Urban liveability: Emerging lessons from Australia for exploring the potential for indicators to measure the social determinants of health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-73

  Badland, Hannah ^a   Whitzman, Carolyn ^b   Lowe, Melanie ^a   Davern, Melanie ^a   Aye, Lu ^c   Butterworth, Iain ^a,d   Hes, Dominique ^b   Giles Corti, Billie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^d Victorian Department of Health North and West Metropolitan Region   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Indicator; Policy; Review; Social determinants of health; Urban

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; CITY PLANNING; HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; HUMANS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84899795299     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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