Concluding Remarks

2020 ◽  
pp. 336-338
Author(s):  
Gina S. Lovasi
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
The Way ◽  
Research Tools

We set out in this text to articulate a range of foundational concepts, research tools and engagement strategies relevant to urban health, all with the intent to provide both knowledge and skills to have an impact on population health in cities across the globe. We hope the four inter-related parts of the book have helped to introduce such a toolkit and enticed you to ponder other questions along the way. To summarize our thinking on this, one might now say that for urban health training, we would expect emerging professionals be ready to:...

Watching Birds and People

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-176
Author(s):  
Mikael Rothstein
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Personal Knowledge ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Good Working ◽  
Anthropological Field Work ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Way

This article explores ornithology as a hidden resource in anthropological field work. Relating experiences among the Penan forest nomads of Sarawak, Borneo, the author describes how his personal knowledge of bird life paved the way for good working relations, and even friendship, with the Penan. Representing two very different cultures simple communication between the scholar on duty and the Penan community was difficult indeed, but the birds provided a common ground that enabled the two parties to exchange experiences, knowledge and skills. In certain ways the author's fieldwork-based project relates to the Penan’s religious interpretation of birds, but the article is primarily concerned with the fact that a mutual understanding was created from this common ground, and that our thoughts on fieldwork preparations may be taken further by such experiences.

scholarly journals Perspectives on urban conditions and population health

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 949-957 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vlahov ◽  
Sandro Galea ◽  
Emily Gibble ◽  
Nicholas Freudenberg
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Demographic Shift ◽  
Urban Conditions ◽  
Key Questions

The majority of the world's population will live in cities in the next few years and the pace of urbanization worldwide will continue to accelerate over the coming decades. While the number of megacities is projected to increase, the largest population growth is expected to be in cities of less than one million people. Such a dramatic demographic shift can be expected to have an impact on population health. Although there has been historic interest in how city living affects health, a cogent framework that enables systematic study of urban health across time and place has yet to emerge. Four alternate but complementary approaches to the study of urban health today are presented (urban health penalty, urban health advantage, urban sprawl, and an integrative urban conditions model) followed by three key questions that may help guide the study and practice of urban health in coming decades.

Why Cities and Health?

Urban Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine K. Ettman ◽  
David Vlahov ◽  
Sandro Galea
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Urban Populations ◽  
Urban Living ◽  
Causal Thinking ◽  
Profound Influence ◽  
Improve Health ◽  
The Way

Urban health is concerned with understanding how features of cities influence the health of urban populations, thus pointing the way to interventions that can improve health. An understanding of urban health requires a grounding in the fundamentals of causal thinking. How do cities influence the health of populations? And what is unique or uniquely interesting about urban health? This chapter addresses these questions through providing a conceptual framework to organize and guide thinking. The authors explicate how we may think of urban living as a ubiquitous exposure influencing other factors to which urban residents are exposed and that have a profound influence on the health of these residents.

scholarly journals Health in cities: is a systems approach needed?

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana V. Diez Roux
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Urban Health ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Potential Utility ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Data Gaps ◽  
New Policies

Abstract This paper reviews the potential utility of using the concepts and tools of systems to understand and act on health in cities. The basic elements of systems approaches and the links between cities as systems and population health as emerging from the functioning of a system are reviewed. The paper also discusses implications of systems thinking for urban health including the development of dynamic conceptual models, the use of new tools, the integration of data in new ways and the identification of data gaps, and the formulation of different kinds of questions and identification of new policies. The paper concludes with a review of caveats and challenges.

Telehealth Adoption and Patient Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Ahmad A. Aalam ◽  
Kareem A. Osman ◽  
Aaron Martin
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Patient Engagement ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Leadership Team ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Implementation Plan ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Digital Engagement

Successful implementation of telehealth services should incorporate adoption and engagement strategies for all key stakeholders, including clinicians, patients, and administration, to maximize utilization and benefit. These strategies should be included in an implementation plan developed by an invested leadership team. This team will build the infrastructure, bring resources, assess their institution and population needs, and review policies and regulations needed to execute their strategic plan. Successful telehealth programs live within a comprehensive digital engagement and population health strategy. In this chapter we examine multiple tools and concepts to drive adoption and engagement from each stakeholder’s perspective.

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