Abstract：
:The relative significance of indicators and determinants of health is important for local public health workers and planners. Of similar importance is a method for combining and evaluating such markers. We used a recently developed index, the Urban Health Index (UHI), to examine the impact of environmental variables on the overall health of cities. We used the UHI to rank 57 of the world’s largest cities (based on population size) in low- and middle-income countries. We examined nine variables in various combinations that were available from the Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in these countries. When arranged in ascending order, the distribution of UHIs follows the previously described pattern of gradual linear increase, with departures at each tail. The rank order of cities did not change materially with the omission of variables about women’s health knowledge or childhood vaccinations. Omission of environmental variables (a central water supply piped into homes, improved sanitation, and indoor solid fuel use) altered the rank order considerably. The data suggest that environmental indicators, measures of key household level risk to health, may play a vital role in the overall health of urban communities.
journal_name
Int J Environ Res Public Healthauthors
Stauber C,Adams EA,Rothenberg R,Dai D,Luo R,Weaver SR,Prasad A,Kano M,Heath Jdoi
10.3390/ijerph15061216subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-06-09 00:00:00issue
6eissn
1661-7827issn
1660-4601pii
ijerph15061216journal_volume
15pub_type
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