Platform projects

To highlight the important findings and outcomes of the Healthy Urban Environments Seed Grant Program over the past five years by the universities, local health districts and other partners of SPHERE, we have collated 8 papers in an open access special issue published with the Sax Institute journal, Public Health Research and Practice.

This project (funded by the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute as part of its 2023 seed grant program) identifies the care and support needs of older people at the intersection of age, ethnicity and sexuality, to uncover how their needs are currently supported by formal services and informal networks.

This project (funded by the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise, or SPHERE, under its 2023 Big Ideas grant program) aims to find out more about what every day ageing people think about the idea of technology (such as sensors and robots) being installed in their homes to support their ageing in place.

With support from HUE, the Institute of Sustainable Futures has developed a paper for Health Infrastructure NSW to facilitate discussions on NSW health precincts.

HUE has started research into health precincts in South West Sydney Local Health District, with the focus on: Does hospital/healthcare infrastructure, directly or indirectly, impact on the health of patients, staff, their social networks and the wider community?

This report describes a rapid review exercise on the place-based intervention approaches to improving the health and wellbeing outcomes of residents in the Australian state of NSW. The aim of this exercise is to inform the Cancer Institute NSW on their future policy and program developments in cancer prevention and screening.

This project (funded by the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute as part of its 2022 seed grant program) investigates how traditional walaays (ceremonial camps) and Augmented Reality technology may assist older, urban-living Aboriginal people to reconnect with Country, and contribute to cultural healing.

Partnering with UNSW Sydney's Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, this project (commissioned by the Western Sydney Health Alliance) reviews the development of healthy planning principles in Australia and internationally.

This collaborative project investigates how city planning can help improve the senses of belonging, home and safety of our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Gender Diverse, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and other sexual minority (LGBTQIA+) communities living in the Six Cities Region.