Healthy city: global systematic scoping review of city initiatives to improve health with policy recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global health will increasingly be determined by cities. Currently over half of the world's population, over 4 billion people, live in cities. This systematic scoping review has been conducted to understand what cities are doing to improve health and healthcare for their populations.

Methods

We conducted a systematic search to identify literature on city-wide initiatives to improve health. The study was conducted in accordance with PRISMA and the protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020166210).

Results

The search identified 42,137 original citations, yielding 1,614 papers across 227 cities meeting the inclusion criteria. The results show that the majority of initiatives were targeted at non-communicable diseases. City health departments are making an

SUBMITTER: Danielli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314468 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature