CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley, James Corburn
DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2013
REGION: South America
REFERENCE: Snyder RE, Jaimes G, Riley LW, Faerstein E, Corburn J. A Comparison of Social and Spatial Determinants of Health Between Formal and Informal Settlements in a Large Metropolitan Setting in Brazil. J Urban Health. 2013 Dec 3.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Urban informal settlements are often under-recognized in national and regional surveys. A lack of quality intra-urban data frequently contributes to a one-size-fits-all public health intervention and clinical strategies that rarely address the variegated socioeconomic disparities across and within different informal settlements in a city. Public health interventions, clinical management, and urban planning policies aiming to improve the living conditions of the people residing in informal settlements, including government strategies currently underway, must consider the differences that exist between and within informal settlements that shape place-based physical and social determinants of health.
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