7th International Conference on Urban Health

第七届国际城市健康会议

• 批准号: 7612787
• 负责人: DAVID VLAHOV
• 金额: $ 0.76万
• 依托单位: NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-22 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7612787
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Area; Canada; Chronic Disease; Cities; Country; Development; Discipline; Environment; Environmental Health; Fostering; Funding; Health; Information Dissemination; International; Intervention; Interview; Journals; Life; Mental Health; Newspapers; Paper; Personal Satisfaction; Play; Policies; Policy Maker; Population; Public Health; Publications; Published Forms; Radio; Research; Research Personnel; Risk; Role; Science; Scientist; Series; Social Environment; Substance abuse problem; Television; Urban Health; Urban Population; Urbanization; Work; abstracting; community organizations; cost; design; improved; interdisciplinary collaboration; interest; posters; programs; symposium; urban area

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant) The Seventh International Conference on Urban Health will gather scientists, practitioners, policy makers and community organizations from different disciplines and countries to exchange progress on work in improving the health of urban populations and to foster cooperation among urban health stakeholders. The conference will take place in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Through environmental health sessions at the conference, it is proposed to showcase current research on how the built and social environment affects the health of urban populations. As such, approximately $8,000 of the total cost of the conference ($600,000) is requested to fund the following environmental health research components of the program: 1) Plenary speakers on urban environmental health research; 2) Concurrent sessions on environmental health research as applies to cities; 3) Poster sessions focused on urban environmental health research; and 4) Publication of a supplement of the Journal of Urban Health that will include featured articles and poster abstracts on environmental health research. By holding this conference in one of the leading cities in the world, it is intended to foster an international research group to collectively improve the understanding of the common health risks faced by urban residents and to influence the development of effective public health interventions across the globe. Perspectives and lessons from different countries can be valuable to share. Six prior conferences have been held that have been well attended, and to continue this series is anticipated. The track on environmental health has been present in earlier meetings and is a critical part of this effort. These tracks will help to foster interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers in each area who are interested in how urban environments play a role in physical and mental health, as well as how features of urban settings may lend themselves to interventions. Dissemination of information will come in the form of published abstracts and papers in the Journal of Urban Health; press conferences with radio, newspaper, and television; and press interviews with key speakers. Urbanization presents one of the major public health challenges for the 21st Century. In 2007, half of the world's population lives in urban environments and by 2030, two-thirds will be urban dwellers. The complexity of health challenges will require interdisciplinary perspectives from public health, urban design and policy to address problems of infectious and chronic diseases, and mental health and substance abuse problems. The International Conferences on Urban Health will provide a forum for scientists and public health practitioners to exchange information and forward the science needed to address urban health challenges. In particular, the environmental health impacts urbanization and urban areas affect a growing proportion of the world's population.

描述（由申请人提供） 第七届国际城市卫生会议将聚集来自不同学科和国家的科学家、从业人员、决策者和社区组织，交流改善城市人口健康工作的进展情况，并促进城市卫生利益攸关方之间的合作。会议将在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的温哥华举行。通过会议的环境卫生会议，建议展示当前关于建筑和社会环境如何影响城市人口健康的研究。因此，会议总费用中约有8 000美元（600，000美元）被要求资助该计划的以下环境健康研究部分：1）关于城市环境健康研究的全体发言人; 2）关于适用于城市的环境健康研究的并行会议; 3）以城市环境健康研究为重点的海报会议;和4）出版《城市卫生杂志》增刊，其中将包括关于环境卫生研究的专题文章和海报摘要。 通过在世界领先的城市之一举行这次会议，其目的是培养一个国际研究小组，共同提高对城市居民面临的共同健康风险的认识，并影响地球仪有效公共卫生干预措施的制定。来自不同国家的观点和经验教训值得分享。在此之前已举行了六次会议，出席情况良好，预计这一系列会议将继续举行。关于环境健康的轨道已在以前的会议上提出，是这项努力的一个关键部分。这些轨道将有助于促进每个领域的研究人员之间的跨学科合作，这些研究人员对城市环境如何在身心健康方面发挥作用以及城市环境的特征如何有助于干预措施感兴趣。信息传播的形式包括：在《城市卫生杂志》上发表摘要和论文;与电台、报纸和电视台举行新闻发布会;以及对主要发言人进行新闻采访。城市化是21世纪世纪公共卫生面临的主要挑战之一。 2007年，世界人口的一半生活在城市环境中，到2030年，三分之二将是城市居民。健康挑战的复杂性将需要从公共卫生、城市设计和政策的多学科角度来解决传染病和慢性病问题以及精神健康和药物滥用问题。城市卫生问题国际会议将为科学家和公共卫生从业人员提供一个论坛，以交流信息和推动应对城市卫生挑战所需的科学。特别是，环境健康影响到城市化，城市地区影响到世界人口中越来越多的人。