Integrating health indicators into urban and transport planning: A narrative literature review and participatory process

Mueller, Natalie; Daher, Carolyn; Rojas-Rueda, David; Delgado, Laura; Vicioso, Horacio; Gascón, Mireia; Marquet, Oriol; Vert, Cristina; Martín, Irene Martínez; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113772

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“…Previous studies have identified similar results on the relationships between urban planning attributes and physical, behavioural, psychological, emotional, social, environmental and global health (Hankey & Marshall, 2017;Mueller et al, 2021;Sallis et al, 2016). Several systematic reviews have studied the relationships between built environments and physical activity (Smith et al, 2017), cardio-metabolic health (Chandrabose et al, 2019), mental health and wellbeing (Moore et al, 2018).…”

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Integrating Health Into the Urban Master Plan of Vic, Barcelona: A Comprehensive Approach

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Planning healthier cities is essential for public health. However, there is a gap between the insights from public health research and applications to planning practice. Based on a scoping review and in cooperation with urban planners and public health professionals, this study developed evidence-based tools and a comprehensive approach to help urban planners integrate health into the urban master plan (2017–2020) of a medium-sized city named Vic (Barcelona). The scoping review included a systematic review of the literature (PubMed, PRISMA protocol) and an advanced Google search for gray literature (2015–2017). The systematic review identified significant associations between urban planning attributes (n = 16) and health outcomes (n = 21). After critical appraisal with stakeholders, an urban and health association matrix was developed to help urban planners understand the connection between urban planning and health. The advanced Google search identified urban planning actions (n = 117) that had an impact on health outcomes. After critical appraisal with stakeholders, a healthy urban planning actions checklist (n = 68) was developed to help urban planners’ decision-making on the inclusion of locally tailored health-enhancing urban planning actions into the urban master plan. From the reviewed evidence and tools, a comprehensive approach delineated a series of steps that successfully led urban planners to incorporate health-enhancing urban actions (n = 112) into the urban master plan. This translational research developed a comprehensive approach to include health in local urban planning. This might scale up to other European medium-sized cities to maximise the effectiveness of built environment interventions and monitor their health impact.

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Integrating Health Into the Urban Master Plan of Vic, Barcelona: A Comprehensive Approach

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Bort-Roig³

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“…Different studies have shown that negative impacts of aspects related to mobility, such as accessibility to public transport or dependence on cars, generate significant health inequalities [ 22 ]. As community interventions in these areas are more effective than individual interventions to promote health [ 23 ], transport planning policies are required to transform urban environments into healthy, equitable, and sustainable places [ 24 ].…”

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Properties of the Spanish Version of the Place Standard Tool

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(1) Background: The social determinants that maintain health inequalities are organized in the physical, social, and economic contexts of neighborhoods and municipalities. Their characteristics influence the behaviors and choices of the people living in them, with an impact on their health and well-being. In recent years, several local applications and urban development tools have been designed to learn how to promote the development of health and wellness environments. Aim: The purpose was to test the properties of the Spanish adaptation of the Place Standard Tool through its implementation in a Valencian community municipality. (2) Methods: Metric properties were analyzed from a sample of 242 participants. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the sociodemographic data and to describe item responses. Cronbach’s alpha was used to provide a measure of the internal consistency, whereas the Kaiser–Meyer Olkin test was relied upon to study the relationship between different variables. (3) Results: The questionnaire showed an internal consistency index of 0.849 and a KMO of 0.842, with a single factor variance of 81.50%. (4) Conclusions: The Spanish adaptation of the Place Standard Tool is a valid tool for assessing neighborhoods and municipalities with a focus on social determinants of health and equity.

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“…Finally, we will construct a healthy city index, bringing together the various aspect of what we learnt about health impacts of the exposures, city characteristics and in-depth modelling. The work will start with a review of the literature50 and enhanced by the relative importance of health impacts as of the various exposures and their relation to city characteristics.…”

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“…Downloaded from access modelling. The work will start with a review of the literature 50 and enhanced by the relative importance of health impacts as of the various exposures and their relation to city characteristics.…”

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Study protocol of the European Urban Burden of Disease Project: a health impact assessment study

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IntroductionCities have long been known to be society’s predominant engine of innovation and wealth creation, yet they are also hotspots of pollution and disease partly due to current urban and transport practices. The aim of the European Urban Burden of Disease project is to evaluate the health burden and its determinants related to current and future potential urban and transport planning practices and related exposures in European cities and make this evidence available for policy and decision making for healthy and sustainable futures.Methods and analysisDrawing on an established comparative risk assessment methodology (ie, Urban and Transport Planning Health Impact Assessment) tool), in nearly 1000 European cities we will (1) quantify the health impacts of current urban and transport planning related exposures (eg, air pollution, noise, excess heat, lack of green space) (2) and evaluate the relationship between current levels of exposure, health impacts and city characteristics (eg, size, density, design, mobility) (3) rank and compare the cities based on exposure levels and the health impacts, (4) in a number of selected cities assess in-depth the linkages between urban and transport planning, environment, physical activity and health, and model the health impacts of alternative and realistic urban and transport planning scenarios, and, finally, (5) construct a healthy city index and set up an effective knowledge translation hub to generate impact in society and policy.Ethics and disseminationAll data to be used in the project are publicly available data and do not need ethics approval. We will request consent for personal data on opinions and views and create data agreements for those providing information on current and future urban and transport planning scenarios.For dissemination and to generate impact, we will create a knowledge translation hub with information tailored to various stakeholders.

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Integrating health indicators into urban and transport planning: A narrative literature review and participatory process

Cited by 27 publications

References 99 publications

Integrating Health Into the Urban Master Plan of Vic, Barcelona: A Comprehensive Approach

Integrating Health Into the Urban Master Plan of Vic, Barcelona: A Comprehensive Approach

Properties of the Spanish Version of the Place Standard Tool

Study protocol of the European Urban Burden of Disease Project: a health impact assessment study

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