Slum upgrading strategies involving physical environment and infrastructure interventions and their effects on health and socio-economic outcomes

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Turley, Ruth ^a   Saith, Ruhi ^b   Bhan, Nandita ^c   Rehfuess, Eva ^d   Carter, Ben ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Policy Management   (India)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER BORNE DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN RENEWAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874918495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010067.pub2     Document Type: Review

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