Development of the Health economic assessment tools (HEAT) for walking and cycling: fifth consensus meeting: Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-29 March 2017: meeting report

Abstract

Coordinated by WHO, steered by a core group of multi-disciplinary experts and supported by ad-hoc invited relevant international experts, the HEAT1 project holds regular core group and consensus meetings to discuss and agree upon methodological updates and new features of HEAT. This consensus meeting was held to 1)‎ achieve scientific consensus on the possibility to integrate changes to emissions of carbon dioxide and the influence of road crashes into HEAT; 2)‎ achieve scientific consensus on options for developing new modules addressing emissions of carbon dioxide and road crashes in HEAT; 3)‎ make recommendations for future improvements that could be considered for implementation in HEAT. The meeting was attended by 26 experts and members of the HEAT core group, 2 observers, 2 staff members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and 6 staff members of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and Headquarters