Rights, knowledge, and governance for improved health equity in urban settings

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 896-905

  Barten, Françoise ^a   Akerman, Marco ^b   Becker, Daniel ^c   Friel, Sharon ^d,e   Hancock, Trevor ^f   Mwatsama, Modi ^j   Rice, Marilyn ^g   Sheuya, Shaaban ^h   Stern, Ruth ^a,i,k  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Promoçao Da Saúde   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g WHO Regional Office for the Americas   (United States)

^h ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

ⁱ School of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^j National Heart Forum   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Evidence; Governance; Health inequity; Intersectoral action; Participation; Urban

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; REVIEW;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84855316702     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9608-z     Document Type: Article

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