Dear members, we are inviting you to support our Section’s Statement:
EUPHA Section on Environment and Health (EUPHA ENV) - Statement
The environment in which we live greatly influences our health. The household, workplace, school environment and other outdoor and indoor environments may pose risks to health. The polluted air which we breathe, the contaminated water we may drink, noise and chemical pollution, climate change and the environment in which we live, determine our quality of life and play active role in increasing the risk for contracting various diseases, also decades later. The environment is a major determinant of health, estimated to account more than 23% of all deaths globally.
The key purpose of this Statement is to present strategies and exchange knowledge regarding action to health risk reduction from a polluted environment. With the climate and environmental crises, the urgency to act is growing.
We, the undersigned (the Section on Environment and Health), point out that:
- Simultaneously, with numerous efforts to preserve and improve the environment, there is still a great need to study the impact on the health of individuals and populations.
- The Global Paris Climate Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals and the EU Green Deal should be guiding principles and policy pathways for all the experts, and society at large. Key principles from those documents should provide additional arguments for research, guide advocacy, and any other type of action that will contribute to improving the environment and health.
Within the European Public Health Association, the Section for Environment and Health will work in cooperation with all other Sections to promote and act to improve the environment and health.
We are dedicated to supporting, initiating and empowering the academic community as well as citizens and local communities who are committed to better protect people’s health from environmental and climate threats.
We are committed to connecting with all other organizations who are devoted to improve environmental health and with whom we can make a stronger contribution to improving the environment and health.
Given the Covid-19 pandemic situation, which has produced profound disruption in all sectors and areas, we remain committed to action achieving environmental and health goals in the field of:
- SDG and environmental health
- Climate, air pollution, energy and health
- Mental health and environment
- Chemicals, consumers and environment
- Circular economy and healthy environment
- Children as vulnerable group and environment
- Food safety and environment
- Covid-19 pandemic and influence on environment and health issues
We support the revisiting and examination of all topics of interest for the environment and health. Bearing in mind that Covid-19 pandemic crisis has affected and in specific ways changed public health priorities, including influence on mental health, as well as urban/social/environment obstacles, produced changes in financial frameworks and brought disruptive organizational changes in the public health system and healthcare sector as well.
Despite all the difficulties, the Covid-19 crisis pointed out a new way of understanding of our closest environments, like urban public transport, importance of urban green areas and walking zones.
The significance of digitalization and online communication has grown in the times of the pandemic. Thus, increase of remote work, presence of new,digital solutions for education, and uptake of digital social environments are also important topics for environment and health. We will recognize such examples and increase awareness of better solutions for environment and health.
We insist on comprehensive line to the environmental health management plans, which would be a systematic approach to estimate the burden of disease and injury due to different environmental pollutants. Also we advocate to put the environmental health protection and evidence-based disease prevention at the heart of the world’s and EU’s Covid-19 recovery process.
EUPHA Section on Environment and Health
Please, send your support: marija.jevtic@uns.ac.rs
Environment and Health Section workshops:
Tue 13th 16:00-17:00
6.D. - Workshop: Climate change, energy issues and air pollution – as a triad of health priorities
EUPHA-ENV
Chairperson(s): Peter Van Den Hazel - EUPHA (ENV), Marija Jevtic - EUPHA (ENV)
Green Deal as a Climate Changes Dam on the Road to Health
Marija Jevtic - EUPHA (ENV)
Innovative ways in providing energy – towards improving health
Peter Van Den Hazel - EUPHA (ENV)
Clean air policy challenges in Europe: achieving air standards that prevent disease
Anne Stauffer - Belgium
Energy and Climate Change Scenarios in the Mediterranean: An opportunity for cooperation
Luis Lapao - Portugal
Climate-smart health care: the power of health care action on air pollution and climate change
Jennifer Wang - United States
Wed 14th 14:30-15:30
13.D. - Workshop: SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues
EUPHA-ENV
Chairperson(s): Marija Jevtic - EUPHA (ENV), Peter Van Den Hazel - EUPHA (ENV)
Environment and health as a driver of transformation
Marija Jevtic - EUPHA (ENV)
Sustainable Development Goals and Global burden of disease stakeholders
Peter Van Den Hazel - EUPHA (ENV)
Urban Health as a Complex System
Gianfranco Damiani - Italy
Climate Change, Public Health impacts and the role of the new digital technologies
Luis Lapao - Portugal
Community Engagement: Reducing inequalities acting on environmental health. A Systematic Review.
Martina Sapienza – Italy
Thu 15th 7:00-8:00
17.D. - Workshop: Healthier populations through addressing environmental health topics and the SDGs
EUPHA-ENV, RHN WHO/Europe
Chairperson(s): Julia Nowacki - Germany, Marija Jevtic - EUPHA (ENV)
Conversion of industrial contaminated sites into residential areas –safeguarding health and wellbeing
Julia Nowacki - Germany
The importance and challenge of carcinogenic air pollutants for health risk and impact assessment
Pierpaolo Mudu - Germany
Monitoring the implementation of national climate action plans (NDCs) using the WHO CaRBonH tool
Joseph V Spadaro - Germany
Health care’s climate footprint: the health sector contribution and opportunities for action
Jennifer Wang - United States
Regions for Health Case study: Turning Welsh legislation for sustainable development into everyday practice
Catherine Weatherup - United Kingdom
Thu 15th 12:15-13:15
20.D. - Skills building seminar: Design for mental health integration through built environment interventions
EUPHA-URB, EUPHA-PMH, EUPHA-ENV, University of Crete (Greece)
Chairperson(s): Jutta Lindert - EUPHA (PMH), Stefano Capolongo - Italy
Ecopsychosocial environments for health and mental health
Evangelia Chrysikou - United Kingdom
Building capacity for public urban mental health – example of Reflecting Citizens workshops
Marija Jevtic - EUPHA (ENV)
Patient engagement, autonomy, access to mental care services – the case for integrated care in Crete
Elena Petelos - Greece
Developing concepts for early mental health prevention and treatment using the built environment
Jonas Rehn - Germany
Wed 14th 17:00-18:00 via Zoom
JTN10 - Join the network meeting EUPHA Environment and health section EUPHA-ENV
EUPHA sections are theme-specific networks that organise workshops and projects together. All EUPHA sections are inviting you to Join the network and attend their annual meeting.
These meetings are open to all delegates. We will choose our new Section’s Secretary.
A list with Zoom links and access codes for all the JTN section meetings will be available at the EUPHA booth in the Congress platform. Please note that the maximum number of attendants is 100!
Dear members of Environment and Health Section,
We want to express our deep solidarity to colleagues around the world who work tirelessly to fight the pandemic.
Please, respect the environment and save your health!
Please, send your support for our Statement!
Looking forward to seeing you at online World Public Health Conference!
Prof. dr Marija Jevtic, president
Dr Peter van den Hazel, vice president
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