You can submit a research, policy or case study abstract, panel session, workshop, or special event for any of this year´s conference themes.
Urban Natural Environments & Ecosystem: Contributions related to how we can better understand the potential for nature to promote health in cities, leverage natural-based solutions to improve health, protect biodiversity, contribute to sustainability and mitigate climate impacts
Nature-based solutions
Biodiversity and impacts on health
Biomimicry for health
Planetary Health/One Health
Climate Change and health
Climate action planning and solutions for healthier people and planet
Environmental education and health
Urban Health Pathways: Contributions to discovery science, generating evidence that sheds light on the drivers of urban health that are still emerging, urban health research agenda and research to fill urban health evidence gaps to advance knowledge and future practice
Urban health epidemiology
Mental health in cities
Social determinants of health in urban environments
Infectious diseases in cities
NCDs and urbanization
Health care delivery in cities
Urban Exposome
Transforming Urban Environments for Health: Contributions that turn evidence into practice and action through implementation science, policy and governance strategies, interventions, and the multidisciplinary innovations, partnerships and networks needed to achieve urban health goals
Public health interventions in urban environments
Translating urban health knowledge into practice, action and impact
Urban policies and governance to promote health
Urban health innovation, networks and partnerships
Placemaking for health
Planning built environments for health
Designing green, public and open spaces to promote health
Developing sustainable and healthy transportation systems
Building health supporting social environments in cities
Transforming neighborhoods into health supporting communities
Rural-urban connections, territorial planning
Advancing multidisciplinary and intersectoral approaches for urban health
Incorporating health into emergency preparedness and management
Affordable housing and rehabilitation
Cross-disciplinary cooperation (and tools)
Making it Happen: Mechanisms for supporting health and wellbeing in urban environments – Contributions describing supporting mechanisms, methods, tools and processes
Urban data to improve health
Training and curriculum development to advance transdisciplinary urban health practice
Tools for measuring and monitoring urban health impacts
Citizen Science
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs)
Systems approaches for urban health
Building Equitable Cities for All: Contributions to reaching and empowering vulnerable and excluded populations, addressing health disparities, informality, environmental and health justice to ensure equitable urban health environments for all residents
Health across the lifecourse
Outbreaks, emergencies, conflict and migration
Reaching vulnerable populations
Populations living in informal settlements
Environmental, health and social justice
Engaging youth
Engaging older people
Achieving citywide health and spatial equity
Building social cohesion for improved health and wellbeing
Building a sustainable and healthy recovery
Evidence and Practice from Valencia and Spain (submissions accepted in English, Spanish and Valencian): local contributions on the above topics or new topics particularly relevant to local contexts and challenges
Case studies from Valencia/Spain
Research studies in Urban Health
Local projects
Policy examples
Sustainable curriculum and SDGs in higher education