Urban Health Transdisciplinary Forum
Conference Proceedings published
The Conference Proceedings on the Urban Health Transdisciplinary Forum have just been published by German Medical Science.
The project is carried out by the Hochschule für Gesundheit in Bochum, the Technische Universität Dortmund and MedEcon Ruhr. It is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW.
A big thank you goes to the whole MUHR team for putting this event together and for being responsible for the publication of this proceedings. Special thanks go to Svenja Gallasch for her comments and suggestions for improvement in the preparation of this abstract volume.
You can find the contributions of the forum on the GMS event website.
Review of the Urban Health Transdisciplinary Forum
The Urban Health Transdisciplinary Forum took place on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Hochschule für Gesundheit in Bochum, Germany. With 18 speakers from 5 countries, 13 sessions and 67 participants, it was a day full of exciting inputs, exchanges and enriching conversations.
The topics were "Urban Green", "Monitoring", "Fair Opportunities and Environmental Justice", "Climate Adaptation", "Urban Mental Health" and "Homelessness". Two to three sessions were offered on each topic area from various presenters. This allowed participants to experience a wide variety of real-world examples. As there was a session in the morning as well as in the afternoon, all participants could visit two topics they were interested in.
During the week, the presenters were able to explore the Ruhr Area for themselves and visit special features such as the Mining Museum and the Gasometer in Oberhausen.
Special thanks to all who enriched this day with their contributions and suggestions. Also to be mentioned those who had a further travel distance and yet were able to share their expertise.
Podcast episodes from Urban Health Transdisciplinary Forum
As part of the forum, we were able to interview the experts on their topics in the form of three podcast episodes. The topics are "Mapping Rooftop Farming in Nepal", "A Study of Homelessness and Urban Health in Pakistan" and "Young People´s Expression through Photography in Chile". These can be found below.
Documentation & Results
Welcome
Urban Health transdisciplinary Forum - Opening
Prof.in Dr. habil Heike Köckler, Hochschule für Gesundheit
Urban Green
Productive Green Infrastructure for post industrial urban regeneration
Dagmar Knappe, City of Dortmund
Urban Mental Health
"Your look tells": young people's expression through photography in Santiago, Chile
Inger Heine-Fuster, Javiera Mella, Casa Enjambre Foundation Biologist, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Fair Opportunities & Environmental Justice
Long term air pollution and brain - results from Ruhr area observational studies
Dr.in Katherine Ogurtsova & Prof.in Dr.in med Barbara Hoffmann, Environmantal Epidemiology Group, Institute of occupational, social ad environmental Medicine, Center for Health and Society, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
Intersectoral municipal public health action plans – wrappingUp 10+ years of experiences
Dr. Thomas Claßen, Dr.in Odile C. L. Mekel & Dr. Raphael Sieber, Division Healthy Settings, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW), Bochum, Germany
Climate Adaptation
Future-oriented planning for climate resilient urban health care service.
Dr.in Wiriya Puntub, Institute of spatial planning, Faculty spatial planning, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Note: Presentation slides only available on private request. Please send requests directly to Wiriya Puntub.
Monitoring
The place standard tool: German adaptation and piloting in the Ruhr area city of Bochum
Monika Mensing, Dr.in Odile C. L. Mekel, Division Healthy Settings, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW), Bochum, Germany
Michael Sprünken, City of Bochum, Germany
Homelessness
The vicious circle of homelessness and urban health – a studyof homeless people in Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Atif Bilal Aslam, Department of product and industrial design, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Program
Welcome
Moderation: Prof.in Dr.in Heike Köckler, Hochschule für Gesundheit
from 08:30 am: Registration
09:00 am: Welcome (Audimax)
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Title: Urban green/Stadtgrün
Moderation: Aline Krumreihn, Hochschule für Gesundheit
1st Contribution
Association between neigbourhood greenness and BMI – results from the Heinz Nixdorf recall study
Speaker: Ellen Hillal
Institution: Doctoral student in medical sciences, Faculty of Medicine,
Duisburg Essen University and researcher at the
Institute for Urban Public Health, Essen, Germany
2nd Contribution
Assessment of cultural ecosystem services in the Ruhr area for health oriented urban green space planning
Speaker: Christin Busch, Eva Rademacher
Institution for regional and urban development research
GmbH, Dortmund, Germany
3rd Contribution
Practical Impulse
Speaker: Dagmar Kappe
City of Dortmund
Title: Urban mental health/Psychische Gesundheit in der Stadt
Moderation: Leonie Wieners, Hochschule für Gesundheit
1st Contribution
"Your look tells": young people's expression through photography in Santiago, Chile
Speaker: Inger Heine-Fuster, Javiera Mella
Casa Enjambre Foundation Biologist, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
2nd Contribution
Urban Mental Health: Improving mental health in the city of Bochum -
A pilot study in Bochum Wattenscheid-Mitte
Speaker: Dr.in Babett Voigt
Mental Health Research and Treatment Center at Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty of Psychology, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Title: Fair opportunities & environmental justice/Chancengerechtigkeit und umweltbezogene Gerechtigkeit
Moderation: Prof.in Dr.in Heike Köckler
1st Contribution
Intersectoral municipal public health action plans –wrappingUp 10+ years of experiences
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Claßen, Dr.in Odile C. L. Mekel & Dr. Raphael Sieber
Division Healthy Settings, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW), Bochum, Germany
2nd Contribution
Long term air pollution and brain - results from Ruhr area observational studies
Speaker: Dr.in Katherine Ogurtsova & Prof.in Dr.in med Barbara Hoffmann
Environmantal Epidemiology Group, Institute of occupational, social ad environmental Medicine, Center for Health and Society, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany
Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Title: Climate adaptation/Klimaanpassung
Moderation: Andrea Rüdiger, TU Dortmund University
1st Contribution
Future-oriented planning for climate resilient urban health care service.
Speaker: Dr.in Wiriya Puntub
Institute of spatial planning, Faculty spatial planning, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
2nd Contribution
The status quo of heat health action planning
Sepaker: Dr. Thomas Claßen, Dr.in Odile C. L. Mekel, Dr. Raphael Sieber
Division Healthy Settings, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW), Bochum, Germany
Title: Homelessness/Wohnungslosigkeit
Moderation: Kardo Kaldewey, Ruhr Universität Bochum
1st Contribution
The vicious circle of homelessness and urban health – a studyof homeless people in Lahore, Pakistan
Speaker: Dr. Atif Bilal Aslam
Department of product and industrial design, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
2nd Contribution
Reports from the field
Speaker:Michael Doering
Title: Monitoring
Moderation: Patricia Tollmann, Hochschule für Gesundheit
1st Contribution
Supporting data driven decision of municipality –case of mapping rooftop farming using geospatial technology
Speaker: Dr.in Rehana Shrestha1, Narayan Thapa2, 3Reshma Shrestha
1Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Germany
2International Centre for Integrated Mountain Research, Nepal
3Department of Geomatics Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal
2nd Contribution
The place standard tool: German adaptation and piloting in the Ruhr area city of Bochum
Speaker: Monika Mensing, Dr.in Odile C. L. Mekel, Michael Sprünken
Division Healthy Settings, NRW Centre for Health (LZG.NRW), Bochum, Germany
City of Bochum, Germany
3rd Contribution
Integrated Urban Health Monitoring: Supporting implementation of Health in All Policies in Bremen for healthy and sustainable urban development
Speaker: Julita Skodra
Research Cluster “Healthy City Bremen”, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research (IPP), Faculty 11 Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen
Coffee Break & Final Discussion
Final Discussion
Moderation: Prof.in Dr.in Heike Köckler
