Third International Conference on Urban Health

描述（由申请人提供）： 第三届城市卫生国际会议将于2004年10月20日至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在国际城市卫生学会的保护下召集了一个由研究人员和干预人员组成的跨学科小组，其中包括流行病学家、公共政策专业人员、公共卫生从业人员、护士、医生、城市规划人员和社会学家。在东北大学城市健康研究所和纽约医学院城市流行病学研究中心，我们越来越感到城市化的重要性日益增加，而缺乏关于城市化对健康影响的系统研究。我们的目标是保持从2002年第一次会议开始的智力和实践势头，第一次会议侧重于弱势群体的健康，内城人口，第二次会议侧重于城市健康的国际主题，特别是服务和城市系统，心理健康，社区为基础的做法，政策和城市健康和暴力。第三届国际城市卫生会议将讨论确定城市卫生优先事项、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的问题。预计将有多达800名与会者参加会议，其中包括全球研究界的成员，他们的兴趣涵盖各种各样的城市公共卫生问题，如药物使用和滥用，人口统计学，流行病学，毒理学，环境卫生，心理学，社会学，城市规划和卫生政策，尽管有共同的目标，但很少合作，从而错失了提出和传播城市卫生问题创新解决办法的重要机会。我们打算建立一个国际研究小组，共同提高对城市居民面临的常见健康风险的认识，并影响地球仪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, 2004. The 1st and 2nd Conferences in Urban Health led to the assembly of a cross-disciplinary 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 drug use and abuse, demography, epidemiology, toxicology, environmental health, psychology, sociology, urban planning, and health policy who despite shared objectives 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.