Public health
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Population health
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Epidemiology
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Report
Health in the climate emergency: a global perspective
Climate change is a global health emergency. In this report, the InterAcademy Partnership reaffirms the top priority must be to stabilise the climate and accelerate efforts to limit carbon emissions as soon as possible, with the aim of attaining the agreed target of a zero-carbon economy before 2050 by implementing concerted and radical actions promised...
Journal article
COVID-19-Social science research during a pandemic
A huge number of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory studies have been published to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic crises and the findings from these studies are helping policy makers to understand how best to manage the current and future clinical and public health responses. In addition to impacting on infection and mortality rates due to COVID-19...
Conference paper
How to prioritise healthy place-making?
This paper reports on research conducted just ahead of the 2020 pandemic, that surveyed 350 built-environment practitioners in NSW, and in a diversity of fields, about the barriers and opportunities (personal, workplace, regulatory and attitudinal) they experience when seeking to deliver health-supportive places.
Conference paper
COVID-19 infection outbreaks in Melbourne: what is the role of the built environment?
This ongoing research examined the effects of the built environment attributes on COVID-19 infections, using metropolitan Melbourne as a case study. This study explores the intracity dynamics of Melbourne neighbourhoods using postcode-level data and analysis across three different outbreaks.
Conference paper
Increasing resilience to climate change in the Western Sydney region: an analysis of local council strategies for climate, health, and wellbeing
This research aims to identify how the eight councils have addressed climate risk and resilience, and to determine the barrier and enablers to planning, implementing, and evaluating related strategies across the Western Sydney region.