Urbanisation and Health

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Urbanisation and Health
This book presents some of the most important public health topics
to be faced in the 21 century. The authors do not only analyse the
challenges, but also propose solutions to researchers, practitioners
and policy makers. Urbanisation is an on-going process throughout the
world today. It has a profound impact on people's lives and health status.
The globalisation of markets, increased use of communication and new
information technologies are the driving forces behind this process. By
2025 it is estimated that about 60 percent of the world's population
and 83 percent of Europeans will live in urban centres. Migration and
immigration have an impact on social inequalities in health. Achieving
good health is one of the major concerns of contemporary societies.
Therefore future public health policy, practice and research have to focus
not only on factors causing disease and injuries (pathogenesis), but also
on factors promoting health... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Urbanisation and Health
This book presents some of the most important public health topics
to be faced in the 21 century. The authors do not only analyse the
challenges, but also propose solutions to researchers, practitioners
and policy makers. Urbanisation is an on-going process throughout the
world today. It has a profound impact on people's lives and health status.
The globalisation of markets, increased use of communication and new
information technologies are the driving forces behind this process. By
2025 it is estimated that about 60 percent of the world's population
and 83 percent of Europeans will live in urban centres. Migration and
immigration have an impact on social inequalities in health. Achieving
good health is one of the major concerns of contemporary societies.
Therefore future public health policy, practice and research have to focus
not only on factors causing disease and injuries (pathogenesis), but also
on factors promoting health (salutogenesis). Most of the chapters of
the book reflect key presentations from the 12th EUPHA Conference in
Oslo on 6-9 October 2004, including presentations from a pre-meeting
on WHO 's Global strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. Some
chapters illustrate the salutogenetic way to health promotion and
nature-culture-health activities, such as music and health, green areas in
the cities, and healthy food. Our hope is that the book will be used by
public health experts and students in different countries and by EU and
WHO/EURO in setting up the new public health policy in Europe.
GunnarTellnes PhD, MHA, MD is specialist in Community Medicine
and Professor at the University of Oslo and Akershus University
College, Norway. He is President of the European Public Health
Association (EUPHA) and the Norwegian Society of Public Health. Vissza