Supporting Healthy Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments

Suzanne Audrey is co-lead of the SHINE health integration team (HIT) with Marcus Grant, Associate Professor of Healthy Urban Environments at the University of the West of England (UWE). We are working with partners in housing, transport and planning at Bristol City Council as well as representatives from NHS Bristol and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust (AWP).Our goal is to use sound science, community voices and innovation to establish Bristol as a healthy city, reduce health inequities, and closely align city development with health, well-being, social inclusion and green city aspirations. SHINE will focus on: compiling an evidence base; encouraging links between key stakeholders; collating and improving the collection of baseline data; developing interventions and appropriate research methods; implementing and evaluating interventions, and; disseminating and promoting good practice.