Why we need urban health equity indicators: integrating science, policy, and community

Jason Corburn; Alison K Cohen

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001285

Why we need urban health equity indicators: integrating science, policy, and community

PLoS Med. 2012;9(8):e1001285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001285. Epub 2012 Aug 14.

Authors

Jason Corburn¹, Alison K Cohen

Affiliation

¹ University of California Berkeley, Department of City and Regional Planning & School of Public Health, Berkeley, California, USA. jcorburn@berkeley.edu

Abstract

Jason Coburn and Alison Cohen discuss the need for urban health equity indicators, which can capture the social determinants of health, track policy decisions, and promote greater urban health equity.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Community Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Health Policy*
Health Status Indicators*
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Professional Practice
Urban Health / statistics & numerical data*

Grants and funding

No specific funding was provided for writing this article.