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Health economic assessment tool for walking and cycling

Country

Global Initiative

2017-Ongoing

Aimed for

All age groups

Type of partnership

Public-Private Partnership

Sectors

Mobility, Health

Innovation

Methodological, Social

Aim

The aim of the HEAT tool is to facilitate evidence-based decision-making for cross-sectoral policies and measures that can promote walking, cycling, and health by providing an health economic assessment of impacts resulting from physical activity associated with these active travel modes.

Outcome

The tool has been used in different countries to assess and thus promote projects and measures that enable active mobility and behaviours, highlighting proven positive benefit-cost ratios, including health costs and health prevention

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