Urban Health and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice - Part 2. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of over half of the world's population that is already residing in large cities. Its interdisciplinary research and practice focus is a welcome innovation. | Contents IX 10 IMMIGRANTS AND URBAN AGING TOWARD A POLICY FRAMEWORK 239 Marianne Fahs Anahi Viladrich Nina S. Parikh The New Urban Demography Baby Boomers and Immigrants 240 Economic and Social Influences on Aging and Health Policy 242 Social and Environmental Considerations 246 Toward a Conceptual Framework 254 A Public Health Research and Policy Agenda 255 Summary 258 11 REVERSING THE TIDE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 271 Hollie Jones Leandris C. Liburd A Dialogue Between Two Disciplines Psychology and Medical Anthropology 273 Ethnic Identity and the Experience of Being African American with Type 2 Diabetes 278 Interdisciplinary Research Methods 281 Integrating Social Psychology and Medical Anthropology to Reduce the Burden of Diabetes 284 Summary 285 PART FOUR PUTTING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES INTO PRACTICE 293 12 USING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO STRENGTHEN URBAN HEALTH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 295 Nicholas Freudenberg Susan Klitzman Susan Saegert Doing Interdisciplinary Research and Practice 296 Defining the Problem 299 Creating a Process for Interdisciplinary Work 302 X Contents Choosing Institutional and Community Partners 305 Influencing Policy and Practice 309 Evaluating Impact 311 Wanted Interdisciplinary Researchers and Practitioners 312 Summary 314 GLOSSARY 319 INDEX 325 PREFACE In this volume we seek to bring together two emerging fields of study. The first urban health asks how city living shapes health and how researchers policymakers health professionals and others can contribute to healthier cities around the world. The second interdisciplinary research seeks to transcend the limitations of research approaches informed by a single discipline. As more of the world s populations move to cities and as urban areas face more complex health problems improving the health of urban populations has become a central challenge for public health professionals government officials researchers and urban .
