Urban Health and Society – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice

<p>Preface xi</p>
<p>The Contributors xiii</p>
<p>PART ONE INTRODUCTION 1</p>
<p>1 FRAMEWORKS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY URBAN HEALTH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 3<br />Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman, Susan Saegert</p>
<p>Introduction 4</p>
<p>The Implications of Urban Life for Health 6</p>
<p>Levels and Types of Interdisciplinarity 8</p>
<p>Conundrums in Interdisciplinarity 10</p>
<p>Interdisciplinarity and Theories of Knowledge 11</p>
<p>Methodological Challenges and Approaches to Interdisciplinarity 12</p>
<p>Interdisciplinarity: Which Disciplines When? 12</p>
<p>Role Defi nitions in Interdisciplinary Research and Practice 13</p>
<p>Multiple Levels of Intervention 14</p>
<p>Summary 15</p>
<p>2 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PRAXIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY URBAN PUBLIC HEALTH 19<br />Tom Angotti, Julie Sze</p>
<p>Environmental Justice and Public Health 22</p>
<p>The Built Environment, Urban Planning, and Urban Public Health 23</p>
<p>Environmental and Social Justice, Interdisciplinarity, and the Politics of Knowledge 26</p>
<p>Asthma and the Environmental Justice Campaign for a Solid Waste Plan in New York City 29</p>
<p>Asian Immigrant and Refugee Organizing for Environmental Health and Housing in the Bay Area 34</p>
<p>Conclusion 37</p>
<p>Summary 38</p>
<p>PART TWO INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO STUDYING CAUSES OF URBAN HEALTH PROBLEMS 43</p>
<p>3 INTERDISCIPLINARY, PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ON URBAN FOOD ENVIRONMENTS AND DIETARY BEHAVIORS 45<br />Shannon N. Zenk, Amy J. Schulz, Angela M. Odoms–Young, Murlisa Lockett</p>
<p>Introduction 46</p>
<p>Determinants of Retail Food Environments in Cities 47</p>
<p>Using CBPR to Understand the Health Implications of Detroit s Food Environment 48</p>
<p>Directions for Future Research 54</p>
<p>Summary 56</p>
<p>4 AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL OF URBAN CHILD HEALTH 63<br />Kim T. Ferguson, Pilyoung Kim, James R. Dunn, Gary W. Evans</p>
<p>Introduction 64</p>
<p>An Ecological Model 64</p>
<p>Bronfenbrenner s Bioecological Model 65</p>
<p>Influences on Children s Health in the Urban Context 68</p>
<p>Research Across Multiple Levels 76</p>
<p>Agenda for Future Research and Practice 78</p>
<p>Summary 80</p>
<p>5 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND HEALTH DISPARITIES 93<br />Juliana Maantay, Andrew R. Maroko, Carlos Alicea, A. H. Strelnick</p>
<p>Introduction 94</p>
<p>Community–Based Participatory Research 95</p>
<p>Multilevel Models of Causation 96</p>
<p>Role of Geographic Information Systems 96</p>
<p>Environmental Justice and Health in the Bronx 97</p>
<p>Methods 101</p>
<p>Findings 110</p>
<p>Implications of Findings 111</p>
<p>Lessons on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Health Research 117</p>
<p>Conclusion 119</p>
<p>Summary 119</p>
<p>6 RACIAL INEQUALITY IN HEALTH AND THE POLICY–INDUCED BREAKDOWN OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 127<br />Arline T. Geronimus, J. Phillip Thompson</p>
<p>Introduction 128</p>
<p>Racialized Ideologies: Developmentalism, Economism, and the American Creed 131</p>
<p>Implications for Public Policy 138</p>
<p>Building a Movement for Policy Reform 144</p>
<p>Summary 148</p>
<p>7 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND SOCIAL–ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. FORECLOSURE CRISIS AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH 161<br />Susan Saegert, Kimberly Libman, Desiree Fields</p>
<p>Housing and Health: What s the Connection? 162</p>
<p>The Social Ecology of Foreclosure 164</p>
<p>The Research and Its Context 166</p>
<p>Focus Group Analysis and the Emergence of Health as an Issue 170</p>
<p>Foreclosure and Public Health 173</p>
<p>Neoliberalism, the Foreclosure Crisis, and Health Consequences 174</p>
<p>Conclusion 176</p>
<p>Summary 178</p>
<p>PART THREE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE URBAN HEALTH 183</p>
<p>8 TRANSDISCIPLINARY ACTION RESEARCH ON TEEN SMOKING PREVENTION 185<br />Juliana Fuqua, Daniel Stokols, Richard Harvey, Atusa Baghery, Larry Jamner</p>
<p>Introduction 186</p>
<p>Review of Transdisciplinary Action Research 186</p>
<p>Transdisciplinary Action Research Cycle 187</p>
<p>Translating Transdisciplinary Research into Community Intervention and Policy 189</p>
<p>Factors Facilitating or Impeding Collaboration Among TPC Members 196</p>
<p>Implications and Additional Lessons Learned from the TPC Study 205</p>
<p>Future Directions 207</p>
<p>Summary 211</p>
<p>9 HOW VULNERABILITIES AND CAPACITIES SHAPE POPULATION HEALTH AFTER DISASTERS 217<br />Craig Hadley, Sasha Rudenstine, Sandro Galea</p>
<p>Social and Economic Determinants of Health After Disasters 218</p>
<p>Humanitarian Crises in Angola and the Balkans 223</p>
<p>Hurricane Katrina 224</p>
<p>September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks on New York City 226</p>
<p>Implications for Prevention and Intervention 229</p>
<p>Summary 231</p>
<p>10 IMMIGRANTS AND URBAN AGING: TOWARD A POLICY FRAMEWORK 239<br />Marianne Fahs, Anah&iacute; Viladrich, Nina S. Parikh</p>
<p>The New Urban Demography: Baby Boomers and Immigrants 240</p>
<p>Economic and Social Influences on Aging and Health Policy 242</p>
<p>Social and Environmental Considerations 246</p>
<p>Toward a Conceptual Framework 254</p>
<p>A Public Health Research and Policy Agenda 255</p>
<p>Summary 258</p>
<p>11 REVERSING THE TIDE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 271<br />Hollie Jones, Leandris C. Liburd</p>
<p>A Dialogue Between Two Disciplines: Psychology and Medical Anthropology 273</p>
<p>Ethnic Identity and the Experience of Being African American with Type 2 Diabetes 278</p>
<p>Interdisciplinary Research Methods 281</p>
<p>Integrating Social Psychology and Medical Anthropology to Reduce the Burden of Diabetes 284</p>
<p>Summary 285</p>
<p>PART FOUR PUTTING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES INTO PRACTICE 293</p>
<p>12 USING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO STRENGTHEN URBAN HEALTH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 295<br />Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman, Susan Saegert</p>
<p>Doing Interdisciplinary Research and Practice 296</p>
<p>Defining the Problem 299</p>
<p>Creating a Process for Interdisciplinary Work 302</p>
<p>Choosing Institutional and Community Partners 305</p>
<p>Influencing Policy and Practice 309</p>
<p>Evaluating Impact 311</p>
<p>Wanted: Interdisciplinary Researchers and Practitioners 312</p>
<p>Summary 314</p>
<p>GLOSSARY 319</p>
<p>INDEX 325</p>