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Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators: Integrating Science, Policy, and Community

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  • Jason Corburn
  • Alison K Cohen

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Jason Coburn and Alison Cohen discuss the need for urban health equity indicators, which can capture the social determinants of health, track policy decisions, and promote greater urban health equity.

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  • Jason Corburn & Alison K Cohen, 2012. "Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators: Integrating Science, Policy, and Community," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(8), pages 1-6, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001285
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001285
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    4. Sadler, Richard C. & Hippensteel, Christopher & Nelson, Victoria & Greene-Moton, Ella & Furr-Holden, C. Debra, 2019. "Community-engaged development of a GIS-based healthfulness index to shape health equity solutions," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 227(C), pages 63-75.
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    7. Claudia Costa & Paula Santana & Sani Dimitroulopoulou & Bo Burstrom & Carme Borrell & Jürgen Schweikart & Dagmar Dzurova & Nicolás Zangarini & Klea Katsouyanni & Patrick Deboseree & Ângela Freitas & C, 2019. "Population Health Inequalities Across and Within European Metropolitan Areas through the Lens of the EURO-HEALTHY Population Health Index," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-17, March.
    8. Alessandra Battisti & Asia Barnocchi & Silvia Iorio, 2019. "Urban Regeneration Process: The Case of a Residential Complex in a Suburb of Rome, Italy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-20, November.
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    10. Megumi Kano & Paul E. Rosenberg & Sean D. Dalton, 2018. "A Global Pilot Study of Age-Friendly City Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 138(3), pages 1205-1227, August.
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    12. Milka Donchin & Lia Gurewitz & Sima Lissa Wetzler, 2023. "Implementation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among the Member Cities of the “Healthy Cities Network” in Israel," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-17, December.

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