What is it about?
Urban Health re-unites what belongs together: urban health care, prevention and health promotion, and “Health in all Policies”, underlining the role of human health for urban planning and development. This (German-language) paper outlines recent developments in Germany.
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Why is it important?
The health of urban populations can be viewed from a myriad of different perspectives, it is easy to be overwhelmed by details. The integrative Urban Health approach offers a useful structure, e.g. the triad of population groups, socio-physical settings, and governance issues.
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When viewed together with accompanying material (www.rfehr.eu) and with other contributions in the journal issue, readers gain a quick and valid introduction to the current Urban Health discussion in Germany.
Dr. Rainer Fehr
Universitat Bielefeld
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This page is a summary of: Urban Health/StadtGesundheit in Deutschland, Public Health Forum, December 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/pubhef-2016-2104.
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