The HEAL 2022 Conference – Transformational Change for Environmental, Planetary, and Human Health was a 2-day virtual and live event held on 23rd – 24th November, 2022. The HEAL 2022 Conference was delivered in a hybrid mode in all States and Territories, except for Northern Territory which was online only.

The Conference was an inclusive, diverse, distributed, interactive, and free event consisting of:

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2022 PROGRAMME

Posters

Ahmed Hassan Alshehri

One Health Implementation and Public Health Policy for Zoonotic Disease Prevention and Control in Saudi Arabia

Ang Li et al.

Housing as a determinant of the health effects of climate-related disasters

Beatris Mario Martin et al.

Using Sero epidemiology of SARS CoV 2 anti S Antibodies in the Dominican Republic to Inform Regional Public Health Response

Budi Haryanto et al.

Air Pollution and Health Status in Indonesia: An Ecological Study in Jakarta, Palembang, and Bandung

Callum Morrison

Prototype Garden Living. A Climate Change Food Garden Humans May Want To Live In – An EHO’s new home grown dwelling perspective

Charlotte Waudby et al.

Asthma And Allergic Rhinitis Primary and Urgent Health Care Presentations - The Influence of Meteorology, Thunderstorms and The Grass Pollen Season

Caitlin McNamara et al.

What it takes to develop climate-resilient health systems in Asia Pacific?

Cynthia Parayiwa et al.

Are we prepared to support pregnant people during Australia’s disasters?

Diksha Vijapur, Christhina Candido

Designing Healthy and Resilient School Buildings

Dorothy Robinson

PurpleAir (PA) sensors help us understand air pollution, so we can develop strategies to protect public health

Erin Walsh et al.

How researchers can translate heath evidence into books for children

Esther Onyango et al.

Opportunities for operationalizing transdisciplinary research for long term wellbeing and resilience of human, ecological and ecosystem health

Gavin Pereira

More research is not needed. Assessment of whether a new study is likely to change the aggregate evidence: Introducing the Stability Threshold

Hannah McClymont, Wenbiao Hu

The Effect of Border Closures, Vaccination, and Masking Requirements on COVID-19 Transmission in Queensland, Australia: A Spatial Cluster Analysis.

Le Tu Hoang et al.

Effects of heatwaves on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Southern Vietnam, 2010-2018

Jake Williams et al.

Environmental impacts can be added to other costs in health economic evaluations

Jierui Dong et al.

Predicting and Improving Indoor Air Quality in Schools for Extreme Climates

Jingwen Liu et al.

Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Attributable to Hot Weather in Australia: Current Attributable Risk and Future Burden

Keyu Wu et al.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of intraday effects of ambient air pollution and temperature on cardiorespiratory morbidities: First few hours of exposure matters to life

Pickles K, Haddock R

Decarbonising clinical care in Australia

Lina Ang et al.

Second-hand smoke and fine particulate matter exposures among multi-unit housing residents in Singapore

Tran Nu Quy Linh et al.

The Effect of Heatwaves on Hospitalization in Eight Ecological Regions in Vietnam

Mark de Souza et al.

Healthy patients, workforce and environment. Coupling climate adaptation and mitigation to wellbeing in healthcare

Carys Batcup et al.

Behavioural Change Interventions Encouraging Clinicians to Reduce Carbon Emissions In Clinical Activity: A Systematic Review

Matilde Breth Petersen et al.

Exploring Anaesthetists’ Views on The Carbon Footprint of Anaesthesia and Identifying Opportunities and Challenges for Reducing Its Impact on The Environment

Morgan Brain et al.

Wood heater smoke: Developing and testing novel solutions to a persistent problem

Neda Nematollahi, Anne Steinemann

Volatile organic compound emissions from green and regular fragranced consumer products

Neha Singh et al.

National Scale NO2 Exposure Assessment in India using Satellite Based Land Use Regression Model

Nigel Goodman et al.

Interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution from landscape fires: The Healthy-Air Project

Ning Wang et al.

Estimates, Trends, and Potential Drivers of the Global Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Attributable to Ozone Pollution, 1990 2019: an Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Rebecca Williamson et al.

Infrastructures of care: Pregnancy and birth during the 2019-20 bushfires

Sania Afrose et al.

Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Nanoplastics (PS-NPs) by Australian Seabass

Sotiris Vardoulakis et al.

Clean Energy for Healthy Environments and Lives (CE4HEAL)

Timothy Chaston et al.

Air pollution mortality benefits of sustained COVID-19 mobility restrictions in Australian cities

Sustainability Victoria

Findings from the Victorian Healthy Homes Program: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Wen Ray Lee

Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (EPFRs) by-products of air pollution in Australian Households

Yannan Li et al.

Association between high ambient temperatures and road crashes in the warm season in Adelaide, South Australia: A time-series study, 2012–2021

Yohannes Tefera Damtew et al.

Effects of high temperatures and heatwaves on dengue fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kristen Pickles et al.

Clinician and Health Service Interventions to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare: A Systematic Review

Tri Ton That Canh et al.

Situation Of Plastic Waste Management and Health Conditions of People in Hai Duong Coastal Community of Thua Thien Hue Province in 2020

Recordings

Conference Day 1

Opening Address

Plenary Session & Panel Discussion

Conference Day 1 - Regional Breakout Sessions

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Victoria

Western Australia Part 1

Western Australia Part 2

Queensland

Conference Day 2

Opening Address

Plenary Session & Panel Discussion

Awards & Closing Address

Conference Day 2 - Thematic Breakout Sessions

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and knowledge translation for building resilience to environmental change

Biosecurity, COVID-19 and emerging Infections in the context of environmental change

Bushfires, air pollution, heatwaves, and other extreme events, and their impact on physical, mental, and community health

Clean energy solutions for healthy environments and lives

Data and decision support systems for environmental health applications

Health system resilience to environmental change and sustainability

Urban health, built environment and nature based solutions

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We acknowledge the HEAL (Healthy Environments And Lives) National Research Network, which receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change (Grant No. 2008937).