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SUMMARY:Designing cities to improve health and well-being: contributions f
 rom the HABITAT multilevel longitudinal study of Brisbane (Australia) neig
 hbourhoods  - Professor Gavin Turrell\, Queensland University of Technolog
 y
DTSTART:20150428T113000Z
DTEND:20150428T123000Z
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CONTACT:Signe Wulund
DESCRIPTION:A central goal of the World Health Organization’s Healthy Ci
 ties Program is to create urban environments that promote the physical and
  mental health of people living in cities. Local governments play a key ro
 le in achieving this goal. However\, they are increasingly being confronte
 d by challenges to public health that arise from: an ageing population\; c
 limate change and adverse weather events\; rising rates of overweight and 
 obesity\; increased rates of chronic disease\; increased population growth
  and urbanisation\; greater pressure on neighbourhood and city infrastruct
 ure and resources\; declines in the use of active transport (e.g.\, walkin
 g and cycling)\; and social and economic inequalities in health. Now\, mor
 e than ever\, there is an urgent need to better understand these (and othe
 r) public health challenges\, and to devise effective and cost-efficient w
 ays of preventing or delaying them\, and minimising their impacts and mana
 ging their effects when they occur. The HABITAT study\, with its focus on 
 the built and social environments of 200 Brisbane neighbourhoods\, and the
  perceptions and behaviours of 11\,000 residents surveyed on 6 occasions o
 ver 10 years (2007-2018)\, is well placed to make a useful contribution to
  addressing these public health challenges. The aim of this seminar is to 
 provide an overview of the HABTAT study’s scope\, design\, and methods\,
  and to present some of its key findings to date\, highlighting those aspe
 cts of the project that are likely to be most relevant to local government
  planning and policy making.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Cambridge Institute of Public He
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