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Title Handbook of urban health : populations, methods, and practice / edited by Sandro Galea and David Vlahov
Published New York : Springer, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 599 pages) : illustrations
Contents Urban health: population, methods, and practice / Sandro Galea, David Vlahov -- PART I: POPULATIONS -- Homeless people / Stephen W. Hwang, James R. Dunn -- Health of economically deprived populations in cities / Patricia O'Campo, Michael Yonas -- Racial/ethnic minority and health: the role of the urban environment / Luisa N. Borrell, Stephani L. Hatch -- Sexual minority groups and urban health / Ruth Finkelstein, Julie Netherland -- Health and health access among urban immigrants / Sana Loue, Nancy Mendez -- The urban environment, drug use, and health / Danielle Ompad, Crystal Fuller -- The health of children in cities / M. Chris Gibbons [and others] -- Older adults: guardians of our cities / Linda Fried, Jeremy Barron -- The health of urban populations in developing countries: an overview / Mark R. Montgomery, Alex C. Ezeh -- Perspectives on the health of urban populations in Nepal / Tej Kumar Karki -- Integrative chapter: the health of urban populations / The editors -- PART II: METHODS -- An anthropological perspective on urban health / Frances K. Barg, Jane Kauer -- Epidemiology and urban health research / Sandro Galea, David Vlahov -- Design and analysis of group (or neighborhood) level urban studies / Donald Hoover -- Health services research in the city / Michael K. Gusmano, Victor G. Rodwin -- Urban health in developing countries: insights from demographic theory and practice / Mark R. Montgomery, Alex C. Ezeh -- Urban sociology and research methods on neighborhoods and health / Joseph A. Soares -- Bridging the gap between urban health and urban planning / Marlon G. Boarnet, Lois M. Takahashi -- Environmental health studies: environmental health methods for urban health / Jonathan M. Samet, Joseph H. Abraham -- Cost-effectivenss analysis for urban health research / Ahmed M. Bayoumi -- Integrative chapter: multi-disciplinary work and the study of urban health / The editors -- PART III: PRACTICE -- Building healthy cities: a focus on interventions / Jan C. Semenza -- Building healthy cities: the World Health Organization perspective / Roderick J. Lawrence -- Building healthy cities: legal frameworks and considerations / Wendy C. Peraue -- Teaching urban health / Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman -- Strategies that promote health in cities: a local health department's perspective / Mary T. Bassett [and others] -- Providing health services to marginalized urban populations / Anita Palepu, Mark W. Tyndall -- Integrative chapter: teaching and practice for promoting health in cities / The editors
Summary "A unique professional idea book, research resource, and teaching text, the Handbook of Urban Health challenges readers to consider the role that cities play in shaping population health and to generate solutions that can make cities healthier places for all those who live there."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Urban health -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Urban health.
Urban Health
Population Health
MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
Urban health
Gesundheit
Medizinsoziologie
Stadt
Steden.
Gezondheid.
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Galea, Sandro
Vlahov, David
ISBN 0387239944
9780387239941
0387258221
9780387258225
6610634211
9786610634217
1280634219
9781280634215