COVID-19 fundamentally changed our relationship with the outdoors. With an increase in climate anxiety growing across Europe, how can we better approach our urban planning to benefit our health, the …
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The Green Ambulance: measuring the health costs of indoor air pollution
We spend an average of 90% of our time indoors, and household air pollution can have a significant negative impact on our health. Indoor air is an important environmental component …
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Curbing the crisis: the impact of Energy Cafés
Europe’s households endured one of the toughest winters this past season. The spike in energy costs have had devastating impacts on many people across the continent, often forcing them to …
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Green cities – how Riga is paving the way towards healthier and greener urban areas
The places in which we live are integral not only to our health, but also to the climate crisis we all now face. With the European Union’s ambitious Green Deal …
Integrating health into spatial planning in post COVID-19 recovery: opportunities for the future
The determinants of health, access to green and blue spaces, housing condition, and noise and air pollution, highlight the breadth of impact that spatial planning can have on people’s health …
COP26: a win or a loss for public health?
What happened at COP26, and what does the Glasgow Climate Pact mean for public health? Where will public health sit in future climate change negotiations? Welcome to the COP “I …
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Social homes – foundations for building back better
As we all spend more time at home, the links between our homes and health have never been clearer. How can we build on those links to improve health outcomes? …
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Aligning Health Promoting Communities and the Sustainable Development Goals: the Icelandic experience
Many of the factors that affect our health lie beyond the scope of the health sector. Therefore health systems have an important role in influencing other sectors to protect and …
Supporting older people in remote areas in a post COVID-19 time
During the pandemic, access to healthcare has been limited and we have been forced to become more isolated. Under these conditions, how can we help older people to live independent …
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Talking “place” – a public health conversation for everyone?
The Place Standard is a tool to facilitate effective conversation between organisations, businesses and communities to identify both the assets of a place, and areas deemed priority for improvement. It …
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Cities improving public health with public gardens
Urban regeneration is being linked to efforts to improve physical and mental health in Turin and Zagreb, with initiatives to improve biodiversity and grow local food involving citizens. Evaluation of …
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A system wide approach to improving outcomes in First 1000 Days
In a Welsh community formerly driven by heavy industry, the citizens of Cwm Taf continue to experience high levels of deprivation and poor health outcomes. This is a story repeated …
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Europe’s Environmental Pollution & Children’s Brain Development
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Pollution Environnementale et Développement du Cerveau chez l’Enfant en Europe
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