Cities & Health, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2023)

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Latin America and the Caribbean: Shaping urban form for health

Leading Editorial

Editorial
Fostering capacity building and multidisciplinary urban health research in Latin America
Olga L. Sarmiento, Marcus Grant, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Gina S. Lovasi, Jo Ivey Boufford, Gerry Eijkermans, Katherine Indvik & Laura Baldovino-Chiquillo
Pages: 1-8
Published online: 17 Feb 2023
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Research for city practice

Research for city practice
Marcus Grant & Olga Lucia Sarmiento
Pages: 9-15
Published online: 17 Feb 2023
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Case Study

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The neighbourhood, an intermediary in teenager engagement with mental health services: a Chilean case-study
Julie Karmann, Eric Tapia, Ruben Alvarado & Louise Fournier
Pages: 16-24
Published online: 16 Jun 2020
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Peer companion - a crucial role in the vaccination of unhoused and at-risk people in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina). A case study, Butterfly Effect
Romina Ramírez, Martín Güelman, Ana Laura Azparren Almeira, Florencia Quiroga, Pablo Guillemi, Magdalena Wagner, María Luz Brena, Vanina Pagotto, Melissa Cordoba Asprilla & Silvana Figar
Pages: 25-31
Published online: 21 Dec 2022
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Visual Essay

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Winds of change: the case of TransMiCable, a community-engaged transport intervention improving equity and health in Bogotá, Colombia
Paula Guevara-Aladino, Laura Baldovino-Chiquillo, María Alejandra Rubio, Claire Slesinski, Paul Levy, Diego Flórez, Sebastián Flórez & Olga L. Sarmiento
Pages: 32-40
Published online: 04 May 2022
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Commentary and Debate

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Providing support to underprivileged people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: the role of the Trust Group and women leaders in São Paulo’s favelas
Ana Luiza Gomes Domingos, Juliana Miranda Mitkiewicz & Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
Pages: 41-45
Published online: 05 Sep 2022
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Is it appropriate to import existing food retail environment definitions for the Latin American context? A systematic search and expert knowledge
Mariana Carvalho de Menezes, Paulo Cesar Pereira de Castro Junior, Maria Fernanda Kroker-Lobos, Carolina Pérez Ferrer, Natalia Tumas, Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro & Letícia Oliveira Cardoso
Pages: 46-58
Published online: 26 Sep 2022
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Reflective Praxis - Major article

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Urban transformations, community participation, and health: inter-sectoral and cross-country learning experience between Brazil, Chile, and Colombia
Lídia Maria de Oliveira Morais, Paula Guevara-Aladino, Roxana Valdebenito, Natalia Díaz, Katherine Indvik, Olga L. Sarmiento, Alejandra Vives Vergara, Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche & Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa
Pages: 59-70
Published online: 28 Jul 2022
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Reflective Praxis - Think-piece

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Why do we need an urban health agenda that prioritizes children and adolescents in Latin America?
A. Ortigoza, M. Alazraqui, A. Braverman-Bronstein, W. T. Caiaffa, D. Cartagena, G. Crespo, V. Chavez -Barriga, M. Mazariegos, A. Minujin, F. Obando, S. Perner, S. Sabry, C. Vaca-Jones & C. Vert
Pages: 71-80
Published online: 20 Dec 2022
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Original Scholarship - Empirical

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Challenges for creating active living infrastructure in a middle-income country: a qualitative case study in Jamaica
Anna Le Gouais, Ishtar Govia & Cornelia Guell
Pages: 81-92
Published online: 23 Jun 2020
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Open Access
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Women’s empowerment and infant mortality in Latin America: evidence from 286 cities
Ana Ortigoza, Ariela Braverman, Philipp Hessel, Vanessa Di Cecco, Amélia Augusta Friche, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa & Ana V. Diez Roux
Pages: 93-101
Published online: 22 Apr 2021
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Associations between household density and mood during COVID-19 lockdowns: evidence from Ecuador
Juan Pablo Díaz-Sánchez, Cintya Lanchimba, Franklin Velasco & Mariel Paz y Miño
Pages: 102-111
Published online: 31 Oct 2022
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Life conditions of residents in social housing in Medellin, Colombia: a Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process
Harold Cardona-Trujillo, Estefany Peña-Rojas, Eliana Martínez-Herrera & María Claudia Mejía-Gil
Pages: 112-121
Published online: 07 Oct 2022
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Our Voice in the Ciclovía: exercising recreation and health rights through Citizen Science
Diana Higuera-Mendieta, Silvia A. González, Benjamin Chrisinger, Natalia Rodriguez Castañeda, Lisa G. Rosas, Ann Banchoff, Johnattan García, Cristina Mejía-Cancelado, Camilo A. Triana, Abby C. King & Olga L. Sarmiento
Pages: 122-136
Published online: 03 Oct 2022
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Built environments for physical activity: a longitudinal descriptive analysis of Sao Paulo city, Brazil
Inaian Pignatti Teixeira, João Paulo dos Anjos Souza Barbosa, Ligia Vizeu Barrozo, Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino, Priscila Missaki Nakamura, Douglas Roque Andrade, Suzanne Mavoa, Gavin Turrell, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis & Alex Antonio Florindo
Pages: 137-147
Published online: 26 Oct 2022
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Original Scholarship - Methodological

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Evaluation of the traditional dimensions of residential segregation by educational level in Chile
Sandra Flores-Alvarado, Tamara Doberti Herrera & Mauricio Fuentes-Alburquenque
Pages: 148-157
Published online: 31 Oct 2022
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Original Scholarship - Review

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Health as a driver for urban policy in Latin America: a scoping review of literature from international organizations
Adriana Lein, Katherine Indvik, Juliet Braslow, Heather Rollins, Andrea Cortinez-O’Ryan, Patricia Frenz, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa & Ana V. Diez Roux
Pages: 158-173
Published online: 02 Jun 2020
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Correction

Correction
Correction
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Published online: 29 Nov 2022
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