Building American Public Health

Author : R. Lopez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137002440

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This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of urban residents of the United States. It begins in the nineteenth century, when problems in rapidly urbanizing cities threatened to overwhelm cities, and then traces the development and impact of reform movements up through the First World War, including discussions of model tenements, the 'city beautiful' movement, tenement laws, and zoning and building codes. Midcentury design movements, such as new efforts to plan suburbs and Modernism, along with outlines of the impacts of public housing, highway building, and urban renewal, are the focus of the middle chapters of the book. The final third examines the revival of cities and the reconnection of public health with urban planning that occurred as the twentieth century ended.

Author : R. Lopez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137002440

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Building American Public Health by R. Lopez Pdf

This historical study looks at how reformers have used urban planning and architecture to improve the health of urban residents of the United States. It begins in the nineteenth century, when problems in rapidly urbanizing cities threatened to overwhelm cities, and then traces the development and impact of reform movements up through the First World War, including discussions of model tenements, the 'city beautiful' movement, tenement laws, and zoning and building codes. Midcentury design movements, such as new efforts to plan suburbs and Modernism, along with outlines of the impacts of public housing, highway building, and urban renewal, are the focus of the middle chapters of the book. The final third examines the revival of cities and the reconnection of public health with urban planning that occurred as the twentieth century ended.

Author : Howard Frumkin,Lawrence Frank,Richard J. Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114330975

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Urban Sprawl and Public Health by Howard Frumkin,Lawrence Frank,Richard J. Jackson Pdf

'Urban Sprawl and Public Health' offers a survey of the impact that the built environment can have on the health of the people who inhabit our cities. The authors go on to suggest ways in which the design of cities could be improved & have a positive impact on the well-being of their citizens.

Author : Michael R. Greenberg,Dona Schneider
Publisher : APHA Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : City planning
ISBN : 0875532896

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Urban Planning & Public Health by Michael R. Greenberg,Dona Schneider Pdf

"Urban environments have enormous impacts on health of populations, with close to 80% of the U.S. population living in cities; public health and planning professional are presented real challenges to create the healthiest environment possible. Traditionally, the discipline of urban planning has concerned itself with the built environment -- buildings, roads, utilities, and the like -- while public health concerns itself with the health of people who live in that environment. A major challenge, then, is how to incorporate concerns for health as an integral part of urban planning initiatives, rather than simply measuring the health outcomes after planning decisions have been made. This book now equips public health professionals to participate effectively in the planning process, building positive health outcomes into planning schemes. This book not only provides real guidance on how to solve these issues, but also has case studies that show how effective these policies can be."--Publisher's website.

Author : United States. President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Medical
ISBN : IND:30000097165140

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Building America's Health by United States. President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation Pdf

Author : Pan American Health Organization
Publisher : Pan American Health Organization
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9275123039

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Building Health Throughout the Life Course by Pan American Health Organization Pdf

Building Health Throughout the Life Courseelucidates how health develops and changes throughout the life course, and how the use of the life course approach among public health practitioners can ensure that health as a human right is achieved for all individuals. It describes the life course vision of health that focuses not only on diseases and their consequences, but rather on achieving long, healthy, active, and productive lives. The book consists of three stand-alone parts. Part 1, "Concepts", aims to illuminate the complexity of health through the understanding of the life course approach. It can be used to familiarize oneself with the evolution and meaning of the life course, which serves as a basis for effective public health practice. Part 2, "Implications", identifies the implications for the operationalization of the life course approach in public health. It translates the technical language of the life course literature to understand how the application of the life course approach requires changes in health systems, policies, research, and practice. Part 3, "Application in Public Health", identifies key opportunities to strengthen the adoption of the life course approach in public health practice. It describes concrete, evidence-based actions to improve health and well-being through the promotion and generation of skills throughout the life course. This book aims to help decision-makers and public health professionals to understand the life course meaning and concepts, which is essential to comprehend how health develops and changes throughout the life course. The book also describes how the life course model allows us to address health disparities by generating mechanisms to improve health and well-being by promoting the vision of health as the product of a series of experiences that contribute to or detract from health in the near and long term.

Author : United States. President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Medical
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030039846458

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Building America's Health, a Report by United States. President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation Pdf

Author : United States. President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Government publications
ISBN : OSU:32437000558581

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Building America's Health: America's health status, needs and resources by United States. President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation Pdf

Author : Andrew L. Dannenberg,Howard Frumkin,Richard J. Jackson
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910361

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Making Healthy Places by Andrew L. Dannenberg,Howard Frumkin,Richard J. Jackson Pdf

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed-or the positive benefits of well designed built environments. This book provides a far-reaching follow-up to the pathbreaking Urban Sprawl and Public Health, published in 2004. That book sparked a range of inquiries into the connections between constructed environments, particularly cities and suburbs, and the health of residents, especially humans. Since then, numerous studies have extended and refined the book's research and reporting. Making Healthy Places offers a fresh and comprehensive look at this vital subject today. There is no other book with the depth, breadth, vision, and accessibility that this book offers. In addition to being of particular interest to undergraduate and graduate students in public health and urban planning, it will be essential reading for public health officials, planners, architects, landscape architects, environmentalists, and all those who care about the design of their communities. Like a well-trained doctor, Making Healthy Places presents a diagnosis of--and offers treatment for--problems related to the built environment. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, with contributions from experts in a range of fields, it imparts a wealth of practical information, with an emphasis on demonstrated and promising solutions to commonly occurring problems.

Author : Brian C. Castrucci,Georges Benjamin,Grace Guerrero Ramirez,Grace Castillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Medical policy
ISBN : 0875533191

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Public Health Under Siege by Brian C. Castrucci,Georges Benjamin,Grace Guerrero Ramirez,Grace Castillo Pdf

"For those who seek to improve health through policy change, this book is intended to be your companion. It is written by practitioners, elected officials, and other policymakers who have firsthand experience with the complex dynamics of policymaking through their professional careers. Its chapters share perspectives on the power of policy from the federal, state, and local levels; demonstrate several evidence-based policy packages developed by leading public health organizations; provide perspectives not only on legislative policy but on the roles of litigation and regulation; and reveal the existing threats to using policy to impact health. We hope that this book will inspire current and future public health practitioners and pMolicymakers to use policy to achieve optimal and equitable health for all"--

Author : American Public Health Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Communicable diseases
ISBN : MINN:31951D01789271I

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The Control of Communicable Diseases by American Public Health Association Pdf

Author : Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health,Division of Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1988-01-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309581905

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The Future of Public Health by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health,Division of Health Care Services,Institute of Medicine Pdf

"The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

Author : Nisha Botchwey,Andrew L. Dannenberg,Howard Frumkin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781642831573

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Making Healthy Places, Second Edition by Nisha Botchwey,Andrew L. Dannenberg,Howard Frumkin Pdf

Making Healthy Places surveys the many intersections between health and the built environment, from the scale of buildings to the scale of metro areas, and across a range of outcomes, from cardiovascular health and infectious disease to social connectedness and happiness. This new edition is significantly updated, with a special emphasis on equity and sustainability, and takes a global perspective. It provides current evidence not only on how poorly designed places may threaten well-being, but also on solutions that have been found to be effective. Making Healthy Places is a must-read for students, academics, and professionals in health, architecture, urban planning, civil engineering, parks and recreation, and related fields.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:830656798

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Building America's health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jason Corburn
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781642831726

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Cities for Life by Jason Corburn Pdf

In cities around the world, planning and health experts are beginning to understand the role of social and environmental conditions that lead to trauma. By respecting the lived experience of those who were most impacted by harms, some cities have developed innovative solutions for urban trauma. In Cities for Life, public health expert Jason Corburn shares lessons from three of these cities: Richmond, California; Medellín, Colombia; and Nairobi, Kenya. Corburn draws from his work with citizens, activists, and decision-makers in these cities over a ten-year period, as individuals and communities worked to heal from trauma--including from gun violence, housing and food insecurity, poverty, and other harms. Cities for Life is about a new way forward with urban communities that rebuilds our social institutions, practices, and policies to be more focused on healing and health.