Urban health
Subtitle: readings in the social, built, and physical environments of U.S. cities
By: [edited by] H. Patricia Hynes and Russ Lopez.
Contributors: Hynes, H. Patricia.; Lopez, Russ.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett; Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780763752453
Subjects: Urban health -- United States; Public health -- United States; Urbanization -- Health aspects -- United States; Urban Health -- United States; Environment Design -- United States; Health Status Disparities -- United States; Public Health -- United States; Socioeconomic Factors -- United States; Urbanization -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of extremes: concentrated affluence and poverty in the twenty-first century / Douglas S. Massey; title: Health inequities in the United States: prospects and solutions / Dennis Raphael; title: To mitigate, resist, or undo: addressing structural influences on the health of urban populations / Arline T Geronimus; title: Neighborhoods and violent crime: a multilevel study of collective efficacy / Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, Felton Earls; title: Housing and health: time again for public health action / James Krieger, Donna L. Higgins; title: Indoor environments and health: moving into the 21st century / Jonathan M. Samet, John D. Spengler; title: Urban sprawl and public health / Howard Frumkin; title: Obesity, physical activity, and the urban environment: public health research needs / Russell P. Lopez, H. Patricia Hynes; title: Health, wealth, and air pollution: advancing theory and methods / Marie S. O'Neill ... [et al.]; title: Examining urban brownfields through the public health / Jill S. Litt, Nga L. Tran, Thomas A. Burke; title: A current appraisal of toxic wastes and race in the United States, 2007 / Robin Saha; title: Urban horticulture in the contemporary United States: personal and community benefits / H. Patricia Hynes, Genevieve Howe; title: Cities: the vital core / Joel Rogers.