URBANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON GLOBAL HEALTH
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/health-2024.1.7Keywords:
urbanization, global health, city dwellers, public healthAbstract
Our review aimed to assess the impact of urbanization on the health of the population by analyzing modern scientific sources of information on the selected topic. The impact of urbanization on public health has always been a controversial issue, and different scientists have different opinions about it. Some researchers argue that urbanization harms public health through many channels. First, rapid urbanization will lead to a series of environmental pollution problems, including water pollution, dust pollution, and carbon dioxide emissions in the daily life of urban residents, urbanization will cause increased anxiety and emotional disorders, which will not contribute to the mental health of residents and increase morbidity on infectious diseases, affecting the level of public health. Thirdly, urbanization has already changed people's lives and work habits, which has led to negative consequences for health. Fourth, in the process of urbanization, the provision of infrastructure and medical facilities usually lags behind the rate of population agglomeration, which leads to various problems, such as overcrowding and complicated treatment, which harms the health of the population. Instead, there is another point of view, according to which the dense population of cities has a positive effect on the health of residents. The role of urbanization in strengthening public health is mainly reflected in medical services, that is, the level of medical services corresponds to the development of urbanization Urban and rural areas have significant differences in health care resources. Access to health insurance is higher in cities than in rural areas, and urban residents enjoy better sanitation. Urbanization also indirectly affects population health by affecting education and income. Therefore, our scientific research ended with the conclusion that urbanization will continue to grow all over the world and its consequences can be both beneficial and harmful for the health of the population.
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