city planning. It monitored 200 dwellings in real-time to validate construction conditions and resident behaviors. The project's objectives were thermal comfort, climate adaptation, and reducing the urban heat island effect. It tested new construction technologies, smart systems, models, and public awareness programs. The results included energy usage reduction in homes and municipal by-laws promoting efficiency, renewables, and rehabilitation. The partnership between the City of Zaragoza and University of Zaragoza enabled evidence-based policymaking and knowledge transfer between research and practice.
The document summarizes a presentation by Haakon Thaulow, director of research at CIENS (Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary Environmental and Social Research), about CIENS' collaborations with various research institutions and the city of Oslo. CIENS brings together researchers from different fields to develop interdisciplinary solutions for sustainability issues in Oslo. Examples discussed include collaborating with municipalities to clean up the Inner Oslofjord through better wastewater management, collaborating across regions to develop a climate change adaptation plan, and partnering with the city of Oslo on research related to environmental challenges and developing Oslo as an eco-city.
The document discusses research and policy in the city of Tilburg, Netherlands. It provides background on Tilburg, including its population size, number of employees, and ranking as a sustainable city. It then discusses why the city uses research, the types of research it conducts, and how it translates research results into policy through partnerships and social innovation focusing on themes like sustainability, entrepreneurship, and active aging.
This document discusses examples of cooperation between the City of Stockholm and research institutions on issues like air quality, greenhouse gas reduction, and sustainable building. It provides pros and cons of this cooperation from both the city's perspective and the research institutions' perspective. Specifically, it notes that the city benefits from research helping to structure complex issues and evaluate alternatives, while research institutions benefit from conducting more relevant real-world research. However, both sides face challenges around expressing clear views, producing results versus academic papers, and balancing work with other responsibilities.
This document discusses the upcoming Rio+20 conference and the role of local governments in sustainable development. Rio+20 will focus on transitioning to a green economy and establishing an institutional framework for sustainability. As urban areas are responsible for most emissions and population growth, cities must transition to green economies. Local governments are global actors and their governance is key, yet the current system is not effective. ICLEI advocates for local government participation in Rio+20 and international processes to address these issues.
This document discusses applying foresight approaches to address urban challenges like climate change. It argues that cities are complex systems with many interconnected systems and actors. Effective policy requires a relational, systems-based approach that maps these interactions and finds synergies. The document provides examples of how to map technical, economic, governance and social systems related to climate issues and identify opportunities for intelligent, cooperative solutions.
Urbanization, globalization, and climate change are three mega-trends posing challenges for urban sustainability. Half the world is now urban, and cities are growing rapidly, yet urban poverty and slums are increasing. Cities generate most greenhouse gas emissions and waste. Sustainable development requires integrated rather than sectoral policies, new business models, public-private partnerships, and regional cooperation to overcome social, political, and institutional barriers to creating value locally and globally.
The document discusses the Europe 2020 strategy and the Committee of the Regions' Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform. It provides 3 key points:
1. Europe 2020 sets targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by 2020. National Reform Programmes were developed to implement the strategy at national levels.
2. The Monitoring Platform enables local and regional authorities to participate in debates on social, economic and environmental issues. It monitors their involvement in Europe 2020 and shares best practices.
3. In 2011, the Platform conducted surveys and a desk analysis of National Reform Programmes. It aims to contribute to the Commission's 2012 Annual Growth Survey.
The European Green Capital Award was created in 2006 by 15 European cities to recognize and reward cities leading in environmentally friendly urban living. It is awarded annually by the European Commission to a city demonstrating high environmental standards, commitment to future goals, and role modeling for other cities. Hamburg received the award in 2011 for achievements like reducing CO2 emissions, excellent waste management, low water leakage, and extensive public transport and green spaces. The award brings prestige for cities and benefits like increased tourism, investment, and learning opportunities to improve environmental performance based on evaluation criteria.
The JRC provides scientific and technical support to the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative. This includes developing guidance for Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs), evaluating submitted SEAPs, and monitoring the CoM's implementation. Over 3000 local authorities have committed to reducing CO2 emissions by at least 20% by 2020 under the CoM. Signatories must prepare a SEAP outlining measures to achieve this target and report periodically on progress. Analysis of 425 initial SEAPs found commitments to reduce 52 million tons of CO2 emissions through over 10,000 measures. Monitoring will track progress implementing measures and achieving emission reductions.
Sustainability is about more than reducing climate change. The ecological footprint, which measures humanity's demand on the Earth's resources, has exceeded the planet's biological capacity since the late 1980s. The major sustainability challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, air quality, and water quality are interlinked. The Aalborg Commitments provide a framework for over 700 cities to identify their most important sustainability challenges and develop action plans through concrete goals and citizen participation to promote local sustainable development. The city of Aalborg has implemented the Aalborg Commitments through a holistic strategy that involves all sectors in setting and achieving sustainability goals.
This document discusses the need for an integrated urban monitoring system in Europe. It outlines that current urban data is fragmented across different spatial levels, themes, and disciplines. An integrated monitoring system would allow for a more holistic picture by making better use of existing urban data sets through cooperation, data sharing, and indicator evaluation. Key stakeholders involved include the European Environment Agency, European Commission departments, national agencies, and urban networks. The goals are to improve continuity of monitoring, synchronize data collection, and leverage new technologies to provide near real-time information to inform urban policy questions around topics like urban patterns, quality of life, and urban metabolism. The outcomes would include shared methodologies, data interchange, indicator assessments, and joint reports.
This live survey collected responses from local governments and researchers on their participation in the Informed Cities Forum 2011 on urban sustainability in European towns and cities. The key findings were:
- The majority of local governments attended to improve their knowledge of urban sustainability, while researchers primarily aimed to improve communication between local governments and researchers.
- Local governments most frequently partnered with local or regional universities/research institutes on sustainability research. Researchers primarily conducted policy-relevant research and engaged with localities according to their organizational missions.
- The biggest barriers cited for local governments in using European sustainability monitoring tools were a lack of relevance to local context and lack of tools in native languages. For local tools, too many options and insufficient resources
1. The document summarizes the findings of a study that used the Local Evaluation 21 tool to assess 57 local governments across 18 European countries on their progress towards sustainable development.
2. While political commitment to sustainable development was generally found, long-term financial support was lacking and resources provided were often insufficient.
3. Implementation and management of sustainable development plans varied significantly between regions, with Northern and some Southern cities faring best and many Western and Eastern cities having more limited implementation.
The document discusses the Urban Ecosystem Europe (UEE) indicators, which provide an integrated assessment of European cities' urban environments. It then [1] presents data on 53 cities that applied the UEE indicators, dividing them by size and location. [2] It analyzes the availability of data for different environmental indicators like air quality, water, waste, urban design, mobility, energy, and noise. [3] It identifies 4-5 key indicators and links to a web platform for further benchmarking of cities.
This presentation summarizes findings from exploring the use of sustainability tools by cities. It covers why cities use tools, why they don't always use existing tools, and how research can help. Existing tools have issues with flexibility, data availability, and longevity. Emerging tools aim to address these issues by being more adaptable to local contexts. The presentation concludes that future tools need flexibility and continuity to better inform cities on sustainability.
Naples, Italy is hosting a conference on October 26th, 2011 called "Informed Cities: Now is the time". The conference is being co-ordinated by Dr. Cristina Garzillo and aims to discuss how cities can better utilize data and technology to improve services for residents.
The DReAMS project aims to link the sustainable use of natural resources with the objective of poverty alleviation. In this way, the project addresses the UN Millennium Development Goals no. 1 (End poverty and hunger) and no. 7 (Environmental sustainability).
For more information please visit:
http://dreams.ecobudget.org/home/
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3. Healthy Cities Project
International project initiated by World Health Organization
Aim
● improving health and quality of life
● support to sustainable development
Strategies
● Health 21
● Agenda 21
Healthy Cities Project enables implementation of these global strategies at
the local level.
Principles
● intersectoral cooperation
● participation of the public
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4. European Healthy Cities
Network
3 000 European cities involved in the Healthy Cities
Project
100 cities are members of the WHO European
Healthy Cities Network
The City of Brno has been the member of the WHO
European Network since 1996.
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5. Brno Healthy City Profile
One of the key conditions for the effective
implementation of the HC activities was to
understand the health situation and living conditions
in our city.
Strategic document describing health of the
population and factors influencing health and quality
of life.
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6. Brno Healthy City Profile
The elaboration of HC Profile has been divided into
two parts:
1. Description of the quality of life based on the result of
the regular monitoring and statistic data
● demography
● state of health
● environment
● transport
● safety
● social welfare 6
7. Brno Healthy City Profile
2. Representative sociological surveys covering both
the adult population and Brno children and young
people.
Sociological surveys provide us with information
about the lifestyle, the needs and opinions
of inhabitants.
The main questions of the surveys were
interconnected with the indicators in the statistic
part of the HC Profile.
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8. Process of elaboration of
Healthy City Profile
1. Establishing the intersectoral working group
Coordination: Brno-Healthy City Office
● Masaryk University, Medical Faculty
● Public Health Institute
● City Health Institute
● Municipality Departments
2. Determination of areas affecting health and quality of life
3. Defining the indicators in particular chapters
4. Collecting statistic data and organizing sociological surveys
5. Realising analysis and interpretation of the data
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9. Contribution of Healthy
City Profile
City policy planning
● Brno City Health Plan, Strategy for Brno
Starting point for initiation activities supporting health
● Brno Days for Health, European Mobility Week, Active Ageing
Program
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10. Thank you for your attention.
Ivana Draholová
Brno Healthy City Office
www.zdravemesto.brno.cz
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