Ezeh, Alex, Oyebode, Oyinlola, Satterthwaite, David, Chen, Y-F.‏‎, Ndugwa, Robert, Sartori, Jo, Mberu, Blessing, Melendez-Torres, G. J., Haregu, Tilahun, Watson, Samuel I., Caiaffa, Waleska, Capon, Anthony and Lilford, Richard (2017) The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums. The Lancet, 389 (10068). pp. 547-558. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31650-6

PDF WRAP_Slum Health Paper 1 - RESUBMISSION_FINALCOPY_CLEAN.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (666Kb)

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

Massive slums have become major features of cities in many low-income and middle-income countries. Here, in the first in a Series of two papers, we discuss why slums are unhealthy places with especially high risks of infection and injury. We show that children are especially vulnerable, and that the combination of malnutrition and recurrent diarrhoea leads to stunted growth and longer-term effects on cognitive development. We find that the scientific literature on slum health is underdeveloped in comparison to urban health, and poverty and health. This shortcoming is important because health is affected by factors arising from the shared physical and social environment, which have effects beyond those of poverty alone. In the second paper we will consider what can be done to improve health and make recommendations for the development of slum health as a field of study.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Slums -- Health aspects , Malnutrition in children, Diarrhea, Developing countries -- Health aspects , Poverty
Journal or Publication Title:	The Lancet
Publisher:	Lancet Publishing Group
ISSN:	0140-6736
Official Date:	4 February 2017
Dates:	Date Event 4 February 2017 Published 16 October 2016 Available 7 September 2016 Accepted
Volume:	389
Number:	10068
Page Range:	pp. 547-558
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31650-6
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Sweden. Styrelsen för internationell utveckling, National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR)

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item

Downloads