Health and Wellbeing

Urbanisation is occurring globally and the largest growth is in low and middle-income countries. Urban health is a growing field of research internationally.

This theme explores both the impact of living in cities and how cities impact on health. Colleagues from across the disciplines of health, social sciences and urban planning are involved and links with other Institutes e.g. MICRA, Thomas Ashton, MERI and host the newly formed i3HS Hub are key to this research.

This theme explores both the impact of living in cities and how cities impact on health. Colleagues from across the disciplines of health, social sciences and urban planning are involved and links with other Institutes e.g. MICRA, Thomas Ashton, MERI and host the newly formed i3HS Hub are key to this research.

There are a number of issues that affect the health of city-dwellers and city-workers e.g. internationalisation of metropolitan regions, ageing populations, migration and poor environmental factors. These specific issues, combined with the wider, social and corporate determinants of health are different to non-urban areas. Many urban areas have health policy determined at the local level. Policymakers require data at the urban area level to inform these local policies, and engage and influence national and international policy. Key to all the research are the residents. Our large network of professional, public and policy-maker stakeholders inform us at every stage of our urban health research journey.

This theme houses the European urban health projects (EURO-URHIS 1 and 2, Urban Health Centres), global health programmes with the World Health Organisation and UN-Habitat, local programmes (Well North, PAFA, TRU3D, PRIOR, SiPHER) and capacity building events in partnership with the International Society of Urban Health and the International Festival of Public Health.

The Health and Wellbeing theme is led by Arpana Verma.