Environment, Well Being and Healthy Lifestyle 2009
The feedback for our Environment, Well Being and Healthy Lifestyle Conference 2008 was so positive we felt compelled to put on another one in 2009. The presentations from our 2008 conference can be found here; for the 2009 presentations, see below.
The 2009 conference brought together a wide range of groups with concerns for relationships between the environment, well-being and lifestyles, including academics; local government officers with responsibilities in sectors such as housing, planning, recreation and transport (RENEW); representatives of the voluntary sector (e.g. Groundwork); the health sector (e.g. PCTs, health authorities); and public agencies (e.g. CABE, Natural England).
Keynote speaker: Hugh Barton from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy, University West of England.
Full Conference programme can be downloaded here
Conference presentations
Morning presentations:
'Planning Healthy Settlements in the 21st Century' - Hugh Barton, WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy.
'Understanding the impact of urban green space quality on health and well being with specific reference to ethnicity and deprivation' – Edward Hobson, Head of Research and Futures, CABE
Morning parallel sessions
Session 1: 'Healthy active living and the urban environment' Chair: Graham Smith (Earl of Granville Room)
'Exploring the role of the built environment in household decision making about urban walking and cycling' – Dr. Alison Chisholm and Dr. Tim Jones, Oxford Brookes University, Dr. Helen Harwatt, Dr. Ann Jopson and Dr. Miles Tight, Leeds University, Dr. Dave Horton, Prof. Colin Pooler and Dr. Griet Scheldeman, Lancaster University
'Can't get there from here? Why people travel the way they do' – Fiona Crawford and Dr. Pete Seaman, Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Session 2: 'Getting more people to use green spaces' Chair: Dr. Chris Gidlow (Main Ball Room)
'Demonstrating the links – action research on getting communities into greenspace' – Elaine Gibb, Greenspace Scotland
'Encouraging under-represented groups to use woodlands and green spaces for physical activity' – Dr. Jake Morris and Dr. Liz O'Brien, Forest Research
Session 3: 'Joining up the public sector' Chair: Prof. Sarah Grogan (Bentley Room)
'Regenerating Middleport: using health impact assessment to 'health proof' masterplans for deprived communities - Dr. Salim Vohra and Gifty Amo-Danso, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Dr. Marcus Chilaka, Salford University, Dr. Zafar Iqbal and Judy Kurth, NHS Stoke-on-Trent
'Stakeholder dialogue roadmaps to a healthy urban environment' – Lieke Michiels van Kessenich, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Lunchtime session: Bentley room
Liz Green, Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, Discussed the Health Impact Assessment carried out on Wrexham County Borough Council's Preferred Strategy for the Local Development Plan.
Afternoon presentation:
'The impact of community - led intervention on reducing health inequalities relating to physical activity and healthy eating' – Siu-Ann Pang and Judy Kurth, NHS Stoke on Trent, Prof. Rachel Davey, Gemma Hurst and Prof. Sarah Grogan, Staffordshire University, Michael Murray, Keele Unversity
Afternoon parallel sessions:
Session 4: 'Healthy active living and the urban environment' Chair: Dr. Naomi Ellis (Earl of Granville Room)
'Theoretical approaches to researching environmental influences on physical activity' – Paul Watts, University of East London
'What is the impact of residential street environments on active lifestyles for older people?' – Catherine Millington, Susana Alves, Catharine Ward Thompson, Affonso Zuin and Peter Aspinall, Edinburgh College of Art
'Growing healthier in Sandwell' – Veronica Barry and Helen Sneyd, Growing Opportunities
Session 5 – 'Getting more people to use green spaces' Chair: Dr. David Sheffield (Bentley Room)
'Well being and environment: the well being benefits of contact with nature and greenspaces – a qualitative study in Bristol' – John Leah, Lancaster University
'An evaluation of the Greenways to Health Initiative' – Prof. Peter Higgins, Dr. Robbie Nicol, Dr. Beth Christie, University of Edinburgh
'Engaging socially excluded young people with their local environment: lessons from the field' – Dr. Carolyn Snell and Sarah West, University of York
Session 6 - 'Joining up the public sector' Chair: Mandy Donald (Main Ball Room)
'Swimming Upstream – inter-professional learning provides the key in tackling the spatial determinants of health' – Dr. Colin Thunhurst, Coventry University and Dr. Patricia Bond, Wolverhampton University.
'Phileas – an empirically derived assessment tool for identifying the training needs of any multidisciplinary workforce engaged in addressing public health' – Dr. Patricia Bond, Wolverhampton University and Dr. Rachel Richards, Staffordshire University
'Supporting artists in healthy practice' – Mark Webster, Staffordshire University, and Kate Gant, freelance consultant
Final presentation:
'Convergence in health, environment, social, planning and forestry policy' – Marcus Sangster, Principal Advisor on Social Science and Land use Research, Forestry Commission
Conference Themes
The conference had three primary themes:
1. Healthy, active living and the urban environment – how to adapt existing urban areas through planning and regeneration to encourage more walking, cycling and other physical activities. Case studies from newly regenerated areas, home zones, shared space.
2. Getting more people to use green space - encouraging user engagement with green space and natural environments. Any type of user engagement will be considered, but we are particularly interested in engaging children and young people, this may include within and outside of school settings. Schemes that attempt to mix the generations or mix social groups are also of particular interest.
3. Joining up the public sector - Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) – local authorities and PCTs now have a statutory duty to carry out a JSNA. How can these be directly used to bring about healthy environments? What lessons can be learnt from previous partnership attempts such as Health Action Zones to make JSNA a success? How can a JSNA be mapped onto budgetary or service planning agreements. What is the role of planning departments?
Organisers
Jon Fairburn (IESR), Chris Gidlow and Rachel Davey (Centre for Sport and Exercise Research)
Booking, date, venue and fees
The conference was held on the October 21st 2009 at the Moat House Hotel, Stoke on Trent, ST1 5BQ. (By train, 45 mins from Manchester and Birmingham, less than 2 hours from London. Map)
Contact
Conference Administrator: Christine Dover 01782 294110
Sponsors
The Environment, Well Being and Healthy Lifestyle Conference 2009 was sponsored by
RENEW North Staffordshire, CABE, Natural England, Stoke-on-Trent PCT and Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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