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Erschienen in: Journal of Urban Health 6/2019

29.10.2019

Systematic Surveys in Informal Settlements: Challenges in Moving Toward Health Equity

verfasst von: David Vlahov

Erschienen in: Journal of Urban Health | Ausgabe 6/2019

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Over one billion people in the world live in informal settlements called slums. Slum populations continue to grow with the push-pull forces toward cities. Push toward cities can be due to war and adverse weather such as droughts. Pull is related to the opportunity to generate wealth through either the formal or informal economy. Without city resources and legal stature, governments have responded over time by having many of these settlements not included in overall urban plans that could be developed to provide trunk services, health care, education, and job training. The municipal and national policies that do not lift living conditions result in making unsafe living conditions and disparities in health. Views and actions are changing for a number of urban informal settlements, and such changes have been due to a number of factors. One of these factors is having credible data to document conditions. …
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Zurück zum Zitat Margaret L. McNairy ML, Tymejczyk O,Rivera V, Seo G, Dorélien A, Mireille Peck P, Petion J, Walsh K, Bolgrien A, Nash D, Jean Pape J, Fitzgerald DW. High burden of non-communicable diseases among a young slum population in Haiti. J Urban Health 2019 Margaret L. McNairy ML, Tymejczyk O,Rivera V, Seo G, Dorélien A, Mireille Peck P, Petion J, Walsh K, Bolgrien A, Nash D, Jean Pape J, Fitzgerald DW. High burden of non-communicable diseases among a young slum population in Haiti. J Urban Health 2019
Metadaten
Titel
Systematic Surveys in Informal Settlements: Challenges in Moving Toward Health Equity
verfasst von
David Vlahov
Publikationsdatum
29.10.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Urban Health / Ausgabe 6/2019
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Elektronische ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-019-00393-x

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