WHO International Healthy Cities Conference
Health and the City: Urban Living in the Twenty-first Century
Marking 25 years of the Healthy Cities movement
Athens • Greece • 22–25 October 2014
Call for papers
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Monday 9 June
The Conference programme comprises invited papers and papers submitted by participants that
will be used for two main types of presentations: oral or electronic posters.
Papers submitted by participants can be scientific research or practice-oriented case studies.
Guidelines for submitting abstracts
We are inviting abstracts on the following main thematic strands of the Conference (for topics
under each of these thematic strands, please consult the programme overview):
1
Local governance for health, leadership and accountability
2
People, the life-course and vulnerability
3
Supportive environments for healthy living
4
Urban design and the quality of the city environment
5
Services and capacity for public health
6
The five special conference themes
Preference will be given to papers that explicitly consider the relevance of the special lens
perspectives including equity, as outlined in the programme overview, and to papers that
combine three or moreof the following:

strategic and comprehensive approaches;

outcome-oriented approaches

approaches based on intersectoral action and community engagement;

community-based initiatives;

work that has been evaluated; and

successful practices, innovative solutions and lessons learned from experience.
Complete the abstract form with a summary of your paper of 250–350 words.
Each abstract must have a separate form, filled in clearly and concisely in English.
All abstracts will be reviewed, and results will be communicated to applicants by 4 July 2014.
Authors whose abstracts are selected will be required to submit their full papers before the
Conference. Specifications for preparing full papers will be sent to successful applicants.
All selected abstracts will be published in the final programme and a book of abstracts, which will
be available at the Conference. Full papers will be made available on the Conference website.
WHO International Healthy Cities Conference
Health and the City: Urban Living in the 21st Century
Marking 25 years of the Healthy Cities movement
Athens • Greece • 22–25 October 2014
ABSTRACT FORM
Please complete a separate form for each abstract submitted. The author is responsibility for submitting a correct
abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact may be reproduced as typed by the author. Deadline for
submission:9 June 2014. Cities are encouraged to submit more than one abstract from different partners.
Contact information
City:
National healthy cities network:
(if appropriate)
Name of corresponding author:
First name
Sex: Male
Surname
Female
Job title
Organization
Email address
Postal address
Please list additional authors
Title
First name
Surname
Organization
If the paper is accepted, who will present it at the Conference? Insert details if different from corresponding author.
First name
Sex: Male
Job title
Surname
Title
Email address
Female
Organization
Email address
Postal address
Postal address
Type of paper:
Scientific or research paper
Case study
Type of presentation
Oral only
Electronic poster only
Either oral or electronic poster
Special lensto which the abstract relates
Human rights
Equity
Gender
Determinants of health
Urban fabric
Theme to which the abstract relates
Governance, leadership and accountability
Political commitment
Whole of government and whole of society
Health in all local policies
People, the life-course and vulnerability
Early years
Healthy ageing
Poverty and economic crises
Empowerment
Resilience
Health literacy
Supportive environments for healthy living
Obesity
Nutrition
Active living
Tobacco and alcohol
Urban design and quality of the city environment
Health and development
Spatial planning
Transport
Housing
Regeneration
Services and capacity for public health
Health promotion, health protection and disease
prevention
Emergencies
Climate change
Special Conference themes
City health diplomacy
Well-being and happiness
Multicultural cities
City tourism and health
Innovation and change
Abstract
Guidance: Please type the abstract in the space below. Submit between 250 and 350 words in English. Use these
headings to structure your abstract.
Practice-based case studies
1. Title. 2. Context: issue or a problem and the policy and organizational context. 3. Rationale: reasons for taking
the initiative. 4. Description: of the case study including the methods used, processes, politics and time frame. 5.
Achievements: impact at the strategic or operational level, critical factors for success, critical challenges and
lessons learned. 6. Conclusion.
Scientific research papers
1. Title. 2. Aim. 3. Methods. 4. Results. 5. Conclusions. 6. Implications.
Please return to Caroline Scott at caroline@phasevhealthycities.org by 9 June 2014. Thank you.