Ranking of Cities According to Public Health Criteria

Pitfalls and Opportunities

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ID11035146
AuthorsSandra A Ham (0000-0002-1966-2413, At the time of the study, Sandra A. Ham, Sarah Levin, and Amy I. Zlot were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Richard R. Andrews was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with Johns Hopkins University Preventive Medicine. Rebecca Miles is with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee.), Sarah Levin (At the time of the study, Sandra A. Ham, Sarah Levin, and Amy I. Zlot were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Richard R. Andrews was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with Johns Hopkins University Preventive Medicine. Rebecca Miles is with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee.), Sarah A Levin (Johns Hopkins University), Amy Zlot (0000-0003-0809-4550, Johns Hopkins University), Amy I Zlot (At the time of the study, Sandra A. Ham, Sarah Levin, and Amy I. Zlot were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Richard R. Andrews was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with Johns Hopkins University Preventive Medicine. Rebecca Miles is with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee.), Richard R Andrews (At the time of the study, Sandra A. Ham, Sarah Levin, and Amy I. Zlot were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Richard R. Andrews was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with Johns Hopkins University Preventive Medicine. Rebecca Miles is with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee.), Rebecca Miles (0000-0002-1715-2794, At the time of the study, Sandra A. Ham, Sarah Levin, and Amy I. Zlot were with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Richard R. Andrews was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with Johns Hopkins University Preventive Medicine. Rebecca Miles is with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue4
Pages546-549
Publication date2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.4.546
PMID15053999
OpenAlexW1967075255
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

Popular magazines often rank cities in terms of various aspects of quality of life. Such ranking studies can motivate people to visit or relocate to a particular city or increase the frequency with which they engage in healthy behaviors. With careful consideration of study design and data limitations, these efforts also can assist policymakers in identifying local public health issues. We discuss considerations in interpreting ranking studies that use environmental measures of a city population’s public health related to physical activity, nutrition, and obesity. Ranking studies such as those commonly publicized are constrained by statistical methodology issues and a lack of a scientific basis in regard to design

Environmental health · Information retrieval · MEDLINE · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Ranking (information retrieval) · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Law · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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