Research to action to address inequities: the experience of the Cape Town Equity Gauge

Scott, Vera; Stern, Ruth; Sanders, David; Reagon, Gavin; Mathews, Verona

doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-6

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“…This collaborative initiative involved reallocation of health staff , health-promotion programmes in schools, and a pilot implementation of dry-sanitation toilets in informal settlements. 144 Controlled and thoughtful urbanisation can produce substantive economic and health returns, both at the individual city level, and worldwide. 142 Benefi ts include increased life expectancy, improved health during Review childhood and during peak earning years, safer travel, preparedness for worldwide outbreaks, and containment of epidemics.…”

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Urbanisation and infectious diseases in a globalised world

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The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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The world is becoming urban. The UN predicts that the world's urban population will almost double from 3·3 billion in 2007 to 6·3 billion in 2050. Most of this increase will be in developing countries. Exponential urban growth is having a profound effect on global health. Because of international travel and migration, cities are becoming important hubs for the transmission of infectious diseases, as shown by recent pandemics. Physicians in urban environments in developing and developed countries need to be aware of the changes in infectious diseases associated with urbanisation. Furthermore, health should be a major consideration in town planning to ensure urbanisation works to reduce the burden of infectious diseases in the future.

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Section: Conclusion: Opportunities For Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urbanisation and infectious diseases in a globalised world

Alirol

Gétaz

Stoll

et al. 2011

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

534

447

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“…Constructs of SC have also been linked to the built environment, 27 which can influence social interactions and perceptions of social environment 24 and safety. 26 We defined equity as an ethical concept of social justice and fairness, 28 where "people's needs, rather than their social privileges, guide the distribution of opportunities for well-being." 29(p173) In this study we considered neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) as an equity indicator because it is the standardized scale used in Bogotá to classify neighborhoods on the basis of income, location, surrounding areas, and urban characteristics.…”

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The Ciclovia and Cicloruta Programs: Promising Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Social Capital in Bogotá, Colombia

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“…The Western Cape's Gini index of 61.6 [70] is higher than the national average of 57.8 [71], highlighting the need to consider income inequality as a distal driver of violence in the province. There are also marked differences between Cape Town sub-districts in terms of other measures of inequality such as the aggregate education level, the percentage of informal dwellings and access to public infrastructure such as piped water and electricity [72,73].…”

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Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: An uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts

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a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords:Interpersonal violence prevention policy Risk factors Interventions Burden of disease Low-to middle-income contexts Western Cape South Africa a b s t r a c tIn South Africa's Western Cape province, interpersonal violence was identified among the key prevention priorities in the provincial government's Burden of Disease (BoD) Reduction project. To date, there are no adequate systematic reviews of the full range of potential intervention strategies. In response, available data and the literature on risk factors and prevention strategies for interpersonal violence were reviewed with a view to providing policy makers with an inventory of interventions for application. Given the predominance of upstream factors in driving the province's rates of interpersonal violence, efforts to address its burden require an intersectoral approach. Achievable short-term targets are also required to offset the long-term nature of the strategies most likely to affect fundamental shifts. Documentation and evaluation will be important to drive long-term investment, ensure effectiveness and enable replication of successful programmes and should be considered imperative by interpersonal violence prevention policymakers in other low-to middle-income contexts.

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Research to action to address inequities: the experience of the Cape Town Equity Gauge

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Urbanisation and infectious diseases in a globalised world

Urbanisation and infectious diseases in a globalised world

The Ciclovia and Cicloruta Programs: Promising Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Social Capital in Bogotá, Colombia

Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: An uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts

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