Background It is widely recognized that one's health is influenced by a multitude of
nonmedical factors, known as the social determinants of health (SDH). The SDH are defined …

Despite the widespread acceptance of the need for intersectoral and multisectoral
approaches, knowledge around how to support, achieve, and sustain multisectoral action is …

Despite much interest in healthy, sustainable cities, currently they are often on the margins
of urban planning and design, not the centre. Part of the reason for this is technical. Many …

Background The Healthy Cities project supports municipal policymakers in the struggle to
safeguard the health of urban citizens around the world (and in other limited geographies …

Introduction What are the different ways in which health equity can be sought through policy
and programs? Although there is a central focus on health equity in global and public health …

Landscape approaches are integrated place-based approaches and provide cross-sectoral
opportunities to facilitate sustainability transformations. The COVID-19 outbreak has …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has focused on health equity as
part of its mandate and broader agenda—consider for example, the “health for all” slogan …

Background Despite growing attention paid to health equity and efforts to promote gender
mainstreaming—a global strategy to promote gender equality—how policymakers have …

This study focuses on the space-time patterns of the COVID-19 Omicron wave at a regional
scale, using municipal data. We analyze the Basque Country and Cantabria, two adjacent …

Given that racism is present worldwide, we believe it is imperative to address racism in the
pursuit of health equity in cities. Despite the strengths of global urban health efforts in …