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An essential collection that advances our understanding of how cities influence our health

More than half the world's population lives in cities a figure that will grow to two-thirds by 2030. As global populations rapidly consolidate around urban centers, the scientific understanding of what this means for human health faces a new and greater urgency.

Urban Health connects urban exposures the experiences, choices, and behaviors shaped by living in a city to their impact on population health. By using the ubiquitous aspects of the urban experience as a lens to study these exposures across borders and demographics, it offers a new, scalable framework for understanding health and disease. Its applications to public health, epidemiology, and social science are virtually unlimited.

Enriched with case studies that consider the state of health in cities all over the world, this book does more than capture the state of a nascent field; it holds a critical mirror to itself, considering the next decade and arming a new generation with the tools for research and practice.

The most comprehensive text available on the subject of urban health and the impact of urban exposures on human health and longevity
With two-thirds of global population likely to live in a city by 2030, this book codifies the best knowledge on a topic of vital and urgent relevance
Includes discussions of the core features that drive health in cities, with a discipline-based approach that spans social sciences and urban planning
Presents case studies illustrating how cities around the world shape population health
An ideal core text for courses in public health, global health, epidemiology, social work, medicine, and social science
Edited by Sandro Galea, Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean, Boston University School of Public Health, Edited by Catherine K. Ettman, Chief of Staff, Boston University School of Public Health, and Edited by David Vlahov, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Yale University School of Nursing.

Sandro Galea is Robert A. Knox Professor and Dean of the School of Public Health at Boston University. He is a past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and of the Interdisciplinary Society for Population Health Science, chair-elect of the board of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Catherine K. Ettman is Chief of Staff at the Boston University School of Public Health and a doctoral student at the Brown University School of Public Health. She is interested in the non-health policies that shape health in urban areas. David Vlahov is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the School of Nursing at Yale University. He is former Dean of the University of California School of Nursing, founding president of the International Society for Urban Health, editor of the Journal of Urban Health, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine
ISBN
978-0-19-091584-1
EAN
9780190915841
Editor
Oxford University Press
Stock
NO
Idioma
Inglés
Nivel
Profesional
Formato
Encuadernado
Rústica
Páginas
384
Largo
240
Ancho
160
Peso
-
Edición
Fecha de edición
10-05-2019
Año de edición
2019
Nº de ediciones
1
Colección
-
Nº de colección
-