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Urban Public Health grapples with the complexity of the urban setting as a physical and social space while also providing an abundance of global and local examples of current urban health practices.
List of contents
- Table of Contents
- Contributing Authors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I - Introduction to Urban Health
- Chapter 1. What is Urban Health? Defining the Geographic and Substantive Scope
- Chapter 2. Global Urbanization and Health Trends
- Chapter 3. Conceptual Models and Frameworks for Understanding the Links Between Urban Environments and Health
- Chapter 4. Urban Health Inequities
- Part II - Identifying and Collecting Data for Urban Health Research
- Chapter 5. Assessment of the Urban Environment: Measurement Scales, Modes, and Metrics
- Chapter 6. Human Perceptions and Reflections on the Urban Context
- Chapter 7. Characterizing and Mapping Health in Urban Areas
- Part III - Tools for working with urban health data
- Chapter 8. Managing and Integrating Diverse Sources of Urban Data
- Chapter 9. Analysis Strategies for Relating the Urban Environment to Health
- Chapter 10. What Do We Know About What Works? Synthesizing the Evidence
- Chapter 11: Systems approaches to urban health
- Part IV: From Evidence into Action
- Chapter 12. Partnerships and Collaboration: An Urban Focus
- Chapter 13. Community Engagement and Participatory Approaches for Urban Health
- Chapter 14: Policy in Urban Health: The Power of Cities to Translate Science into Action
- Chapter 15: Dissemination of Urban Health Research to Maximize Impact
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
About the author
Gina S. Lovasi, PhD, MPH is Co-Director of the Urban Health Collaborative and Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health at Drexel University. Dr. Lovasi received her public health training at the University of Washington. Her research projects reflect a tension between loving to work with large datasets to chip away at big questions, and a fascination with the insights gained through field data collection to tackle local information needs.
Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, is Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. Originally trained as a pediatrician in her native Buenos Aires, she completed public health training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Her work on neighborhood health effects has been highly influential in the policy debate on population health and its determinants.
Jennifer Kolker, MPH is Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University.
Summary
Urban Public Health grapples with the complexity of the urban setting as a physical and social space while also providing an abundance of global and local examples of current urban health practices.
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This book is an important contribution to the study of urban health. By its careful exposition of the tools of science, including definitions and methods, it establishes a coherent base to guide future exploration. Urban Public Health will serve scholars and students alike and should be required reading in all urban health courses."
