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Is there evidence that walking groups have health benefits? A systematic review and meta-analysis Sarah Hanson, Andy Jones 9 November 2014 Regular physical activity positively impacts health potentially offering similar effects to some drug interventions in terms of mortality benefits. … Continue reading →

Does active commuting improve psychological wellbeing? Longitudinal evidence from eighteen waves of the British Household Panel Survey Adam Martin, Yevgeniy Goryakin, Marc Suhrcke Abstract Highlights The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between active travel and psychological … Continue reading →

May 27, 2015 Building Bridges between Transportation and Health Meeting Description: This webinar will discuss the connection between transportation and health and give insight into the specific process one community used to fund programs and how the programs are implemented … Continue reading →

Applicants are invited for a Research Associate position in an exciting cross-faculty research project: Street mobility and accessibility: developing tools for overcoming older people’s barriers to walking to develop tools to measure and model community severance. The main responsibility will … Continue reading →

  The strong links between transport and health are becoming better understood and, in April 2013, they were given formal recognition through the transfer to English local authorities of responsibility for public health.  For the first time in decades, there … Continue reading →

  This event in York will focus on addressing the perceived barriers and obstacles to cycling in Britain: featuring presentations, roundtable workshops and discussion about the current projects, campaigns and research. Those in involved in the promotion, design and delivery … Continue reading →

World Health Organisation (WHO) Health Economic Assessment Tool for Walking and Cycling are running free online training courses on the 1st (in English) and 9th (in German) of April – sign up click here To facilitate evidence-based decision-making, WHO has … Continue reading →

The 1st International Conference on Transport and Health is designed as a direct participatory experience. Policy-makers, practitioners and academics from multiple disciplines involved with transport planning and engineering, public health, urban planning, spatial and architectural design, environmental planning, economics and … Continue reading →

A rare opportunity to do a PhD based in both a leading public health university and a world-class transport authority is currently being advertised. The Bloomsbury DTC for the Social Sciences is a consortium of four institutions located in Bloomsbury, … Continue reading →

2 Febuary 2015, Birmingham Public health England has organized a free one-day seminar on Air pollution and Public Health. Public Health England (PHE) are to develop a programme in support of national and local government to reduce the 25,000 deaths … Continue reading →