Urban Health : Participatory Action-research Models Contrasting Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Urban Context

Urban Health : Participatory Action-research Models Contrasting Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Urban Context Alessandra Battisti, Maurizio Marceca, Silvia Iorio - Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2020 - 1 recurso en línea (395 páginas)

This book qualitatively and quantitatively examines the relationships between the constructed environment, health and social vulnerability. It demonstrates that spatial disintegration is often intertwined with health and social inequalities, and therefore a multidisciplinary approach to urban health is essential in order to analyze the impact that psycho-social-environmental factors can have on objective, and perceived health and to investigate the inequalities in healthcare and medical assistance processes. Empirical relationships have been observed between urban environment, social vulnerability and health in different contexts, however there is still a lack of standardized tools that allow us to gain a clear understanding of how health inequalities and daily life are generated. In order to address this issue, a national network of active research groups has been created to draft and develop a prototypical analysis infrastructure to facilitate empirical studies aimed at shedding light on the complex relationships between health disparities, socio-environmental and economic distress, as well as personal and collective health.

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RA566.7 / .U73 2020 EB