Week 11 Flashcards
Urban Health
**Urban health **recognizes that place can affect health
- older, minority populations are more at risk and less helped
Cities matter at a structural level:
- densely populated
- concentrated health resources
- bring diversity
Different Views
1. Chicago School (Industrial city)
- poor inner city zones have health disadvantages
2. Urban Political Ecology (Post-industrial city)
- power inequalities and neo-liberal cutbacks lead to a lack of acces to health
SDOH’s
Social determinants of healt, 12 identified including:
- income/social status
- social environments
- physical environments
- working conditions
- social support networks
- culture
- gender
- education
- genetic
- health services
Racism and Health
Importance of understanding urban health
- question how a city distributes resources
- using public health policies to improve equity
Some view racial minorities as hyper resilient
Resilient City
Resiliency is the ability to prepare and recover from health shocks
- having systems of management to deal with health risks
- policies and regulations
- strengthen the capacity to be resilient in vulnerable areas
