Introduction to Urban Health and Equity

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to urban health and its broad determinants. The course will combine readings, classroom lecture and discussion to provide an overview of urban health and health equity. As an emerging interdisciplinary area of research, practice and policy, we will draw on the work of experts and experience from all regions of the world and examine the challenges a focus on cities raises as a subnational focus when global health governance has historically worked with national governments. We will also look specifically at NYC as a global city that has been committed to advancing urban health and health equity through a health in all policies approach and alignment of its strategic plan OneNYC with the SDGs to examine its successes and challenges.