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- Transport systems either enhance health or, conversely, increase health risks by shaping access to services and opportunities, physical activity levels, exposure to air pollutants, noise emissions, and risks of road traffic injuries; and by providing climate and environmental benefits for urban areas.
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Jan 4, 2018 · Well-designed, safe and equitable transport systems have the potential to optimize access to employment opportunities, to services, including health and education, to social and family networks, and impact positively on health and wellbeing.
- M C I van Schalkwyk, J S Mindell
- 2018
Aug 14, 2023 · Effects of transportation policies on public health in three key areas: environment and environmental public health, community design and active transportation, and motor vehicle-related injuries and fatalities.
Nov 15, 2017 · Developing affordable and appropriate transportation options, walkable communities, bike lanes, bike-share programs and other healthy transit options can help boost health. This guide outlines transportation issues and the impact on health and health care access.
Transport can play a crucial role in shaping people’s health in the European Region, where the impact of non-communicable diseases – such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and mental disorders – account for almost 86% of deaths and 77% of the disease burden.
Sep 20, 2022 · We offer recommendations that might address the complex transportation barriers that affect high-frequency health care users and disproportionately burden younger adults aged 18–64 enrolled in public health insurance programs.
Feb 25, 2021 · This long read examines the challenges of shifting towards a transport system that better supports health. It sets out: how transport affects health. the consequences of a car-dependent transport system. the difficulties in shifting towards greater use of public transport.
Jun 1, 2021 · Transportation has beneficial and detrimental impacts on public health. •. Fourteen pathways link transportation to health, adding five more to the previous published conceptual model. •. The five new pathways were understudied or unrecognized in previous literature. •.
