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Handbook of urban health : populations, methods, and practice
- Title
- Handbook of urban health : populations, methods, and practice / edited by Sandro Galea and David Vlahov.
- Publication
- New York : Springer, 2005.
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- Description
- xiii, 599 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- 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."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Handbook.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Urban health : population, methods, and practice / Sandro Galea and David Vlahov -- 2. Homeless people / Stephen W. Hwang and James R. Dunn -- 3. Health of economically deprived populations in cities / Patricia O'Campo and Michael Yonas -- 4. Racial/ethnic minority and health : the role of the urban environment / Luisa N. Borrell and Stephani L. Hatch -- 5. Sexual minority groups and urban health / Ruth Finkelstein and Julie Netherland -- 6. Health and health access among urban immigrants / Sana Loue and Nancy Mendez -- 7. The urban environment, drug use, and health / Danielle Ompad and Crystal Fuller -- 8. The health of children in cities / M. Chris Gibbons, Vijay Singh, Kisha Braithwaite and Bernard Guyer -- 9. Older adults : guardians of our cities / Linda Fried and Jeremy Barron -- 10. The health of urban populations in developing countries : an overview / Mark R. Montgomery and Alex C. Ezeh -- 11. Perspectives on the health of urban populations in Nepal / Tej Kumar Karki -- 12. Integrative chapter : the health of urban populations / The Editors -- 13. An anthropological perspective on urban health / Frances K. Barg and Jane Kauer -- 14. Epidemiology and urban health research / Sandro Galea and David Vlahov -- 15. Design and analysis of group (or neighborhood) level urban studies / Donald Hoover -- 16. Health services research in the city / Michael K. Gusmano and Victor G. Rodwin -- 17. Urban health in developing countries : insights from demographic theory and practice / Mark R. Montgomery and Alex C. Ezeh -- 18. Urban sociology and research methods on neighborhoods and health / Joseph A. Soares -- 19. Bridging the gap between urban health and urban planning / Marlon G. Boarnet and Lois M. Takahashi -- 20. Environmental health studies : environmental health methods for urban health / Jonathan M. Samet and Joseph H. Abraham -- 21. Cost-effectiveness analysis for urban health research / Ahmed M. Bayoumi -- 22. Integrative chapter : multi-disciplinary work and the study of urban health / The Editors -- 23. Building healthy cities : a focus on interventions / Jan C. Semenza -- 24. Building healthy cities : the world health organization perspective / Roderick J. Lawrence -- 25. Building healthy cities : legal frameworks and considerations / Wendy C. Peraue -- 26. Teaching urban health / Nicholas Freudenberg and Susan Klitzman -- 27. Strategies that promote health in cities : a local health department's perspective / Mary T. Bassett, Thomas R. Frieden, Deborah R. Deitcher and Thomas D. Matte -- 28. Providing health services to marginalized urban populations / Anita Palepu and Mark W. Tyndall -- 29. Integrative chapter : teaching and practice for promoting health in cities / The Editors.
- ISBN
- 0387239944
- LCCN
- 2004062568
- 9780387239941
- OCLC
- ocm56921000
- SCSB-5159830
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries