Project Details

The aim of Urban Health is to create healthy and equitable living conditions in urban regions. In practice, however, there are often deficits in the implementation of health-promoting urban development, although the relevant knowledge and strategies are available. Inner-city and formerly industrialized areas in particular, where social inequalities are very pronounced, face considerable challenges such as unequal health opportunities, poorer environmental quality and limited social participation. At the same time, these areas offer potential for socio-ecological change and have valuable experience in overcoming various social and structural problems.

The management project of the InnovationCommunity Urban Health aims to establish an interdisciplinary community that unites science, practice and various communities. The transdisciplinary process is supported by change and knowledge management.

The project supports the exchange of expertise and methods between the actors involved. It deals with the problem definition, the resulting fields of application and the necessary methods for co-design and knowledge transfer. Special focus is placed on taking the specific needs of the target groups into account. The aim is to establish sustainable structures, processes and results right from the start.

The four-year project is being carried out in cooperation with the Bochum University of Applied Sciences, the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy gGmbH, the State Association for Health and Academy for Social Medicine Lower Saxony Bremen e.V. and the State Health Center North Rhine-Westphalia.

The team of the Social Epidemiology Department of the IPP supports the strategy development and problem definition of urban health and environmental justice from a public health perspective. In addition, the IPP contributes its expertise in the design of further training courses and capacity building. To this end, existing research networks in the state of Bremen are used to develop the Bremen Community. The IPP will contribute significantly to the supra-regional development of the Urban Health Innovation Community with a focus on public health, health equity and environmental justice.

The IPP is responsible for project implementation in the state of Bremen together with the LVG & AFS.