Urban health and society: interdisciplinary approaches to research and practice

Urban Health and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice prepares students in public health, urban studies, sociology, nursing, medicine, and other areas to investigate causes and solutions to complex urban health problems such as asthma, diabetes, obesity, depression, substance abuse, violence and others. The authors demonstrate interdisciplinary ways to study the causes and consequences of these critical urban health problems, with step by step guidance to combining methods. This is the first book to address the intersection of two main themes in 21st century public health: the growing urbanization of the worlds population and the increased importance of interdisciplinary approaches to public health practice and research. By presenting case studies that apply interdisciplinary approaches to real life urban health problems, the book brings readers to the frontlines of public health practice while building a case for broader, more comprehensive approaches for intervention andresearch. The books authors include anthropologists, psychologists, epidemiologists, physicians, environmental health scientists, health educators and others, providing readers with concrete examples of how each discipline can contribute to solving urban health problems. The editors and contributors are preparing a supplement for instructors that reflects their teaching of graduate level public health, psychology and other courses that cover this material. This will include suggestions for written assignments and semester projects, interdisciplinary modules for existing research methods course, and an outline and syllabus for a course on interdisciplinary approaches to urban health for which this book will serve as a primary text. Part : Foundations This section introduces main themes of book, explains organization and rationale and describes connection to various disciplines including public health, nursing, social work and social sciences. INDICE: 1. Introduction: Frameworks for Interdisciplinary Urban Health Research and Practice 2. How Health and Environmental Activism Trigger Interdisciplinary Urban Health Research and Policy Part 2: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studying Causes This section illustrates how interdisciplinary research canbe used to analyze the multiple causes of urban health problems at varying levels of organization. It identifies unique challenges of interdisciplinary andmultilevel causal research. 3. Geographic Information Systems, Environmental Justice, and Health Disparities: Interdisciplinary Approaches Asthma and Air Pollution in the Bronx, New York City 4. Housing and Health in the Urban Environment 5. The Health and Well-Being of Urban Children: An Ecological Model 6. Racial inequality in health and the impact of a policy-induced breakdown of African-American* Part 3: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Intervention This section moves from causation to intervention, providing readers with examples of approaches to improving health by incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives into program planning and implementation and policy advocacy. It identifies unique characteristics of multilevel urban interventions. 7. Transdisciplinary Action Research on Teen Smoking Prevention 8. Human Rights and the Right to Health: Grassroots Protest for Environmental Health and Social Justice 9. The social context and the consequences of disasters: The role of political structuresand governance with implications for prevention and intervention 10. Healthy Aging for Urban Immigrants 11: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes Part 4: Putting Interdisciplinary Approaches into Practice 12. Using Interdisciplinary Approaches to Strengthen Urban Health Research and Practice

• ISBN: 978-0-470-38366-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 14/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés