In the shadow of the city : community health and the urban poor / edited by Trudy Harpham, Tim Lusty, and Patrick Vaughan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harpham, Trudy.

Lusty, Tim.

Vaughan, Patrick.

Series:

Oxford medical publications

Oxford medical publications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban health--Developing countries--Congresses.

Urban health.

Urban poor--Medical care--Developing countries--Congresses.

Urban poor.

Community health services--Developing countries--Congresses.

Community health services.

Urban poor--Medical care.

Congresses and conventions.

Developing countries.

Community Health Services--organization & administration.

Health.

Poverty.

Urban Population.

Developing Countries.

Medical Subjects:

Community Health Services--organization & administration.

Health.

Poverty.

Urban Population.

Developing Countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

This book focuses on the crises faced by the urban poor in developing countries, where mass migration into the cities poses massive infrastructural problems, resulting in insufficient food supply, poor health and living conditions, and inadequate sanitation systems. Through case studies and other data, the editors examine aspects of urban poverty and suggest public health programs and intervention by international agencies. Field workers, health policymakers, and development researchers will value this insightful study.

Notes:

Based on an international workshop held at Oxford, United Kingdom, July 1985.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages 213-227.

ISBN:

0192615912 :

0192616986

OCLC:

16868655