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Content

This module focuses on the ways in which cities and planning that shape them are gradually acknowledged as important determinants of population health. Land use, housing, infrastructure, transportation, and public participation are central for our understanding of the ways in which health is shaped by urbanisation processes. Based on compulsory modules 1 and 2, this practice module will engage the students with urban health experts and projects in cities in the global south and north (Term 2, 3) dealing with the effects of urbanisation on both physical and mental health. The module will translate the knowledge and methodologies into 鈥渞eal case鈥� practice in collaboration with existing partners, organisations and initiatives in the field of urban health.

The module aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools to critically understand urban processes and their effects on health justice. The module will discuss the health effects of urban\rural division, disasters and crisis, climate change, gender gaps and infrastructure poverty. This module aims to produce an integrative, interdisciplinary and critical perspective of the interrelationships between urban processes and health disparities, examining both public health and spatial dimensions of health such as infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, chronic diseases in cities.

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On completion of the module, participants will have:

• In-depth analysis of the challenges of socially just planning practices in the context of urban inequality and health.
• In-depth ethical understanding of conducting research with vulnerable groups in a real-world case.
• Detailed analytical understanding of the impacts of urban living conditions on health in general and the health of vulnerable communities in particular.
• Integrating primary and secondary methodologies in the study of the health of people.
• Developing urban health intervention strategy

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Teaching delivery

This module is taught in 10 weekly lectures.

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Indicative lecture topics

Lectures topics include People, Politics and Health Nexus, research plan development, Urban Health in Context, Informality and Wellbeing, Ethics of doing research with communities and individuals, Research Methodologies

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Recommended readings

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(Other relevant (and voluntary) chapters are the Introduction, Chapter 1 on "" as well as Chapter 6 on "Popular Perceptions of 'Dirty).鈥澨�

Hill, S., (2013). Involving the User in Health Research in Saks M., and Allsop, J., (Eds) Researching Health. Sage (second edition) 384-401.

Inclusive Healthy Places: A Guide to Inclusion & Health in Public Space (2018). Gehl Institute, Copenhagen

Marmot, M. (2017). Social justice, epidemiology and health inequalities. European Journal of Epidemiology, 32(7), 537鈥�546.

Ortegon-Sanchez, A.; McEachan, R.R.C.; Albert, A.; Cartwright, C.; Christie, N.; Dhanani, A.; Islam, S.; Ucci, M.; Vaughan, L. Measuring the Built Environment in Studies of Child Health鈥擜 Meta-Narrative Review of Associations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10741. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010741.

Saks M., and Allsop, J., (2013) (Eds) Researching Health. Sage (second edition).

Smit, W., Hancock, T., Kumaresen, J., Santos-Burgoa, C., Meneses, R. S. K., & Friel, S. (2011). Toward a research and action agenda on urban planning/design and health equity in cities in low and middle-income countries. In Journal of Urban Health (Vol. 88, Issue 5, pp. 875鈥�885). .

Tricarico, L. (2017). Community action: value or instrument? An ethics and planning critical review.听Journal of Architecture and Urbanism,