Slum Health : From the Cell to the Street

Urban slum dwellers—especially in emerging-economy countries—are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. __Slum Health__ exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and “street” science—professional and lay knowledge—is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums. Contents Illustrations Tables Prelude Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Slum Health 1. From the Cell to the Street: Coproducing Slum Health 2. Slum Health: Research to Action 3. Frameworks for Slum Health Equity 4. Urban Poverty: An Urgent Public Health Issue 5. Urban Informal Settlement Upgrading and Health Equity Part II. From the Cell to the Street 6. Favela Health in Pau da Lima, Salvador, Brazil 7. Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums 8. Factors Associated with Group A Streptococcus emm Type Diversifi cation in a Large Urban Setting in Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study Part III. Urban Upgrading and Health in Nairobi, Kenya 9. Coproducing Slum Health in Nairobi, Kenya 10. Sanitation and Women’s Health in Nairobi’s Slums 11. Microsavings and Well-Being in a Nairobi Informal Settlement Part IV. Understanding Slum Health in Urban India 12. Health Disparities in Urban India 13. Improved Health Outcomes in Urban Slums through Infrastructure Upgrading Part V. Knowledge Gaps and Future Considerations 14. Toward Slum Health Equity: Research, Action, and Training Contributors Index Urban slum dwellers—especially in emerging-economy countries—are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and “street” science—professional and lay knowledge—is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums. "Urban slum dwellers--especially in emerging-economy cities--are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health highlights why and how slums can be unhealthy, reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents, and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that both new biologic and "street" science--or valuing professional and lay knowledge--are crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums."--Provided by publisher "Urban slum dwellers--especially in emerging-economy cities--are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health highlights why and how slums can be unhealthy, reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents, and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that both new biologic and "street" science--or valuing professional and lay knowledge--are crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums."-- Résumé de l'éditeur Urban slum dwellers - especially in emerging-economy countries - are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. This book exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy and reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents.