CitieS-Health

Citizens leading the research on urban pollution & health

OUR MISSION

CitieS-Health aims to put citizens’ concerns at the heart of research agenda on environmental epidemiology by tackling health issues that concern them.

Groups of citizens in five cities in Europe will design and run experiments to explore how the pollution in their living environment is affecting their health.

The project will create an interactive toolkit with customised tools and best practices for the replication of the studies in other locations by researchers, individuals and citizen groups.

ABOUT US

Environment
How polluted is the environment where I live, work, train?
Citizens collect data about their environment to measure the level of pollution
CITIZEN-LED GOVERNANCE
I want to make decisions over the research process and the fate of the data I collect
Ethical and governance aspects are key concerns in CitieS-Health. Citizens are engaged not as mere assistants to researchers, but mainly as scientists who play a central role in identifying research priorities. Moreover, CitieS-Health promotes debates about data sharing in research and provides citizens with knowledge and tools to make decisions about the conditions under which the data collected can be used and re-used.
HEALTH
How pollution is affecting my health and that of my neighbours?
Citizens monitor their health parameters to know the effects of environmental exposures in their health.
TOOLKIT
I want to replicate the study in my neighborhood, city, university… Where do I start?
The CitieS-Health interactive toolkit will provide guidelines, tools and best practices to inspire other people to replicate the studies. It caters to three key actors:
Scientists who want to adopt citizen science approaches in their research studies
NGOs, public health agencies and neighborhood groups who want to tackle health issues in their community through a participatory approach
Individuals who are concerned about a particular environmental issue and want to understand its impact on their health.

PARTICIPATE

We are launching citizen science studies in the
following cities. If you want to take part, get in touch!

LATEST NEWS

CitieS-Health pilot projects’ results, new knowledge created through citizen science

ideasforchange2021-10-11T17:12:46+02:0011/10/2021|

Barcelona pilot project The CitieS-Health pilot in Barcelona is in the final stretch. After a participatory process involving more than 1.000 people, Barcelona residents decided the research question according to their interests, in this case, [...]

Measuring the Outcomes of an Environmental Epidemiological Participatory Research Study in Kaunas City

ideasforchange2021-10-11T16:29:36+02:0011/10/2021|

The achievement of a sustainable urban environment and health for all requires the engagement and greater awareness of local communities on issues of environment and health. The Kaunas H2020 CitieS-Health pilot project presents the outcomes of [...]

How the Environmental Quality and Physical Activity Can Influence on Blood Pressure

ideasforchange2021-07-12T11:51:43+02:0012/07/2021|

Figure of Kaunas city, indicating the areas of noise and hypertension. Only few studies have previously examined the relation between urban built environment and the prevalence of hypertension. A cross-sectional study, led by [...]

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21/01/2022
“We contend that citizen science programs that facilitate exposure to natural environments in urban areas may represent an important public health policy advance.” University of South Australia #CitizenScience #DatDrivenPolicy https://twitter.com/citieshealtheu/status/1484180946257547266
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Natural environments play an overlooked role in public health
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