HEART project

Last week, our partner, EHMA - European Health Management Association, represented by Alexis Strader- Director of Policy and Research, presented the #HEARTproject at the 2024 annual conference of the European Partnership on Transforming health and care systems (THCS). The session, titled “Understanding Transformation of Health and Care Systems: From Theory to Practice,” offered a valuable platform to showcase how the HEART project contributes to this important theme. By leveraging a Blue Green (BG) urban planning methodology, the project proposes tailored solutions to tackle socio-economic, environmental, and technical challenges. The goal? To enhance health and wellbeing in urban environments through innovative and sustainable urban planning. 🌱💧 Key Takeaways for Practitioners and Stakeholders: 💡 Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Effective urban health solutions require breaking silos and fostering collaboration between policymakers, urban planners, health professionals, and researchers. HEART exemplifies how academic insights can be translated into actionable strategies. 🌍 Scalable Models for Urban Health: HEART is committed to developing scalable and adaptable models to improve health and wellbeing in cities worldwide, serving as a potential template for health system transformation globally. 📊 Inclusive, Evidence-Based Policy: Stakeholders are encouraged to prioritize inclusive, evidence-driven approaches in urban and health policy development to ensure sustainable and equitable outcomes. We’re thrilled to share these insights and remain dedicated to driving transformative dialogue that shapes healthier, more resilient urban environments. 💡 #bluegreenspaces #urbanplanning #sustainabledevelopment

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🌍✨ Exciting news from the EFMI-European Federation for Medical Informatics Special Topic Conference 2024! We are thrilled to highlight the collaboration between our esteemed partners: Public Health Institute Batut and Clinical Center Dragiša Mišović, and BioAssist as part of the HEART project. With our colleagues Sanja Ivankovic, Dragana Jovanović, Vesna Karadzic, Sanja Ilić, Tatjana Milosevic and Paris Gallos we are exploring innovative solutions that bridge the gap between human, animal, and ecosystem health. This multidisciplinary approach is vital for fostering a healthier future for all. The first project outcomes were shown in a poster titled Using ICT Tools for Exploring the Impact of Urban Blue-Green Spaces on Human Health and Well-Being by Sanja Ivanković, Dragana Jovanović, Predrag Savić, Vesna Karadžić, and Milena Vasić. We are sharing insights and strategies on how we can work together to enhance the wellbeing of our communities and the environment. #HEARTProject #EFMI2024 #CollaborationForHealth #OneHealth #BatutInstitute #DragišaMišović #BioAssist #etc2024

"Public spaces and health have always been linked, and our task as urban designers and architects is to underline those links and to find the best way to support the harmony between them."  🌱🏙️ Last week, Dr. Stanislava Boskovic from Imperial College London presented at the 17th European Public Health Conference in Lisbon, Portugal in a plenary entitled: Harnessing Social Marketing for Interdisciplinary Health Management- Enhancing Public Health Outcomes. The session was organised by our partner, EHMA - European Health Management Association. Her presentation introduced the #HEARTproject and the importance of interdisciplinary efforts in the health-centric design of public spaces. 🤝 She noted that there is no one recipe to create a truly inclusive space- that it is a continuous and dynamic process which is an effort of knowledge collection, dialogue, and flexibility. 📑🔬 You can watch Dr. Boskovic's full presentation, which starts at 27:10, in the video below. ⬇️⬇️ https://lnkd.in/evggU_8y #urbanplanning #wellbeing #inclusivespaces #naturebasedsolutions #bluegreenspaces #sustainablecities #healthandenvironment #publichealth

We are thrilled to be part of this magnificently organized event and to have had the opportunity to share the HEART vision with hundreds of participants!

✨Sanja Ivankovic ispred KBC Dr Dragiša Mišović gostovala je nedavno na Jutarnjem programu Radio Beograd 1 kod Aleksandra Mladenovic. 🍀Sanja je pozvala slušaoce da se prijave za učešće u kliničkoj studiji u okviru projekta HEART, a svi zainteresovani mogu da nam se prijave na 📍heart.misovic@gmail.com 🎈Odabrani učesnici imaće zanimljive zadatke uz pomoć kojih će steći zdravije životne navike, ali i pametne narukvice koje će im pomoći da prate i beleže svoja emocionalna stanja! ☀️Cilj studije je da pokažemo da boravak u plavo-zelenim urbanim sredinama čini naše fizičko i mentalno zdravlje boljim, a ove uvide želimo potom da podelimo sa gradskim planerima i odlučiocima, kako bi ih ubuduće imali u vidu prilikom planiranja gradova.

🍀 A HEART view on improving the quality of our lives and health in urban environments was presented recently by our partners from GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. in the Hearth Summit Athens 2024 at the premises of Impact Hub Athens and ETERON. 🎯Anna Papadima from GSH participated with the poster entitled "Enhancing Urban Health and Wellbeing through Blue-Green Technologies: insights from the HEART Project in European Cities" in the category Wellbeing and Urban Health using Blue-Green Solutions in the Cities. 🔔We are grateful for the opportunity to spread the HEART project values and achievements to experts, decision-makers, and citizens ready to embrace a smarter, healthier, and happier future!

🌆With more and more people living in urban areas, what is the future of approaches to improving urban health? In this final instalment of our interview series with Nathalie Roebbel, 🌍Urban Health Unit Head at the World Health Organization, Nathalie highlights the opportunity to address global health challenges through the lens of urban health. Here’s how we can seize this moment: ➡️ Reframing Urban Health: Urban health is a complex system influenced by economic dynamics 💼, sectoral interventions 🌐, and politics 🗳️. Shifting our perspective to see urban health as this interconnected system allows us to tackle challenges more holistically. ➡️Seeing Cities as Catalysts for Change 🌇: Cities aren’t just densely populated areas- they are hubs of innovation and action 💡. With decision-makers like mayors and local leaders at the forefront, urban areas can drive impactful health policies that ripple out on a national and global scale. 🌱Bearing these factors in mind, pressing issues like climate change can be addressed not as a parallel agenda, but as a priority that interacts with other aspects, such as road safety 🚦and improving physical activity, which serve to improve urban health overall. Watch our video below to learn more ⬇️ #greenspaces #bluespaces #HEARTproject #Wellbeing #sustainablecities #healthandenvironment #accessibility #publichealth #WHO

🎈Thank you, Serbian Broadcasting Corporation and Beogradska Hronika for hosting our Sanja Ivankovic (KBC Dr Dragiša Mišović) to announce our clinical study that is about to kick off in Belgrade! ✨All interested citizens willing to contribute to the study by visiting the three blue-green enriched parks: Kalemegdan, Košutnjak, or Ada Ciganlija, and by following our doctors’ instructions are welcome to send their expression of interest to heart.misovic@gmail.com

The HEART project dedicated section at the event on the occasion of the 100 years of Milutin Milanković was wrapped with an insight into the social aspect of healthy and livable cities, given by Mikołaj Biesaga and Anna Domaradzka. Our colleagues with the ISS tapped into the challenges of engaging the citizens around green and blue urban spaces and practicing every one’s right to a healthy city, but also how citizens’ science can help decision-makers and experts better plan our public spaces.