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View article: The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health
The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health Open
The importance of urban health in achieving population and planetary health goals is increasingly recognized. Cities offer important opportunities to improve health and wellbeing while also presenting significant challenges. As our underst…
View article: Defining Urban Health for Strategic Action
Defining Urban Health for Strategic Action Open
Cities play a dominant and expanding role in human lives and civilization. As such, urban health is an increasingly important facet of public, global, and planetary health, and its profound links to other areas of sustainable development m…
View article: The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health
The emergence of a modern paradigm for urban health Open
The importance of urban health in achieving global and planetary health goals is increasingly recognized. Cities offer important opportunities to improve health while also presenting significant challenges. As our understanding of and evid…
View article: Preface and Abstracts of the 2nd International One Health Conference
Preface and Abstracts of the 2nd International One Health Conference Open
The International One Health Conference 2023, scheduled for October in Barcelona, fosters a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to health involving professionals, academics, and decision-makers. Operating in a hybrid format, the conf…
View article: Statement of Peer Review
Statement of Peer Review Open
In submitting conference proceedings to Medical Sciences Forum, the volume editors of the proceedings certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review administered by the volume editors […
View article: Proceedings of the International One Health Conference
Proceedings of the International One Health Conference Open
Health is a key aspect of our modern society that requires a multidisciplinary approach and that needs to bring together professionals, academics and decision makers in order to bridge the gap between current scientific knowledge and polic…
View article: Supporting a Healthy Planet, Healthy People and Health Equity through Urban and Territorial Planning
Supporting a Healthy Planet, Healthy People and Health Equity through Urban and Territorial Planning Open
The form of human settlements impacts on planetary health, population health and health equity. Yet goals for urban and territorial planning are only tangentially linked to public health outcomes. The WHO and UN-Habitat support actions to …
View article: Urban Climate Policy and Action through a Health Lens—An Untapped Opportunity
Urban Climate Policy and Action through a Health Lens—An Untapped Opportunity Open
Motivated by a growing recognition of the climate emergency, reflected in the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), we outline untapped opportunities to improve health through ambitious climate actions in cities. Health is a primary reas…
View article: Asian city prospects for planning and urban health
Asian city prospects for planning and urban health Open
The current rapid, often unplanned urbanisation across Asia has wide-ranging economic, environmental, health, and social impacts. In an attempt to document the implications of this demographic transition, the Journal of Cities & Health in …
View article: The urban syndemic of COVID-19: insights, reflections and implications
The urban syndemic of COVID-19: insights, reflections and implications Open
This editorial introduces the origin, purpose and scope of a Special Issue on COVID-19. It brings together 43 contributions from across the globe that examine the way in which COVID-19 has challenged the way we think about urban design, sp…
View article: Growing the Field of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: An Agenda for Research and Practice
Growing the Field of Health Impact Assessment in the United States: An Agenda for Research and Practice Open
Health impact assessment (HIA) methods are used to evaluate the impact on health of policies and projects in community design, transportation planning, and other areas outside traditional public health concerns. At an October 2004 workshop…
View article: Protecting health in dry cities: considerations for policy makers
Protecting health in dry cities: considerations for policy makers Open
Increasing health and wellbeing in cities that experience water scarcity presents challenges, but can be done, say Howard Frumkin and colleagues
View article: Recent Advances in Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies Implementation: Lessons from an International Convening in Barcelona
Recent Advances in Health Impact Assessment and Health in All Policies Implementation: Lessons from an International Convening in Barcelona Open
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Health in All Policies (HiAP) are policy tools used to include health considerations in decision-making processes across sectors such as transportation, education, and criminal justice that can play a rol…
View article: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Planetary Health. A Critical Review of Epidemiology, Prevention, Clinical Characteristics and Treatments for Oral, Head and Neck Health Professionals. Do We Have a Roadmap?
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Planetary Health. A Critical Review of Epidemiology, Prevention, Clinical Characteristics and Treatments for Oral, Head and Neck Health Professionals. Do We Have a Roadmap? Open
Introduction Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is potentially the greatest global public health crisis of this century. This disease emerged as an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, the capital city of the Hubei province in C…
View article: Environmental risks and non-communicable diseases
Environmental risks and non-communicable diseases Open
\nAnnette Prüss-Ustün and colleagues consider the role of air pollution and other environmental risks in non-communicable diseases and actions to reduce them
View article: Environmental health policies for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health
Environmental health policies for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health Open
Environmental health risks especially affect women and children, because they are more vulnerable socially and because exposures to environmental contaminants create greater risks for children's developing bodies and cognitive functions. A…
View article: Data Integration Model for Air Quality: A Hierarchical Approach to the Global Estimation of Exposures to Ambient Air Pollution
Data Integration Model for Air Quality: A Hierarchical Approach to the Global Estimation of Exposures to Ambient Air Pollution Open
Air pollution is a major risk factor for global health, with both ambient and household air pollution contributing substantial components of the overall global disease burden. One of the key drivers of adverse health effects is fine partic…
View article: Data Integration Model for Air Quality: A Hierarchical Approach to the\n Global Estimation of Exposures to Ambient Air Pollution
Data Integration Model for Air Quality: A Hierarchical Approach to the\n Global Estimation of Exposures to Ambient Air Pollution Open
Air pollution is a major risk factor for global health, with both ambient and\nhousehold air pollution contributing substantial components of the overall\nglobal disease burden. One of the key drivers of adverse health effects is fine\npar…
View article: Ensuring multisectoral action on the determinants of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in the post-2015 era
Ensuring multisectoral action on the determinants of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in the post-2015 era Open
Kumanan Rasanathan and colleagues explain how integrating action on determinants of women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health beyond the health sector into core health strategies is crucial to achieving sustainable development goal targ…