{"product_id":"urban-public-health-9780190885304","title":"Urban Public Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, we know cities as shared spaces with the potential to both threaten and promote human health: while urban areas are known to amplify the transmission of epidemics like Ebola, urban residency is also associated with longer, healthier lives. Modern cities encompass a wide ecology of infrastructures, institutions and services that impact health, from access to improved sanitation and early childhood education to the design of buildings and transportation systems. So how has this centuries-long transformation in human settlement affected the mindset surrounding public health research and practice? Urban Public Health is an interdisciplinary collaboration from experts across the globe that approaches the issue of urban health research from a uniquely public health orientation. The carefully crafted and thoughtful chapters in this volume grapple with the complexity of the urban setting as a physical and social space while also providing an abundance of global and local examples of cur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA treasure-trove of lessons in urban public health research from the most urbanized regions of the world, Urban Public Health offers a comprehensive guide to urban health research from theoretical frameworks to practical considerations. By adopting a population health approach, the authors foreground the diverse systems for health that can support or undermine health in cities. The detailed exposÃé of updates to research methods for urban health are overdue additions to the scientific landscape, and a must for the conduct of policy-informed and contextually relevant research for healthy sustainable cities globally.\" * Tolullah Oni, Public Health Physician and Urban Epidemiologist, Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity (RICHE Africa), University of Cambridge, and University of Cape Town *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\" * Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Professor of Urban Policy and Health, The New School *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable 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","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52083813318999,"sku":"9780190885304","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190885304.jpg?v=1762203900","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/urban-public-health-9780190885304","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}