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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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2017.0: Sunday, December 11, 2005: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM | |||
CE Hours: 6 contact hours | |||
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| Partnership: | International Society for Urban Health, Epidemiology Section of APHA | ||
| Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview: | |||
| The purpose of this Institute is to introduce the participant to the principles and methods for the study of urban health. Urbanization is one of the most important demographic shifts worldwide over the past century and represents a substantial change from how most of the world’s population has lived for the past several thousand years. The study of urban health considers how characteristics of the urban environment may affect population health. This Institute will review the empiric research assessing the impact that urban living has on population health and the rationale for considering the study of urban health as a distinct field of inquiry. We introduce a conceptual framework for considering the relationship between cities and health that is focused within three broad themes: the physical environment, the social environment, and access to health and social services. The methodological and conceptual challenges facing the study of urban health, arising both from the limitations of the research to date and from the complexities inherent in assessing the relations among complex urban systems, disease causation, and health will be discussed. Examples for the faculties’ research will be provided. | |||
| Sandro Galea, MD, MPH Danielle C. Ompad, PhD | |||
| Introductory Remarks - Galea | |||
| Introduction: What is urban health? - Ompad | |||
| Break | |||
| Defining cities and urbanization - Ompad | |||
| Break (Opening General Session) | |||
| Urban health study design and analysis - Galea | |||
| Break | |||
| Case studies in urban health - Ompad | |||
| Evaluations | |||
| Introduction to Urban Health | |||
| For more detailed information click here | |||
| Organized by: | APHA-Continuing Education Institutes | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA