Fourth Annual Healthy Cities Conference Abstracts (Presentation & Posters)

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Pet ownership as an intervention to support health aging, aging in place, and the development of age friendly cities: preliminary work on the Canadian context by identifying differences in older adult pet owners and non-owners

Sara Packull-McCormick, Lauren E. Grant

Presented by
Sara Packull-McCormick <spackull@uoguelph.ca>
Institution
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
Hashtags
#HealthyAging #Petownership

Integrating Artificial Intelligence for Climate Resilient and Healthy Cities

Adya Dash, Edward McBean

Presented by
Adya Dash <adash@uoguelph.ca>
Institution
College of Engineering, University of Guelph
Hashtags
#AI #Climate #Engineering

Consumption as a response to loneliness in later life: An interdisciplinary scoping review

Aicha Kallel, Catherine Paquet, Aïda Faber

Presented by
Aicha Kallel <aicha.kallel.1@ulaval.ca>
Institution
Marketing Department, Faculty of Business Administration, Université Laval
Hashtags
#healthyaging #community

Empowering health starts: supporting perinatal nutrition among families affected by health inequities in Canada

Alison Mildon, Jo-Anna Baxter, Jane Francis, Daniel Sellen, Deborah O'Connor

Presented by
Alison Mildon <alison.mildon@mail.utoronto.ca>
Institution
Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Hashtags
#nutrition #health #perinatal

A multidimensional analysis of community and home gardens as catalysts for human-environment well-being

Ameen Hammed, Valérie Orsat

Presented by
Ameen Hammed <ameen.hammed@mail.mcgill.ca>
Institution
Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University
Hashtags
#Infrastructure #Health #Environment

Exploring mothers’ alcohol consumption and the socio-cultural context of its use: a scoping review

Anne Waugh, Kelsey Mann, Andrea Bombak, Barbara Parker, Nicole Askin, Kate Evans, Sheri Lysy-Sigurgeirson, Tiffany Kinsman, Lamiya Salim, Ann Bishay, Natalie Riediger

Presented by
Anne Waugh <waugha@myumanitoba.ca>
Institution
Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba
Hashtags
#health

Nourishing Black children: facilitators and barriers to culturally responsive school food programs in Toronto

Asma Musa, Mavra Ahmed, Daniel Sellen

Presented by
Asma Musa <asma.musa@mail.utoronto.ca>
Institution
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Hashtags
#community #nutrition #children

Greenspace exposure and mental-health service use in Toronto: Dissemination Area (DA) level evidence with socio-economic adjustment

Boran Chen

Presented by
Boran Chen <b347chen@uwaterloo.ca>
Institution
University of Waterloo
Hashtags
#Infrastructure #MentalHealth

Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of Qualified Exercise Professionals in collaborative primary care setting

Brianna Leadbetter, Jonathon R. Fowles, Danielle R. Bouchard

Presented by
Brianna Leadbetter <brianna.leadbetter@unb.ca>
Institution
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of New Brunswick
Hashtags
#healthyaging #community #healthcare #health

Traditional foods for healthy urban food systems: Supply, demand, and pathways for inclusive economic development by indigenous community enterprises

Cameron McRae, Laurette Dubé

Presented by
Cameron McRae <cameron_mcrae@sfu.ca>
Institution
Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health, Simon Fraser University
Hashtags
#nutrition #foodsystem #indigenous

The importance of building trust for effective health-related service delivery in settlement organizations: Preliminary findings from a scoping review

Claudia Allou, Sydney Keyamo, Catherine Paquet, Alayne Adams

Presented by
Claudia Allou <claudia.allou@mail.mcgill.ca>
Institution
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
Hashtags
#health #community #equity

Conducting multilingual cross-cultural research with limited funding, time and labour capacity

Diya Chowdhury, Heather McKay, Thea Franke, Joanie Sims-Gould

Presented by
Diya Chowdhury <diya.chowdhury@ubc.ca>
Institution
Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
Hashtags
#health #community #equity

Supporting Vulnerable Clientele in Urban Food Environment: BANBR, a Budget-Aware Next-Basket Recommender for Optimizing Value for Money

Fares Belkhiria, Jian‑Yun Nie, Tianyu Zhu, and Laurette Dubé

Presented by
Fares Belkhiria <fares.belkhiria@mail.mcgill.ca>
Institution
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hashtags
#foodsystems #community

Going along for the ride: Applying qualitative in-situ methods to understand active transportation needs and opportunities in Edmonton, Alberta

Genevieve Montemurro, Kate Storey

Presented by
Genevieve Montemurro <grs@ualberta.ca>
Institution
School of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta
Hashtags
#transportation #community #health

The case of differentiated patterns of intentions, habits, consumption, and readiness to reduce meat consumption in Quebec, Canada

Ghina ElHaffar, Antonia Gieschen, Isabelle Lessard, Karine Lacroix, Laurette Dubé

Presented by
Ghina ElHaffar <ghina.elhaffar@mcgill.ca>
Institution
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Hashtags
#foodsystems #nutrition #community

Effect of Protected Cycling Trail on Active Transportation, Physical Activity and Cycling Traffic: A Natural Experiment

Isaak Fast, Nika Klaprat, Todd Duhamel, Jonathan McGavock

Presented by
Isaak Fast <isaak.fast@umanitoba.ca>
Institution
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba,
Hashtags
#transportation #community #health

How can non-experts evaluate healthy cities?

Lilianna Xing , Rachel Tsai , James Li , Eve Branda , Lilly Haughton , Kian Nabavi , Dr. Brad Bass

Presented by
Lilianna Xing <lilianna.xing@mail.utoronto.ca>
Institution
University of Toronto - ROP Program (School of the Environment)
Hashtags
#community #health

Integration of sustainable food in healthcare institutions in Ontario: A grey literature scoping review

Lisa L. Blank, Alyssa D. Milano, Lesley Andrade, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick

Presented by
Lisa Blank <lblank@uwaterloo.ca>
Institution
School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Hashtags
#health #nutrition #foodsystems

Neighbourhood-Level Determinants of Premature Mortality: A Spatial Analysis of Health, Socioeconomic, and Accessibility Factors in Toronto

Manuela D'Cunha

Presented by
Manuela D'Cuhna <manueladcunha@gmail.com>
Institution
School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
Hashtags
#Infrastructure #Health #Environment

Multi-Dimensional Wellbeing Assessment for Food Environment at Individual, Enterprise, and Community Level: Reviewing and Advancing Social-Life Cycle Methods

Marilyne Chicoine, Ebenezer Miezah Kwofie, Laurette Dubé

Presented by
Marilyne Chicoine <marilyne.chicoine@mcgill.ca>
Institution
Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Hashtags
#Community #Foodsystems #Health

From measurement to action: using the Canadian Food Environment Database to explore urban food equity for healthy city planning

Martin Holmes , Michael Widener, Rachel Murphy, Leia Minaker, Nancy Ross, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Jennifer Vena

Presented by
Martin Holmes <martin.holmes@utoronto.ca>
Institution
Dept. of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
Hashtags
#foodsystem #nutrition #foodequity #implementation

Priming the Mind for Recovery: Translating Neuroplasticity Research into Scalable Mental Health Interventions

Matthew Martinnez, Dr. Arthur Chaves, Dr. Sara Tremblay

Presented by
Matthew Martinnez <mmart186@uottawa.ca>
Institution
The Royal Institute of Mental Health Research; University of Ottawa
Hashtags
#mentalhealth #health

Methodological advances for scaling responsible consumption: A geospatial visualization of protein consumption patterns in Montreal for targeted environmental interventions

Mira Almrstani, Ghina ElHaffar,Cameron McRae, Fares Belkhiria, Duo Zhang, David Kaiser, Alexandre DaSilva , Antonio Brunetti, Shar-Lee Amori, Achyutha Surukanti , Yu Ma, Anna-Liisa Aunio, Catherine Paquet, Raja Sengupta , Laurette Dubé

Presented by
Mira Almrstani <mira.almrstani@mail.mcgill.ca>
Institution
Department of Geography, McGill Universit
Hashtags
#environment #healthy #community #nutrition

AI-Based Damage Detection for Building Resilient Smart and Healthy Cities

Muhammad Saud Khan, YoungJin Cha

Presented by
Muhammad Saud Khan <khans28@myumanitoba.ca>
Institution
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba
Hashtags
#AI #Infrastructure #Engineering

Understanding Challenges in Assessing and Addressing Social Needs from a Primary Care Provider’s Lens

Mélysiane Marcotte, Brigdet Li, Madison Leggatt , Catherine Paquet , Annick Gauthier, Alayne M. Adams

Presented by
Mélysiane Marcotte <melysiane.marcotte@mail.mcgill.ca>
Institution
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University
Hashtags
#healthcare #health #community

Who cares? A gendered analysis of mobility of care done by bicycle in Victoria, BC

Naeva Scott Bouris, Meghan Winters

Presented by
Naeva Scott Bouris <naeva_scott_bouris@sfu.ca>
Institution
Cities, Health, & Active Transportation Research Lab, Simon Fraser University
Hashtags
#transportation #health #environment

Transportation, the Built Environment, and Physical Activity: A Multi-city Longitudinal Analysis

Patricia Salazar Ramírez

Presented by
Patricia Salazar Ramirez <patricia.salazar@usask.ca>
Institution
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Hashtags
#transportation #community #health

Spatial Representativeness of Weather Stations and Their Impact on Urban Climate Research: A Case Study of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Canada

Priyadharshini Sakthivel, Raja Sengupta

Presented by
Priyadharshini Sakthivel <priyadharshini.sakthivel@mail.mcgill.ca>
Institution
Department of Geography, McGill University
Hashtags
#climate #health

A large new truly healthy city as a prototype for Canada’s urban development

Richard Gilbert

Presented by
Richard Gilbert <rgilbert@bi-ib.ca>
Institution
Boltzmann Institute
Hashtags
#Infrastructure #Health

Do different types of bike paths support different levels of biking? An examination of real-world changes in Montreal, Canada.

Stephanie A. Prince, Tyler Thomas, Philippe Apparicio, Lancelot Rodrigue, Christopher Jobson, Kathyrn L. Walker, Gregory P. Butler, Rania Wasfi

Presented by
Stephanie Prince Ware <stephanie.prince.ware@phac-aspc.gc.ca>
Institution
Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada
Hashtags
#transportation #community #health

Built Environment Impacts on Physical Activity in Canada: A Systematic Review of Natural Experiments

Stephanie Prince Ware, Justin J. Lang, Sarah Lawrason, Eric Vallières, Gregory Butle ,Alison Lake , Gavin R. McCormack

Presented by
Stephanie Prince Ware <stephanie.prince.ware@phac-aspc.gc.ca>
Institution
Public Health Agency of Canada
Hashtags
#transportation #community #health

Dairy farmer engagement in antimicrobial stewardship programs: A narrative review through the lens of the participation ladder

Faith Ehigbor, Kathryn Proudfoot, Katherine E. Koralesky, Caroline Ritter

Presented by
Tunmise Faith Ehigbor <tfehigbor@upei.ca>
Institution
Department of Health Management, University of Prince Edward Island
Hashtags
#Agritech #Argiculture

Reducing type 2 diabetes risk via a co-designed nutrition education and community gardening intervention: protocol for Nourish to Flourish (N2F), a community-based participatory research project in Peel, Ontario.

Vivian Yin, Selina Quibrantar, Alexis Konopny, Deena Hassan, Harriet Whitehead, LingLing Deng, Gabrielle Viscardi 1,5 , Zeinab Houshialsadat, Dayana El Chaar , Brighid McKay, Antonio Rossi, John Sievenpiper, Laura Chiavaroli, Vasanti Malik

Presented by
Vivian Yin <v.yin@mail.utoronto.ca>
Institution
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Hashtags
#nutrition #community #health #infrastructure

Assessing a community gardening intervention to lower type 2 diabetes risk

Yumnah Jafri, Selina Quibrantar, Benjamin A. Organ, Monika Bianco, Britt McKee, Vasanti Malik

Presented by
Yumnah Jafri <yumnah.jafri@mail.utoronto.ca>
Institution
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,
Hashtags
#community #health #nutrition