Cities and Health

what is city health?

How are we better able to improve human health? The answer is policy. Establishing innovative policies focused on inclusivity is often the driving factor towards a healthy city. City health, the health status of inhabitants of a city, reflects the presence or lack of public health initiatives in a geographic region. How well are the basic needs of a community being met and which communities struggle most accessing these more basic needs? Throughout this semester we looked closely at the health status of Mecklenburg County and North Carolina, the county and state UNC at Charlotte is located within to better understand city health and to brainstorm ways we can then best serve the community around our university.

The importance of city health.

Improved city health ensures greater health equity.