Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
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10.18869/mjiri
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8888
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jalali
1389
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gregorian
2010
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The application of urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) in Tehran concepts and framework
Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Study Protocol
Study Protocol
<p> <strong> Abstract </strong></p><p> <strong> Background: </strong>Inequalities in health are ever increasing among different communities </p><p> of either affluent or disadvantaged especially in urban areas. To identify and address inequalities in health and its determinants among societies, urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) in four 'policy domains' related to social determinants of health, has been developed by WHO Kobe Centre (WKC) and piloted in several countries. The tool was extended to six policy domains in Tehran and the number of indicators was doubled. This paper describes the concept of Urban HEART, its development, study protocol and pilot implementation in Tehran. </p><p> <strong> Methods/Design: </strong>Sixty five indicators in 6 domains related to inequalities in health </p><p> and social determinants of health (SDH) namely 'physical and infrastructure', 'human and social', 'economic', 'governance', 'health', and 'nutrition', were developed and approved in an international workshop held in Tehran in April 2008. Acomprehensive questionnaire with 12 sections was developed to be administered in a large population based survey in Tehran. </p><p> <strong> Discussion: </strong>This is the first report of urban health equity assessment and response tool (Urban HEART) project which was conducted in Tehran. Year 2010 has been devoted to 'Urbanisation and Health' by the World Health Organisation, when 1000 cities are supposed to join a global plan to raise health in the urban areas. The Urban HEART project is supposed to play an important role henceforth. </p>
health inequality, urban HEART, social determinants of health
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Mohsen
Asadi-Lari
Mohsen.asadi@yahoo.com
2003194753284600874
2003194753284600874
Yes
Department of Epidemiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad R
Vaez-Mahdavi
mh_mahdavi@yahoo.com.
20031947532846001050
20031947532846001050
No
Department of Physiology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
Soghrat
Faghihzadeh
faghihz@modares.ac.ir.
20031947532846001051
20031947532846001051
No
Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran
Ali
Montazeri
montazeri@acecr.ac.ir.
20031947532846001052
20031947532846001052
No
Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, Tehran, Iran
Ali A
Farshad
fdgir@yahoo.com.
20031947532846001053
20031947532846001053
No
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Nasser
Kalantari
nkalantari1334@gmail.com.
20031947532846001054
20031947532846001054
No
Shahid Beheshti University of MS. Tehran, Iran
Ali
Maher
dralimaher@gmail.com.
20031947532846001055
20031947532846001055
No
Mohammad M
Golmakani
golmakani@yahoo.com.
20031947532846001056
20031947532846001056
No
Municipality of Tehran
Gholam H
Salehi
20031947532846001057
20031947532846001057
No
Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
S. Abbas
Motevallian
amotevalian@yahoo.com.
20031947532846001058
20031947532846001058
No
Department of Epidemiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hossein
Malek-Afzali
malek179@gmail.com.
20031947532846001059
20031947532846001059
No
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran