Introduction to Urban Health and Equity

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to urban health and its broad determinants. In order to achieve healthier urban communities worldwide we must improve the built, socioeconomic and physical environments in cities. 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 explore why cities are proving to be such an effective level of government to achieve results for health and health equity. We will also examine the importance of advancing health and health equity in cities in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). *This is equivalent to GPH-GU 2224 *