Jean Simos

Biographic Data

ID4080283
NAMEJean Simos
GIVEN NAMESJean
FAMILY NAMESimos
SIGNATURESIMOS J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Geneva
ORCID0000-0003-1340-5739
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Creation and testing of the Domiscore—a tool to characterize the impact of housing on health and well-being

    Open AccessAude Richard, Camille Bruat et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The results of this study suggest that the Domiscore is accessible to housing specialists and other professionals for the evaluation of a dwelling's health impacts and the standardized detection of dangerous situations. The testing process allowed for improvements in the grid and training materials for future users

  • The inclusion of health in impact assessments

    Thierno Diallo, Nicola Cantoreggi et al.ARTICLEImpact Assessment and Project…2018

    The aim of this study is to investigate the integration of the health dimension within existing impact assessments such as environmental impact assessment (EIA), strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and sustainability assessment (SA). This work focuses on the canton of Geneva (Switzerland) and was carried out using the following methodology: a review of the legal texts and the guidelines that underpin the design and methodology of IAs; an ana…

  • The GREENH-City interventional research protocol on health in all policies

    Open AccessMarion Porcherie, Zoé Vaillant et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    The study will help identify factors enabling the implementation of the HiAP approach at a municipal level, promoting the development of green spaces policies in urban areas in order to tackle the social inequities in health

  • Healthy Cities Phase V evaluation

    Open AccessEvelyne De Leeuw, Gill Green et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2015

    In this article we reflect on the quality of a realist synthesis paradigm applied to the evaluation of Phase V of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network. The programmatic application of this approach has led to very high response rates and a wealth of important data. All articles in this Supplement report that cities in the network move from small-scale, time-limited projects predominantly focused on health lifestyles to the significant inclusio…

  • HIA in Switzerland

    Open AccessThomas Mättig, Nicola Cantoreggi et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2015

    The purpose of this article is to review the status of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Switzerland and assess whether HIA can be used to implement Health in All Policies (HiAP) in this highly decentralized country. The methods include expert opinion and an extensive literature review, as well as targeted interviews with key informers in the cantons of Geneva, Jura and Ticino. HIA has been implemented successfully since the early 2000s in Switze…

  • The role of health impact assessment in Phase V of the Healthy Cities European Network

    Open AccessJean Simos, L Spanswick et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2015

    Health impact assessment (HIA) is a prospective decision-making aid tool that aims to improve the quality of policies, programmes or projects through recommendations that promote health. It identifies how and through which pathways a decision can impact a wide range of health determinants and seeks to define the distribution of effects within populations, thereby raising the issue of equity. HIA was introduced to the WHO European Healthy Cities N…

  • L’Évaluation d’Impacts sur la Santé (EIS)

    Open AccessLaurine Tollec, Anne Roué Le Gall et al.ARTICLEDéveloppement durable et…2013References: 7

    Cet article présente un premier retour d’expérience de terrain, de construction et de mise en œuvre d’une démarche d’Évaluation d’Impacts sur la Santé (EIS) d’un projet d’aménagement urbain. Cette démarche a pour but de minimiser les impacts négatifs et maximiser les impacts positifs du projet sur la santé et la qualité de vie des populations. Grâce à une méthodologie basée sur l’élaboration d’une grille multi-critères intégrant plusieurs détermi…