10:832:243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Rural Health, Amoebiasis, Trichuriasis
16 Oct 2017
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Discuss ideas and theories on how cities might affect mental health, and how these have changed over time discuss immigrant health and how this has also informed our view on cities. Compare the relative health impacts of urban versus rural living. Assess the contribution of density to health. Understand the role that stressors play in health status and their relationships to vulnerable populations describe the possible contributions of the built environment to shaping behavior, including the concept of defensible space and evidence-based design. Identify the potential impacts of neighborhood change and noise on health discuss some of the key health issues facing the homeless. On the impact of urban living on mental health have changed over time: Often based on perceptions of foreign-born immigrant populations living in urban areas. Heavily influenced by sociology; more recently by psychology as well as the environmental movement. Immigrants and their experiences have also changed over time, impacting theories about urban life.
