This panel presents the conceptual framework, methodology, and preliminary findings of the SANTINELLES (Santé, Inegalités, Villes) project, a multi-sited and multidisciplinary study of urban health inequalities in Saint... [ view full abstract ]
This panel presents the conceptual framework, methodology, and preliminary findings of the SANTINELLES (Santé, Inegalités, Villes) project, a multi-sited and multidisciplinary study of urban health inequalities in Saint Louis, Senegal and Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Drawing from the disciplines of anthropology, entomology, geography, medicine, political science, and public health, the project offers a comparative analysis of how cultural, social, political, and economic processes materialize at the neighborhood level and subsequently shape vulnerability to disease and illness experience. The project focused on a total of eight neighborhoods (four in Saint Louis and four in Bobo Dioulasso) selected to represent the heterogeneity of neighborhoods in these mid-sized West African cities. Data from expert interviews, oral histories, household surveys, clinical exams, socio-medical interviews, and illness interviews inform our analysis about how socio-territorial processes shape neighborhood and city-level epidemiological patterns. This panel will focus on our findings related to two medical conditions: arterial hypertension and Type II diabetes.
Key words: socio-territorial processes, health inequalities, chronic disease, mid-sized cities, West Africa
II. Urban Health at the intersection of urban environment, social determinants and places
