Why We Need Urban Health Equity Indicators: Integrating Science, Policy, and Community
Open Access
- 14 August 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 9 (8), e1001285
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001285
Abstract
Jason Coburn and Alison Cohen discuss the need for urban health equity indicators, which can capture the social determinants of health, track policy decisions, and promote greater urban health equity.Keywords
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