| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction to urban health: What is urban health? Defining the geographic and substantive scope / Ana V. Diez Roux ; Global urbanization and health trends / Ana V. Diez Roux ; Conceptual models and frameworks for understanding the links between urban environments and health / Ana V. Diez Roux ; Urban health inequities / Ana V. Diez Roux -- Part II. Identifying and collecting data for urban health research: Assessment of the urban environment : measuring scales, modes, and metrics / Gina S. Lovasi ; Human perceptions and reflections on the urban context / Gina S. Lovasi and Stephen E. Lankenau ; Characterizing and mapping health in urban areas / Gina S. Lovasi and Steve Melly -- Part III. Tools for working with urban health data: Managing and integrating diverse sources of urban data / Gina S. Lovasi and Steve Melly ; Analysis strategies for relating the urban environment to health / Gina S. Lovasi ; What do we know about what works? Synthesizing the evidence / Gina S. Lovasi and Rosie Mae Henson ; Systems approaches to urban health / Ana V. Diez Roux and Ivana Stankov -- Part IV. From evidence into action: Partnerships and collaboration : an urban focus / Jennifer Kolker and Amy Carroll-Scott ; Community engagement and participatory approaches for urban health / Amy Carroll-Scott ; Policy in urban health : the power of cities to translate science into action / Jennifer Kolker ; Dissemination of urban health research to maximize impact / Jennifer Kolker, Claire Slesinski, Amy Carroll-Scott, and Jonathan Purtle |
| Summary |
"Any discussion about urban health will begin with the fact that most of humanity now lives in urban areas. About a decade into the 21st century, the urban portion of the global population surpassed 50 percent. This shift to majority urban will come last to Africa, where the rate of urban growth is the highest in the world. How has this centuries-long transformation in human settlement affected how we think about public health research and practice? The answer: not enough. Urban health has been a niche area, much as the climate crisis has been a niche area in environmental science. It is clear that this must change because urban is how people now live. URBAN PUBLIC HEALTH: A Research Toolkit for Practice and Impact is a valuable addition to the surprisingly slim number of books that investigate what urban health means and why its study is both distinct and important. Carefully crafted and thoughtful chapters grapple with the complexity of the urban setting as a physical and social space. The volume will appeal to a varied audience, including researchers, students and practitioners alike"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford scholarship online, viewed August 13, 2021) |
| Subject |
Urban health.
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Social medicine.
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Cities and towns.
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Urban Health
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Public Health Practice
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Public Health Systems Research -- methods
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Cities
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cities.
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Social medicine
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Cities and towns
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Urban health
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lovasi, Gina Schellenbaum, editor.
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Diez Roux, Ana V. (Ana Victoria), editor.
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Kolker, Jennifer, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780190885335 |
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0190885335 |
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9780190885311 |
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0190885319 |
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9780190885328 |
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0190885327 |
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