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INter-sectoral Health Environment Research for InnovaTions

ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)
Project classification

Scientific area

3.3 Health sciences

Discipline(s)

Public and environmental health

Project description

Project title

INter-sectoral Health Environment Research for InnovaTions

Scientific Coordinator's name:

Sibila Marques (local coord.)

Scientific Coordinator's e-mail:

sibila.marques@iscte.pt

Principal R&D Unit:

Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (CIS-IUL)

Other R&D Units involved in the project:

EUROHEALTHNET ASBL (coord.) Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Netherlands UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, United Kingdom ASTIKI MIKERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA PROLIPSIS, Greece THE UNIVERSITY

Project keyword(s)

environmental stressors, inter-sector policies and interventions, health.

Short abstract and comments

The overarching aim of INHERIT is to define effective inter-sectoral policies and interventions that promote health and well being across the social gradient by tackling key environmental stressors and related inequalities in the areas of living, consuming and moving. INHERIT will bring together relevant stakeholders from different sectors, including the private sector. It will support inter-sectoral cooperation between environment, climate and health by: a) Analysing existing scientific knowledge on key environmental stressors to health and approaches to address these; b) Identifying existing promising inter-sector policies and interventions that enable conditions for more healthy and environmentally sustainable behaviours, in three main areas: living, consuming and moving; c) Developing a Common Analytical Framework using impact assessment tools and quantitative and qualitative indicators to assess the social, environmental and health benefits and the economic value in promising inter-sectoral interventions; d) Developing targets and future visions while considering overall economic and politics contexts and global trends (i.e. participatory back-casting, stakeholder and citizen consultations and household surveys); e) Implementing, testing and evaluating pilot interventions in different European contexts; f) Enhancing the leadership skills of public health professionals in inter-sectoral work to address key environmental stressors to health and promote healthy and environmentally sustainable lifestyles; g) Translating evaluation findings into models of good practice for effective inter-sectoral work and evidence based tools for policy development to contribute to the global and European environment, health and sustainable development policy agenda. The novelty of INHERIT lies in its support for health, environment and climate sectors to jointly pursue the inter-related goals of improving health and well-being of the population while preserving the environment.

Potential uses/indications

Potential uses/indications

Status

Ongoing

Partner Status: Seeking Partners?

No

Grant number (QREN, FP7, Eureka, etc)

H2020, RIA - Research and Innovation action

Last edited on

2017-01-31 12:31:28

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