Third International Conference on Urban Health

描述(申请人提供)：第三届国际城市健康会议将于2002年10月20-23日在马萨诸塞州波士顿的东北大学举行。第一次和第二次城市卫生会议导致了一个跨学科的研究人员和干预者小组在国际城市卫生学会的框架下聚集，成员包括流行病学家、公共政策专业人员、公共卫生从业人员、护士、医生、城市规划师和社会学家。在东北大学的城市健康研究所和纽约医学院的城市流行病学研究中心，城市化的重要性与日俱增，而对城市化对健康的影响缺乏系统的研究，这两者之间的反差越来越令我们震惊。我们的目标是保持始于2002年的第一次会议和2003年第二次会议的智力和实践势头，第一次会议的重点是城市弱势群体的健康，第二次会议的主题是城市卫生的国际主题，特别是服务和城市系统、精神卫生、社区实践、政策和城市卫生与暴力。第三届国际城市卫生大会将讨论确定城市卫生的优先事项、国内和国际公共卫生议程以及建设地方公共卫生基础设施。预计将有多达800人参加会议，其中包括全球研究界的成员，他们的兴趣涵盖各种城市公共卫生问题，如冲突、创伤和精神健康、人口学、流行病学、毒理学、环境健康、心理学、社会学、城市规划和卫生政策，尽管他们有着共同的目标，但他们很少合作，因此错过了展示和传播城市卫生问题创新解决方案的关键机会。我们打算培养一个国际研究小组，共同提高对城市居民面临的常见健康风险的理解，并影响全球有效公共卫生干预措施的发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 3rd International Conference in Urban Health will be held at Northeastern University in Boston, MA on October 20-23, 2002. The 1st and 2nd Conferences in Urban Health led to the assembly of a crossdisciplinary group of researchers and interventionists under the umbrella of an International Society for Urban Health, which includes epidemiologists, public policy professionals, public health practitioners, nurses, physicians, urban planners and sociologists. At the Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University and the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies at the New York Academy of Medicine, we are increasingly struck by the contrast between the growing importance of urbanization and the lack of systematic study of the impact of urbanization on health. We aim to maintain the intellectual and practical momentum that started with the first conference that focused on the health of disadvantaged, inner city populations, in 2002 and the second conference that focused on the International Themes in Urban Health, specifically, services and urban systems, mental health, community based practices, policy and urban health and violence in 2003. The 3rd International Conference on Urban Health will address the setting of priorities in urban health, domestic and international public health agendas and building local public health infrastructures. Up to 800 attendees are expected at the conference, including members of the global research community whose interests encompass a wide variety of urban public health issues, such as conflict, trauma and mental health, demography, epidemiology, toxicology, environmental health, psychology, sociology, urban planning, and health policy who despite shared objective rarely collaborate, thus missing critical opportunities to present and disseminate innovative solutions to urban health issues. We intend 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.