Urban Health Education: Global Challenges and Opportunities

Corburn, Jason; Nguendo-Yongsi, Blaise; Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira; Oni, Tolu; Salem, Gérard

doi:10.1007/s11524-019-00366-0

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“…The complex interactions between these determinants in the ubiquity of cities led more urban planning academics to call for interdisciplinary research relinking urban planning, public health, and epidemiology. (Vlahov and Galea, 2003;Corburn et al, 2019;Galea, Ettman and Vlahov, 2019). Several authors center environmental justice in their arguments for urban health equity, citing theories of 'differential vulnerability' and highlighting how health stressors affect people differently according to their socioeconomic status (Pearlin, 1999 cited in Galea, Ettman and…”

Section: Complexity In the Urban Determinants Of Healthmentioning

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Towards Preventative Urban Health Resilience - A Case Study of Cairo’s Heliopolis

Gad¹

2021

Proceedings of the 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress

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The increasing prevalence of diseases in urban populations caused by poor living conditions and social inequities is a primary concern for cities, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting a significant vulnerability to health disasters. This research identifies specific urban determinants of health, aims to bridge the gap between urban health and urban resilience, and examines the health risks associated with changes in urban mobility and green space. Through a literature review and empirical research of the case study of Heliopolis, Cairo, where site observations, satellite images and semi-structured interviews provide data for findings relating social and physical determinants with potential population health outcomes. Heliopolis is undergoing an urban mobility project intending to turn it into a large mobility axis. The findings underlined a significant reduction in walkable spaces, percentages of greenery, and a sense of safety, affecting the resident's lifestyles and space-use patterns and potentially leading to increased health risks, pollution, and disaster vulnerability. This research calls for relinking urban health and resilience, adopting a more preventative approach to health promotion, especially in global south cities.

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Section: Complexity In the Urban Determinants Of Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Preventative Urban Health Resilience - A Case Study of Cairo’s Heliopolis

Gad¹

2021

Proceedings of the 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress

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Urban Health Education: Global Challenges and Opportunities

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Towards Preventative Urban Health Resilience - A Case Study of Cairo’s Heliopolis

Towards Preventative Urban Health Resilience - A Case Study of Cairo’s Heliopolis

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