Handbook of urban health: Populations, methods and practice - Galea Sandro; Vlahov David (Springer New York, 2005)
Keywords: Urban Health : population, methods and practice -- Epidemiology -- Urban sociology -- Populations : Homeless people, health of economically deprived population in cities, racial ethnic minority and health - role of urban environment, sexual minority groups and urban health, health and health access among urban immigrants, urban environment, drug use and health, health of children in Cities, older adults- guardians of our cities, health of urban populations in developing countries, perspectives on health f urban populations in Nepal, integrative chapter- health of urban populations -- Methods : Anthropological perspective on urban health, epidemiology and urban health research, design and analysis of group level urban studies, health services research in the city, urban health in developing countries-insights from demographic theory and practice, urban sociology and research methods on neighbouhoods/ neighborhoods and health, environmental health studies - environmental health methods for urban health, cost- effectiveness analysis for urban health research, multi-disciplinary work and study of urban health -- Practice : Building healthy cities- focus on interventions, world health organization perspective, legal frameworks and considerations, teaching urban health, strategies that promote health in cities - local health department's perspective, providing health services to marginalized urban populations, teaching and practice for promoting health in cities