Developing a European urban health indicator system: results of EURO-URHIS 1
Introduction: More than half of the world’s population now live in cities, including over 70% in Europe. Cities bring opportunities but can be unhealthy places to live. The poorest urban dwellers live in the worst environments and are at the greatest risk of poor health outcomes. EURO-URHIS 1 set ou...
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ftlithuaniansrc:oai:elaba:15387262 2023-05-15T16:51:37+02:00 Developing a European urban health indicator system: results of EURO-URHIS 1 Patterson, Lesley Heller, Richard Robinson, Jude Birt, Christopher van Ameijden, Erik Bocsan, Ioan White, Chris Skalkidis, Yannis Bothra, Vinay Onyia, Ifeoma Hellmeier, Wolfgang Lyshol, Heidi Gemmell, Isla Spencer, Angela Klumbienė, Jūratė Krampac, Igor Rajnicova, Iveta Macherianakis, Alexis Bourke, Michael Harrison, Annie Verma, Arpana 2017 http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB15387262&prefLang=en_US eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckv102 http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB15387262&prefLang=en_US European journal of public health, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017, vol. 27, suppl. 2, p. 4-8 ISSN 1101-1262 Urban health. Health status indicators. Europe info:eu-repo/classification/udc/614.78 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftlithuaniansrc https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv102 2021-12-02T00:19:42Z Introduction: More than half of the world’s population now live in cities, including over 70% in Europe. Cities bring opportunities but can be unhealthy places to live. The poorest urban dwellers live in the worst environments and are at the greatest risk of poor health outcomes. EURO-URHIS 1 set out to compile a cross-EU inventory of member states use of measures of urban health in order to support policymakers and improve public health policy. Methods: Following a literature review to define terms and find an appropriate model to guide urban health research, EURO-URHIS Urban Areas in all EU member states except Luxembourg, as well as Croatia, Turkey, Macedonia, Iceland and Norway, were defined and selected in collaboration with project partners. Following piloting of the survey tool, a the EURO-URHIS 45 data collection tool was sent out to contacts in all countries with identified EUA’s, asking for data on 45 Urban Health Indicators (UHI) and 10 other indicators. Results: 60 questionnaires were received from 30 countries, giving information on local health indicator availability, definitions and sources. Telephone interviews were also conducted with 14 respondents about their knowledge of sources of urban health data and barriers or problems experienced when collecting the data. Discussion: Most participants had little problem identifying the sources of data, though some found that data was not always routinely recorded and was held by diverse sources or not at local level. Some participants found the data collection instrument to not be user-friendly and with UHI definitions that were sometimes unclear. However, the work has demonstrated that urban health and its measurement is of major relevance and importance for Public Health across Europe. [.]. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) Norway European Journal of Public Health 27 suppl_2 4 8 |
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Introduction: More than half of the world’s population now live in cities, including over 70% in Europe. Cities bring opportunities but can be unhealthy places to live. The poorest urban dwellers live in the worst environments and are at the greatest risk of poor health outcomes. EURO-URHIS 1 set out to compile a cross-EU inventory of member states use of measures of urban health in order to support policymakers and improve public health policy. Methods: Following a literature review to define terms and find an appropriate model to guide urban health research, EURO-URHIS Urban Areas in all EU member states except Luxembourg, as well as Croatia, Turkey, Macedonia, Iceland and Norway, were defined and selected in collaboration with project partners. Following piloting of the survey tool, a the EURO-URHIS 45 data collection tool was sent out to contacts in all countries with identified EUA’s, asking for data on 45 Urban Health Indicators (UHI) and 10 other indicators. Results: 60 questionnaires were received from 30 countries, giving information on local health indicator availability, definitions and sources. Telephone interviews were also conducted with 14 respondents about their knowledge of sources of urban health data and barriers or problems experienced when collecting the data. Discussion: Most participants had little problem identifying the sources of data, though some found that data was not always routinely recorded and was held by diverse sources or not at local level. Some participants found the data collection instrument to not be user-friendly and with UHI definitions that were sometimes unclear. However, the work has demonstrated that urban health and its measurement is of major relevance and importance for Public Health across Europe. [.]. |
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Patterson, Lesley Heller, Richard Robinson, Jude Birt, Christopher van Ameijden, Erik Bocsan, Ioan White, Chris Skalkidis, Yannis Bothra, Vinay Onyia, Ifeoma Hellmeier, Wolfgang Lyshol, Heidi Gemmell, Isla Spencer, Angela Klumbienė, Jūratė Krampac, Igor Rajnicova, Iveta Macherianakis, Alexis Bourke, Michael Harrison, Annie Verma, Arpana |
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