A Systems Approach to Urban Health and Well-being Has Come of Age in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Xinhu Li
Keyword(s):  
Urban Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

Sociology

Urban Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Lei Jin ◽  
Chenyu Ye ◽  
Eric Fong
Keyword(s):  
Urban Health ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Relations ◽  
And Function ◽  
Development Structure ◽  
Health And Well Being

Sociology is perhaps best seen classically as the study of the development, structure, and function of human societies, and sociologists have long been interested in urbanization and the ways in which urban living influences people’s health and well-being. These interests intersect with other core sociological concerns, such as socioeconomic inequality, racial and ethnic relations, migration, social cohesion, and social control to inform unique sociological perspectives on urban health. Urban environments, bringing together heterogeneous populations in dynamic, rapidly evolving settings, are natural laboratories for understanding human societies, thus suggesting a critical role for sociological perspectives in the study of urban health. This chapter introduces a sociological lens to the study of urban health, offering how sociology can advance our understanding of the health of urban populations.

Championing the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents: pointers for psychologists

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Theron
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Global North ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Contextual Determinants ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Recent Attention

In this article, I argue that an ecological systems approach to resilience – specifically, one that is sensitive to how contextual determinants shape successful adaptation differentially – offers a meaningful way to enable sub-Saharan adolescents to adapt well to the apparently intractable risks to their health and well-being. Accordingly, I draw on studies of child and adolescent resilience from sub-Saharan Africa and the global North to show that the resilience field has largely moved beyond individual-focused theories of resilience that have the (long-term) potential to jeopardize adolescent health and well-being and advance neoliberal agendas. I emphasize that the recent attention to differentially impactful resilience-enablers casts suspicion on incautious application of universally recurring resilience-enablers. Allied to this, I problematize the delay in the identification of resources that impact the resilience of sub-Saharan adolescents differentially. Finally, I distil implications for resilience-directed praxis and research that have the potential to advance the championship of adolescent resilience in sub-Saharan Africa.

scholarly journals Urban health and well-being

Nature ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 531 (7594) ◽  
pp. S49-S49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Hodson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

Big Data for Urban Health and Well-Being

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Jia Wang ◽  
Patrick Moriarty
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

Whole-Systems Healing

2014 ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Jo Kreitzer ◽  
Jayne Felgen ◽  
Patricia A. Roach
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
World View ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Complexity Science ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Adaptive Action ◽  
Systems Leadership ◽  
Whole Systems ◽  
Deep Listening ◽  
Health And Well Being

Integrative nursing embodies a whole person/whole systems approach to advancing the health and well-being of people, organizations, communities and the environment. It is based on a whole systems world view, an approach that recognizes that a change in any part of the systems causes a change in the whole system. Whole systems thinking and leadership draws from concepts and principles of complexity science, social networks, social change and gentle action. Whole systems leadership embodies competencies of deep listening, awareness of systems, awareness of self, seeking diverse perspectives, suspending certainty and embracing uncertainty, and taking adaptive action.

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