The Potential of Serious Games for Improving Health and Reducing Urban Health Inequalities

2010 ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
M. Chris Gibbons ◽  
Rajeev K. Bali ◽  
Ian M. Marshall ◽  
Raouf N. G. Naguib ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Serious Games

Richmond, California

Urban Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 325-331
Author(s):  
Jason Corburn ◽  
Joseph S. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Richmond, California, has been a pioneer in developing neighborhood-based, built environment interventions that aim to improve multiple determinants of health and reduce health inequalities for its diverse urban population. Projects such as the renovation of Pogo Park and the development of the RYSE commons have involved community participation, with the ultimate aim of developing healthy urban spaces. In many ways, Richmond has led the way on healthy urban planning and policy that is responsive to community needs. This chapter discusses the work being conducted in Richmond, highlighting challenges and opportunities for lessons that can inform urban health efforts worldwide.

Can we improve our neighbourhoods to be more physically active? Residents' perceptions from a qualitative urban health inequalities study

2021 ◽  
pp. 102658
Author(s):  
Jesús Rivera-Navarro ◽  
Lidia Bonilla ◽  
Pedro Gullón ◽  
Ignacio González-Salgado ◽  
Manuel Franco
Keyword(s):  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Physically Active

scholarly journals Urban health — What it is and Why We Should Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
Tushar Sood ◽  
Bianca Mammarella
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Multifaceted Approach ◽  
Public Health Epidemiology ◽  
Further Development

Urban health is a field of study that draws upon multiple disciplines including sociology, public health, epidemiology, and geography among others. This piece argues for the further development and prioritization of urban health as an area of research. This is discussed with respect to structural health inequalities, urbanization and urbanicity, and demographic change. Urban health is inherently complex and needs a multifaceted approach to tackle unique public health problems. This complexity, alongside its potential to inform emerging areas of scientific research such as neurourbanism, makes developing urban health of utmost priority. 

scholarly journals Disaggregating health inequalities within Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002-2010, by applying an urban health inequality index

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bortz ◽  
Megumi Kano ◽  
Heribert Ramroth ◽  
Christovam Barcellos ◽  
Scott R. Weaver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Spatial Inequality ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Inequality Index ◽  
Low Education ◽  
Ward Level

Abstract An urban health index (UHI) was used to quantify health inequalities within Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the years 2002-2010. Eight main health indicators were generated at the ward level using mortality data. The indicators were combined to form the index. The distribution of the rank ordered UHI-values provides information on inequality among wards, using the ratio of the extremes and the gradient of the middle values. Over the decade the ratio of extremes in 2010 declined relative to 2002 (1.57 vs. 1.32) as did the slope of the middle values (0.23 vs. 0.16). A spatial division between the affluent south and the deprived north and east is still visible. The UHI correlated on an ecological ward-level with socioeconomic and urban environment indicators like square meter price of apartments (0.54, p < 0.01), low education of mother (-0.61, p < 0.01), low income (-0.62, p < 0.01) and proportion of black ethnicity (-0.55, p < 0.01). The results suggest that population health and equity have improved in Rio de Janeiro in the last decade though some familiar patterns of spatial inequality remain.

scholarly journals Understanding Urban Health Inequalities: Methods and Design of the Heart Health Hoods Qualitative Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 517-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Rivera Navarro ◽  
Manuel Franco Tejero ◽  
Paloma Conde Espejo ◽  
María Sandín Vázquez ◽  
Marta Gutiérrez Sastre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Heart Health
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