Mounting an effective socio-ecological response to non-communicable diseases in Africa’s cities

Mogo, Ebele; Lerno, Anthony; Abdeta, Chalchisa; Olufemi, Omotola

doi:10.1080/23748834.2019.1688911

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“…Open Spaces Health-based urban planning promotes opportunities for increased physical activity and social capital, reduced crime, obesity reduction, diabetes reduction, reduced hypertension, depression and improved access to healthy food (Grant, 2015;Mogo, Lerno, Abdeta, & Olufemi, 2019). Political support is needed to ensure adequate allocation of resources for better integration of health, environmental, social and economic concerns in land-use planning, transport, housing and economic development policies (Barton, Grant, Mitcham, Tsourou, 2009).…”

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Public Health and Well-being in Public Open Spaces through Climate Responsive Urban Planning and Design

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Established on a well-consolidated global network of scholars and professionals, The Journal of Public Space is committed to expand current scholarship by offering a global perspective and providing the opportunity for unheard countries to speak up and to discuss neglected as well as emerging topics that are usually sidelined in mainstream knowledge. The Journal of Public Space is addressing social sciences and humanities as a major field, and is interested also in attracting scholars from several disciplines. It will perform as a scholarly journal but also as an interdisciplinary platform of discussion and exchange by scholars, professionals, organizations, artists, activists and citizens, whose activities are related to public space.

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Public Health and Well-being in Public Open Spaces through Climate Responsive Urban Planning and Design

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“…For sustainable behaviour change, initiatives that intersect infrastructural, environmental and social drivers of behaviours are crucial [ 6 ]. At the community level, such initiatives may address cultural practices and social customs.…”

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A strategic analysis of health behaviour change initiatives in Africa

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Shanawaz

Ademola-Popoola

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Background Changed health behaviours can contribute significantly to improved health. Consequently, significant investments have been channelled towards health behaviour change initiatives in Africa. Health behaviour change initiatives that address social, economic and environmental levers for behaviour change can create more sustained impact. Objectives Through a scoping study of the literature, we explored the literature on behaviour change initiatives in Africa, to assess their typologies. We explored whether the availability of initiatives reflected country demographic characteristics, namely life expectancy, gross domestic product (GDP), and population sizes. Finally, we assessed topical themes of interventions relative to frequent causes of mortality. Methods We used the Behaviour Change Wheel intervention categories to categorise each paper into a typology of initiatives. Using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, we explored whether there was a correlation between the number of initiatives implemented in a country in the specified period, and socio-demographic indicators, namely, GDP per capita, total GDP, population size, and life expectancy. Results Almost 64% of African countries were represented in the identified initiatives. One in five initiatives was implemented in South Africa, while there was a dearth of literature from Central Africa and western parts of North Africa. There was a positive correlation between the number of initiatives and GDP per capita. Most initiatives focused on addressing sexually transmitted infections and were short-term trials and/or pilots. Most initiatives were downstream focused e.g. with education and training components, while upstream intervention types such as the use of incentives were under-explored. Conclusion We call for more emphasis on initiatives that address contextual facilitators and barriers, integrate considerations for sustainable development, and consider intra-regional deprivation.

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“…Interventions such as initiatives to improve the walkability of neighbourhoods and increase access to healthy foods and spaces for leisure and physical activity should ideally consider: i) interlinked barriers to, and enablers of physical activity and healthy eating; ii) sociocultural perspectives on active living and healthy eating, as well as temporal-spatial built environment experiences of the community; iii) learnings from previous interventions in similar contexts; iv) an understanding of the current governance landscape of public and private sector planning and built environment initiatives; v) opportunities for shared learning through inter and intra-regional collaborations [ 18 , 19 ].…”

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A protocol for a systematic review on intersectoral interventions to reduce non-communicable disease risk factors in African cities

Mogo

Brugulat-Panés

Micklesfield

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Public Health in Practice

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Mounting an effective socio-ecological response to non-communicable diseases in Africa’s cities

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References 19 publications

Public Health and Well-being in Public Open Spaces through Climate Responsive Urban Planning and Design

Public Health and Well-being in Public Open Spaces through Climate Responsive Urban Planning and Design

A strategic analysis of health behaviour change initiatives in Africa

A protocol for a systematic review on intersectoral interventions to reduce non-communicable disease risk factors in African cities

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