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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Urban health in developing countries: A review
Progress in Development Studies, Volume 1, No. 2, Year 2001
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Description
The last major review of urban health in developing countries was published in 1992. At that time, knowledge was largely limited to crude rural-urban comparisons and some ad hoc studies of low-income urban communities. Most research was done on communicable (infectious) diseases and little was known about the relationship between urban life in developing countries and chronic illness such as mental ill-health, heart disease and cancer. This paper updates knowledge by reviewing recent research on intra-urban health inequalities, urban health-seeking behaviour and the importance of urban-rural links for health. It also presents a new model of urban health that incorporates changes in urban health research and practice. © 2001, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Harpham, Trudy
United Kingdom, London
London South Bank University
Molyneux, Catherine S.
Kenya, Kilifi
Wellcome Trust Research Centre
United Kingdom, London
London South Bank University
Statistics
Citations: 97
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/146499340100100202
ISSN:
14649934
Research Areas
Cancer
Noncommunicable Diseases