Public Health Global Conference

This concentration operates within a setting that involves high population density in a city, all the while bearing in mind that the general population faces specific health challenges due to the environment and limited resources to apply. They have been exacerbated by the increasing pace of urbanization, and urban communities demanding specific public health interventions.

Another life aspect that is a major issue in the provision of urban health is the issue of access to health care. Despite having established quite a number of healthcare centers as compared to rural areas, high standards of population density may put much pressure on them hence reduced accessibility to these aid as well as delayed access to them. Occupational health promotion in urban areas focuses on increasing the existing base for primary care, ambulance, and mental health treatment facilities that are readily available to all residents of the city irrespective of their economic class.

Environmental health is therefore an important aspect of urban health. Health-wise it results in respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases, noise pollution ultimately leads to mental stress while the limited provision of green space exposes the residents to health risks such as high blood pressure, respiratory diseases, stress, and anxiety. Health interventions can be designed to reduce those effects arising from pollution and poor urban planning to improve the health of societies. Successful strategies that affect the percentages of green areas and promote reliable public transport, and eventually the reduction of emission levels contribute most to the improvement of the quality of life in cities.

Furthermore, Urban public health also attends to the social component that precipitates health such as accommodation, job, and education. In overcrowded areas, the tenants are exposed to unhygienic physical surroundings, with its implications arising from poor living conditions and unavailability of proper sanitation facilities, which would otherwise lead to sickness related to the infective nature of diseases. Social programs focusing on, housing, water supply & sanitation, should also be embraced in increasing the standard of people’s health.

Urban communities’ Public health calls for an interdisciplinary approach due to the social economic and Environmental aspects involving the hospitality IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN URBAN AREAS 5 of the residents. By engaging policymakers, practitioners, and community organizations, urban public health interventions are aimed at making cities safe, sustainable, and healthful places for populations to live.