Video Introduction to Women's Health and the World's Cities by Afaf Meleis

Afaf I Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing, gives an introduction to the new book in the City in the 21st Century series:

"Women's Health and the World's Cities," edited by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch, and Susan M. Wachter.

http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14929.html

Women's Health and the World's Cities illuminates the intersection of gender, health, and urban environments. This collection of essays examines the impact of urban living on the physical and psychological states of women and girls in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Urban planners, scholars, medical practitioners, and activists present original research and compelling ideas. They consider the specific needs of subpopulations of urban women and evaluate strategies for designing spaces, services, and infrastructure in ways that promote women's health. Women's Health and the World's Cities provides urban planners and public health care providers with on-the-ground examples of projects and policies that have changed women's lives for the better.




Video produced and edited by Andrew Shinn
Penn Institute for Urban Research

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Women's Health
• Urban
• Development
• Sustainable
• Cities
• City in the 21st Century
• Penn IUR
• University of Pennsylvania
• Nursing
• Afaf Meleis
• Susan Wachter
• Eugenie Birch