Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization

A move from the countryside to a metropolis can offer new opportunities, but it can also expose an individual to new lifestyles and behaviors that put health at risk. Increased rates of behavioral risk factors like smoking, alcohol use, obesity, se...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/579431560325935035/Empowering-Households-and-Individuals-to-Co-produce-Positive-Health-Outcomes-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization
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spelling okr-10986-318462021-05-25T10:54:39Z Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization World Bank Group HEALTH CARE ACCESS PUBLIC HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES SMOKING ROAD SAFETY RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR TOBACCO CONTROL A move from the countryside to a metropolis can offer new opportunities, but it can also expose an individual to new lifestyles and behaviors that put health at risk. Increased rates of behavioral risk factors like smoking, alcohol use, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, unsafe driving, and sexual risk behavior are driving a triple burden of chronic conditions, infectious disease, and injuries. Once developed, effective management of these conditions requires patients to adhere to long-term treatment, and often with poor results. For a safe and healthy transition to urban living, individuals need multisectoral support to steer clear of health-harming traps while taking control of their own health care journeys. 2019-06-12T21:33:18Z 2019-06-12T21:33:18Z 2018-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/579431560325935035/Empowering-Households-and-Individuals-to-Co-produce-Positive-Health-Outcomes-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31846 English FLF Evidence Brief Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic HEALTH CARE ACCESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
SMOKING
ROAD SAFETY
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
TOBACCO CONTROL
spellingShingle HEALTH CARE ACCESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
SMOKING
ROAD SAFETY
RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
TOBACCO CONTROL
World Bank Group
Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
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description A move from the countryside to a metropolis can offer new opportunities, but it can also expose an individual to new lifestyles and behaviors that put health at risk. Increased rates of behavioral risk factors like smoking, alcohol use, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, unsafe driving, and sexual risk behavior are driving a triple burden of chronic conditions, infectious disease, and injuries. Once developed, effective management of these conditions requires patients to adhere to long-term treatment, and often with poor results. For a safe and healthy transition to urban living, individuals need multisectoral support to steer clear of health-harming traps while taking control of their own health care journeys.
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title Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_short Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_full Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_fullStr Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_full_unstemmed Empowering Households and Individuals to Co-produce Positive Health Outcomes : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_sort empowering households and individuals to co-produce positive health outcomes : for equitable care amidst rapid growth and urbanization
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/579431560325935035/Empowering-Households-and-Individuals-to-Co-produce-Positive-Health-Outcomes-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization
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