As advertized (23 Nov 2016), for the research work on “HealthyLiving – Strategy and planning tool for health-promoting urban green in the city of the future”, the kick-off meeting took place today in Technische Universität (TU) Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 16-18 / Wie angekündigt (23 Nov 2016), erfolgte heute in der Technischen Universität (TU) Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 16-18, die Auftaktveranstaltung zur Forschungsarbeit über “HealthyLiving – Strategie und Planungsinstrument für gesundheitsförderndes Wohnumfeldgrün in der Stadt der Zukunft“.

The research work is funded by the Fritz und Hildegard Berg Foundation within the program “City of the Future – Healthy and sustainable metropolises” (www.urban-health.de). The proposal was co-ordinated by Dr. Ina Säumel (TU Berlin, Institut für Ökologie) / Die Forschungsarbeit wird von der Fritz und Hildegard Berg-Stiftung gefördert und im Rahmen des Programms „Stadt der Zukunft – Gesunde und nachhaltige Metropolen“(www.stadt-und-gesundheit.de) durchgeführt. Den Förderantrag hatte Dr. Ina Säumel (TU Berlin, Institut für Ökologie) koordiniert.

The project proposal was jointly prepared by / An der Antragstellung beteiligt waren: Institut für Ökologie, Institut für Stadt- und Regionalplanung, und Institut für Architektur (TU Berlin); HafenCity Hamburg GmbH.

Project website:

• DE: www.rural-futures.tu-berlin.de/menue/healthyliving_projekt
• EN: www.rural-futures.tu-berlin.de/menue/healthyliving_projekt/parameter/en/

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Welcome / Grußworte

• Dr.rer.nat. Hans-Ulrich Heiß, Technische Universität Berlin
• Dr.-Ing. Jörg Knieling, Hafen City Universität Hamburg

Integrative research on the living environment / Integrative Forschung zum Wohnumfeld

• Ina Säumel, TU Berlin: Gesundheitsförderndes Wohnumfeldgrün in der Stadt der Zukunft?

Expert statements and discussion / Experten-Statements und Diskussion

• Dr. Reinhard Busse, TU Berlin & Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• Dr. Juan López-Pila, ehem. Umweltbundesamt (UBA)
• Dr. Claudia Hornberg, U Bielefeld
• Heinz Klimczek, Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin
• Dr. Alexander Krämer, U Bielefeld
• Stefan Kreutz, Hafen City Universität Hamburg
• Lutz Mertens, degewo AG
• Dr.Dr.h.c. Liang Chih Tung, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Healthy city of the future in the World Café / Gesunde Stadt der Zukunft im World Café

Final statement / Schlusswort

• Ina Säumel, TU Berlin
• Dr. Rainer Fehr, U Bielefeld

(Updated 1 Aug 2017)

9^th European Public Health (EPH) conference, Vienna, [updated:] https://ephconference.eu/conference-2016-vienna-48

Workshop 10.K: Health assessments in support of decision-making

Organized by EUPHA sections Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Health Services Research, Public Health Economics, Public Health Practice and Policy; WHO; chairs: Rainer Fehr – Germany, Piedad Martin-Olmedo – Spain

Presentations:

• Health Systems Performance Assessment. Judith de Jong (NIVEL, NL), presented by Tit Albreht (NIPH, SVN),  Presentation: PDF
  
• Do economic evaluations add value to health assessments in the decision-making process? Tek-Ang Lim (Santé publique France, FR), Presentation: PDF
  
• Evidence-informed Policy-making – Where is the place for health assessments? Tim Nguyen (WHO EURO)
• Fostering receptive policy settings for Health Assessments: power, process, and personality. Marleen Bekker (Radboud U & Maastricht U, NL), Presentation: PDF
  
• Public health leadership and training opportunities for health assessments. Martin Mengel (Agence de Medicine preventive, FR), KM Czabanowska (Maastricht U, NL), Presentation: PDF
  

From the workshop abstract:

The commissioning, production, and utilization of health assessments of various types (assessment of status/impact/ technology/systems performance) is part of the working routine within the health sector and in other sectors, e.g. environment or economy. Such assessments, in the future, may be recognized for securing best use of evidence for decision-making. From this perspective, they should be included into Public Health curricula on a regular basis, preferably in an integrated way. Similarly, ways should be explored to advance various types of assessments in joint projects, thus fostering useful ‘‘co-evolution’’.

Key messages:

• Based on 2014 & 2015 predecessors, the workshop illustrates how health assessments gain shape and visibility for evidence-based policy-making, both within and beyond the health sector
• The integrative notion of health assessments calls for novel, practice-based approaches for educational curricula, and can add significantly to the development of Public Health leadership.

9^th European Public Health (EPH) conference, [updated:] https://ephconference.eu/conference-2016-vienna-48

Both workshops organized by EUPHA section Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Partial funding for several participants was provided by the University of Bielefeld; many thanks to Prof. C. Hornberg.

From the workshop abstract:

An orientation of foresight and precaution is among the core virtues of Public Health. … Quantitative modeling is meant to help in estimating impacts of developments, policies and interventions, in identifying group differentials, comparing scenarios, ranking interventions, and thus to support governance and decision-making. A range of impact quantification tools are available, providing approaches to strengthen ‘‘foresight’’ awareness, and to contribute to the development of health impact modeling as a component of good Public Health practice. … The current workshop focuses on practical experiences with existing models and tools, compares and critically discusses them, and identifies appropriate steps forward. A range of reallife examples of tool application will be discussed, in the light of the following questions:

• What was the (governance) question or problem that triggered the analysis?
• What model was applied, what data used?
• How were the following issues dealt with: (systemic) interactions, differential impacts/(in)equity, changes over time, uncertainty of estimates, visualization of results?
• How did decision-makers and/or the public react?

Part 1 = Workshop 8.K

Chairs: Johan Mackenbach – Netherlands, Rainer Fehr – Germany

• Modelling the economics of chronic disease with the EConDA tool and the UKHF microsimulation model. Abbygail Jaccard, Laura Webber (UK Health Forum, UK), Presentation: PDF
  
• Risk factor modelling with the Proportional Multi-State Life Table model. Lennert Veerman (U Queensland, AUS), Presentation: PDF
  
• The exposome and Health Impact Assessment. Dimosthenis A Sarigiannis, SP Karakitsios, A Gotti, E Handakas, K Papadaki (Aristotle U of Thessaloniki, GR, and other institutions), Presentation: PDF
  
• Assessing Cancer Control Initiatives in Canada – the Role of CRMM [now: The Oncology Simulation Model OncoSim]. Michael Wolfson (U Ottawa, CAN), Presentation: PDF
  

Key messages:

• The essential Public Health virtues of foresight and precaution call for assessing future impacts on health and disease
• Using impact quantification tools, health impact modeling can develop into a component of good Public Health practice.

Part 2 = Wokshop 9.K

Chairs: Rainer Fehr – Germany, Johan Mackenbach – Netherlands

• Modelling the effect of food and smoking policies on the unequal distribution of the burden of coronary heart disease: IMPACT models. Martin O’Flaherty (U Liverpool, UK), Presentation: PDF
  
• If your mission includes „foresight“, efficient modeling tools are needed. Odile Mekel (LZG.NRW, DE), Rainer Fehr (U Bielefeld, DE), Presentation: PDF
  
• Integrated environmental impact assessment with ECOSENSE – the impact pathway approach. Rainer Friedrich (U Stuttgart, DE), Presentation: PDF
  
• Modeling of health and disease in support of governance and decision-making – Conclusions. Claudia Hornberg, Rainer Fehr (U Bielefeld, DE), Presentation: PDF

Key messages:

• One step towards tapping the potential of health impact modeling for improving the health of the public is broadening the awareness of existing modeling tools and ‘‘good practice’’ examples
• Typifying tasks and challenges at the science–governance interface may help to identify situations in which health impact modeling can be deployed efficiently and successfully.