A5029111927- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Health Care Issues
- Noise Effects and Management
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
Université Libre de Bruxelles
2022-2024
Hasselt University
2022-2024
Belgian Development Agency
2021-2024
Sciensano (Belgium)
2022-2023
In the past, deprivation has been mostly captured through simple and univariate measures such as low income or poor educational attainment in research on health social inequalities Belgium. This paper presents a shift towards more complex, multidimensional measure of at aggregate level describes development first Belgian Indices Multiple Deprivation (BIMDs) for years 2001 2011.
Poor housing conditions have been associated with increased mortality. Our objective is to investigate the association between inequality and mortality in Belgium estimate number of deaths that could be prevented if population whole country faced rates experienced areas are least deprived terms housing.We used individual-level data extracted from National Register relative occurred Jan. 1, 1991, Dec. 31, 2020. Spatial time-specific deprivation indices (1991, 2001, 2011) were created at level...
Within the framework of burden disease (BoD) approach, and injury estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation priority setting in prevention. Considering important differences methods, their impact on estimates, we conducted scoping literature review to: (1) map BoD assessments including performed across Europe; (2) identify methodological choices comparative assessment (CRA) methods.We searched multiple databases, grey websites targeted public health...
Abstract Background Higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation have been consistently associated with increased risk premature mortality, but a detailed analysis by causes death is lacking in Belgium. We aim to investigate the association between area and all-cause cause-specific mortality Belgium over period 1998–2019. Methods used 2001 2011 Belgian Indices Multiple Deprivation assign statistical sectors, smallest geographical units country, into deciles. All-cause rates, population...
Abstract Environmental stress represents an important burden on health and leads to a considerable number of diseases, hospitalisations, excess mortality. Our study encompasses representative sample size drawn from the Belgian population in 2016 ( n = 11.26 million, with focus 11.15 million individuals). The analysis is conducted at geographical level statistical sectors, comprising total 19,794 subset 18,681 sectors considered investigation. We integrated multiple parameters finest spatial...
Mobile monitoring is used as an additional tool to collect air quality data at a high spatial resolution and complement from fixed stations. Citizens are interested in contributing monitoring, while the availability of low-cost sensors can create opportunities measure resolution, often lower quality, that combustion-related aerosols (like black carbon) not commonly available. using mid-range instrument fill this gap. We present results mobile BC (black campaign performed by citizens Mechelen...
Abstract Background Higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation have been consistently associated with increased risk premature mortality, but a detailed analysis by causes death is lacking in Belgium. Our aim to investigate the association between area and all-cause cause-specific mortality Belgium over period 1998–2019. Methods We used 2001 2011 Belgian indices multiple assign statistical sectors, smallest geographical units country, into deciles. All-cause rates, population attributable...
Abstract Issue/Problem Motorised road traffic is a major contributor to Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions, contributing the development and worsening of asthma. With substantial escalating prevalence asthma in urban areas worldwide, this an issue public health significance. Description problem Deploying methods such as Random Forests Boosted Regression Trees, study aims determine potential reduction paediatric incidence European cities that could be achieved through policy interventions...
Abstract BackgroundPoor housing conditions have been associated with increased mortality. Our main objective is to investigate association between inequality and mortality estimate the number of deaths that could be prevented if population Belgium faced rates least deprived deprivation decile.MethodsWe utilized individual-level data extracted from National Register in relative occurred Jan 1, 1991 Dec 31, 2020. Spatial time-specific indices (1991, 2001, 2011) were created at level smallest...
BACKGROUND AND AIM. Air pollution and lack of green spaces can be important burdens to health, contributing considerable levels mortality morbidity. The objective this study was quantify – at a high spatial resolution (the statistical sector level in Belgium)- associated estimates socio-economic inequalities. METHODS. We combined high-resolution (10x10 metre) annual seasonal modelled data on air (NO2, PM2.5, BC, O3) NDVI-data (as proxy for space availability) with relative risk from...