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 …
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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 …
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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Europas Umweltverschmutzung & Kindliche Gehirnentwicklung
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La influencia de la contaminación ambiental europea en el desarrollo del cerebro infantil
Foto de J. W. Vein, Pixabay. Durante el embarazo y la infancia, los contaminantes químicos ambientales tienen una influencia más fuerte en el cuerpo humano que en cualquier otro momento. …
Improving health, environmental sustainability and equity at the local level through a focus on food systems
INHERIT is a research initiative coordinated by EuroHealthNet that aims to identify policies and practices that simultaneously improve health, reduce inequalities and contribute to environmental sustainability – and which are …