Tackling health inequalities through urban regeneration programs: preliminary results of the Dutch District Approach

Abstract

Purpose: Health problems often concentrate in areas where also the social and physical environment is poor. Such neighbourhoods tend to concentrate socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, like unemployed people living on a low... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Annemarie Ruijsbroek (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))
  2. Albert Wong (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))
  3. Karien Stronks (Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam)
  4. Anton Kunst (Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam)
  5. Hans Van Oers (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))
  6. Carolien Van Den Brink (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM))

Topic Areas

II. Urban Health at the intersection of urban environment, social determinants and places , IV. Urbanism, Health and Wellbeing 4.1 Built environment 4.2 Pollution: air, noise, etc , VII. Urban health policies 7.1 Governance and policy frameworks 7.2 Health in all policies

Session

GH-MT-O-02 » Geography and Urban Health - Methodologies (14:00 - Saturday, 2nd April, TBA)

Paper

Abstract_ICUH.docx

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