Engaging anthropology in urban health research
Issues and Prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2171746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brigit Obrist (0000-0001-7576-1291, University of Basel, corresponding author), Marcel Tanner (0000-0002-1205-6971, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Trudy Harpham (0000-0003-4262-9352, London South Bank University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-371 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-8470 • E-ISSN: 1469-2910 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1364847032000133861 |
| PMID | 26954988 |
| OpenAlex | W2016394238 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Urbanisation remains a challenge in the new millennium and will continue to have important implications for human health. This leads to lively debates in the field of international health, but with minimal engagement of anthropology. To stimulate active involvement, our paper highlights main issues addressed in this special issue and maps directions for future research. Our collection of papers addresses hot topics in urban health research, ranging from everyday health practice to mental health, chronic and degenerative illness, old age and social safety networks, and examines them from a complementary, anthropological perspective. Most priority concerns refer to four core issues commonly considered as characteris tics of urban life, namely, levels of environmental hazards, commodification, social fragmen tation and health service provision. We thus advocate for fresh perspectives, moving from a medical anthropology to a health anthropology, and from risk approaches to frameworks centring on affliction, vulnerability and resilience. Future research should concentrate on comparisons and longitudinal design to sharpen key distinctions, e.g. between rural, peri-urban and urban, use dynamics, diversity and complexity as analytical frameworks and investigate emerging issues like trust and care. With an active engagement in and commitment to urban health research, anthropology can enhance conceptual clarity and contribute to locally relevant public health actions
Applied anthropology · Economic growth · Mental health · Political science · Psychological resilience · Public health · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Urbanization · Vulnerability (computing · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |