Cities and the Health of the Public

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Contents Preface ix part i Introduction 1. A Framework for the Study of Urban Health   3 Sandro Galea, Nicholas Freudenberg, and David Vlahov 2. Changing Living Conditions; Changing Health: U.S. Cities since World War II   19 Nicholas Freudenberg, Sandro Galea, and David Vlahov part ii Determinants of Health in Cities 3. The Urban Social Environment and Its Effects on Health   49 Adam Coutts and Ichiro Kawachi 4. The Urban Physical Environment and Its Effects on Health 61 Susan Klitzman, Thomas D. Matte, and Daniel E. Kass 5. Access to High-Quality Health Care in U.S. Cities: Balancing Community Need and Service System Survival   85 Dennis P. Andrulis 6. Food, Nutrition, and the Health of Urban Populations   106 Ming-Chin Yeh and David L. Katz vi Cities and the Health of the Public part iii Local and Global Perspectives on Changing Cities 7. Public Health in U.S. Cities: A Historical Perspective   129 David Rosner 8. Cities, Suburbs, and Urban Sprawl: Their Impact on Health 143 Howard Frumkin 9. Fifty Ways to Destroy a City: Undermining the Social Foundation of Health   176 Mindy Thompson Fullilove 10. A Developing World Perspective: Health and Deficiencies in Provision for Water and Sanitation in Urban Areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean   194 Gordon McGranahan and David Satterthwaite part iv Health Outcomes and Determinants 11. Cities and Infectious Diseases: Controls and Challenges   209 David Vlahov and Emily Gibble 12. Traumatic Stressors in Urban Settings: Consequences and Implications   225 Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Amy Van Wynsberghe, Tomika Stevens, and Dean G. Kilpatrick 13. Mental Health in the City   247 Sandro Galea, Michaeline Bresnahan, and Ezra Susser Contents vii part v Next Steps: Research and Intervention 14. Methodological Considerations in the Study of Urban Health: How Do We Best Assess How Cities Affect Health?   277 Sandro Galea and Amy Schulz 15. Interventions to Improve Urban Health   294 Nicholas Freudenberg 16. Creating Healthier Cities: Where Do We Go from Here?   327 David Vlahov, Sandro Galea, and Nicholas Freudenberg Contributors   345 Index   349 ...