A5041617236- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Public Health Policies and Education
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Health, Medicine and Society
- Noise Effects and Management
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Community Health and Development
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
University of Geneva
2015-2024
University of Fribourg
2017
Swiss School of Public Health
2014
Département de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale
2006
<ns3:p>Cities play a dominant and expanding role in human lives civilization. As such, urban health is an increasingly important facet of public, global, planetary health, its profound links to other areas sustainable development make it nexus issue. However, there considerable variation how conceived understood, including different ideas about scope boundaries, proper remit, subjects, protagonists, locus sources authority, relationships rubrics. These differences derive from the complexity...
Health impact assessment (HIA) is a prospective decision-making aid tool that aims to improve the quality of policies, programmes or projects through recommendations promote health. It identifies how and which pathways decision can wide range health determinants seeks define distribution effects within populations, thereby raising issue equity. HIA was introduced WHO European Healthy Cities Network as one its four core themes during Phase IV (2004–08). Here we present an evaluation use V...
Body mass index (BMI) may cluster in space among adults and be spatially dependent. Whether BMI clusters children how age-specific are related remains unknown. We aimed to identify compare the spatial dependence of a Swiss general population, taking into account area's income level. Geo-referenced data from Bus Santé study (adults, n=6663) Geneva School Health Service (children, n=3601) were used. implemented global (Moran's I) local (local indicators association (LISA)) indices...
This article is intended to be an initial report on the experiences gained while using HIA. Although it provisional and pragmatic, ought provide useful elements for comparison with other territorial situations, both Swiss foreign. The large differences between three cantonal political-institutional contexts probably explain profound in way that HIA processes were introduced each canton. Nevertheless, - through concept of institutionalization seeks identify supracantonal elements. Finally, by...
L’évaluation d’impact sur la santé (EIS) est un courant de pratique qui connaît une popularité croissante partout dans le monde depuis fin des années 1990. D’abord utilisée cadre évaluations environnemental (EIE), elle s’est enrichie connaissances et principes portés par déterminants sociaux celui l’action les inégalités sociales pour être transposée contexte l’élaboration politiques publiques ce, à tous échelons prise décision gouvernementale. Dans faits, l’EIS poursuit trois objectifs...
In this article we reflect on the quality of a realist synthesis paradigm applied to evaluation Phase V WHO European Healthy Cities Network. The programmatic application approach has led very high response rates and wealth important data. All articles in Supplement report that cities network move from small-scale, time-limited projects predominantly focused health lifestyles significant inclusion policies programmes systems values for good governance. team felt that, due time resource...
L’agriculture urbaine (AU) occupe une place importante dans l’économie des pays en voie de développement. À Dakar (Sénégal), elle assure 70 % la demande légumes ainsi que création milliers d’emplois directs et indirects. Malgré ce rôle économique social très important, l’agriculture à est toutefois confrontée deux problèmes majeurs : l’insécurité foncière l’accès l’eau. Pour faire face ces contraintes, les producteurs ont recours pratiques qui ne sont pas sans conséquence sur...
Brazil was one of the first countries in Latin America to institutionalize a National Environmental Policy 1981, including environmental impact assessment (EIA) process economic activities with anticipated impacts on environment. Today, EIA practice comes number limitations: it is constrained by its advocacy role; application strongly oriented towards large capital projects; and social responsibility considerations are only partially included. Consequently, studies mainly address issues...
This paper presents the research protocol of GoveRnance for Equity, EnviroNment and Health in City (GREENH-City) project funded by National Institute Cancer (Subvention N°2017–003-INCA). In France, health inequities have tended to increase since late 1980s. Numerous studies show influence social, economic, geographic political determinants on across life course. Exposure environmental factors is uneven population may impact inequities. cities, green spaces contribute creating healthy...
The purpose of this article is to review the status Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Switzerland and assess whether HIA can be used implement All Policies (HiAP) highly decentralized country. methods include expert opinion an extensive literature review, as well targeted interviews with key informers cantons Geneva, Jura Ticino. has been implemented successfully since early 2000s Switzerland. However, integration heterogeneous only a few taking lead. Integration at federal level was...
This study aims to understand how the health dimension is integrated into four impact assessment tools used in Geneva, Switzerland: environmental (EIA), strategic (SEA), sustainability (SA) and (HIA). We have chosen as a case greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction policies by city of Geneva. The methodological approach consists analysing EIA, SEA, SA HIA conducted on three projects topic areas: urban planning, heating transportation. These are: complex urbanisation plan an neighbourhood...
Health Impact Assessment (HIA), an inherently trans-disciplinary approach, is used to help evaluate and improve projects or programmes in sectors such as transportation, where new infrastructure likely have effects on health. This article describes the screening, scoping, appraisal, recommendation steps of HIA a 24 km highway around conurbation Strasbourg, France. Methods included literature review quantitative estimates health air pollution noise. Although planned, interviews focus groups...
This article proposes a method for analysing the degree of maturity Health in All Policies (HiAP) among World Organization-French Healthy Cities Network (WHO-FHCN) as part GoveRnance Equity, EnviroNment and City (GREENH-City) project. We focused on creation or enhancement health-promoting environments, more specifically, public green spaces.We conducted cross-sectional quantitative study guided by evaluative framework HiAP level developed Storm et al mixed with qualitative interpretation. A...
L’approche « Une seule santé » (One Health) propose d’aborder les relations homme-animal-écosystèmes dans leur continuum. Cette approche systémique peut s’avérer fort utile pour aborder liens entre espaces verts boisés en région urbaine et des citadins (plus de la moitié population mondiale). Ces commencent à être maintenant bien documentés par littérature scientifique diversité complexité. Des bienfaits risques humaine peuvent mieux analysés pistes d’action l’avenir utilement dégagées.
Cet article présente un premier retour d'expérience de terrain, construction et mise en œuvre d'une démarche d'Évaluation d'Impacts sur la Santé (EIS) d'un projet d'aménagement urbain. Cette a pour but minimiser les impacts négatifs maximiser positifs du santé qualité vie des populations. Grâce à une méthodologie basée l'élaboration grille multi-critères intégrant plusieurs déterminants santé, liste recommandations destination décideurs été proposée. Après discussion atouts cette...