Prioritizing action on health inequities in cities: An evaluation of Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) in 15 cities from Asia and Africa

Amit Prasad, Megumi Kano, Kendra Ann-Masako Dagg, Hanako Mori, Hawa Hamisi Senkoro, Mohammad Assai Ardakani, Samar Elfeky, Suvajee Good, Katrin Engelhardt, Alex Ross and Francisco Armada

Social Science & Medicine, 2015, vol. 145, issue C, 237-242

Abstract: Following the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2008), the World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (HEART) to support local stakeholders in identifying and planning action on health inequities. The objective of this report is to analyze the experiences of cities in implementing Urban HEART in order to inform how the future development of the tool could support local stakeholders better in addressing health inequities.

Keywords: Health equity; Urbanization; Social determinants of health; Urban HEART; Global health; Urban planning; Asia; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.09.031

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