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. 2023 Apr;101(S1):153-175.
doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12624.

Urbanization and the Future of Population Health

Kushal T Kadakia  1 , Sandro Galea  2
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Urbanization and the Future of Population Health

Kushal T Kadakia et al. Milbank Q. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Policy Points Cities, which are where the majority of the world's population lives today, directly and indirectly shape human health and well-being. Urban health research, policy, and practice are increasingly using a systems science approach to address the upstream and downstream drivers of health in cities, which include social and environmental factors, features of the built environment, conditions of living, and health care resources. To guide future scholarship and policy, we propose an urban health agenda for 2050 focused on revitalizing the sanitation movement, integrating data, scaling best practices, adopting the Health in All Policies approach, and addressing intraurban health inequities.

Keywords: cities; population health; urban health; urbanization.

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Conflict of interest statement

Mr Kadakia reported previous employment at Cleveland Clinic London, Google Health (via Adecco), Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, and the US Food and Drug Administration and has received consulting fees from the National Academy of Medicine, all unrelated to this article.

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