Quantification of urbanization in relation to chronic diseases in developing countries : a systematic review Allender, Steven, Foster, Charles, Hutchinson, Lauren and Arambepola, Carukshi 2008, Quantification of urbanization in relation to chronic diseases in developing countries : a systematic review, Journal of urban health, vol. 85, no. 6, pp. 938-951, doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9325-4. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Quantification of urbanization in relation to chronic diseases in developing countries : a systematic review Author(s) Allender, Steven orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-3294 Foster, Charles Hutchinson, Lauren Arambepola, Carukshi Journal name Journal of urban health Volume number 85 Issue number 6 Start page 938 End page 951 Total pages 14 Publisher Springer New York Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2008-11 ISSN 1099-3460 1468-2869 Keyword(s) urbanization chronic disease systematic review developing countries Summary During and beyond the twentieth century, urbanization has represented a major demographic shift particularly in the developed world. The rapid urbanization experienced in the developing world brings increased mortality from lifestyle diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. We set out to understand how urbanization has been measured in studies which examined chronic disease as an outcome. Following a pilot search of PUBMED, a full search strategy was developed to identify papers reporting the effect of urbanization in relation to chronic disease in the developing world. Full searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and GLOBAL HEALTH. Of the 868 titles identified in the initial search, nine studies met the final inclusion criteria. Five of these studies used demographic measures (such as population density) at an area level to measure urbanization. Four studies used more complicated summary measures of individual and area level data (such as distance from a city, occupation, home and land ownership) to define urbanization. The papers reviewed were limited by using simple area level summary measures (e.g., urban rural dichotomy) or having to rely on preexisting data at the individual level. Further work is needed to develop a measure of urbanization that treats urbanization as a process and which is sensitive enough to track changes in “urbanicity” and subsequent emergence of chronic disease risk factors and mortality. Notes Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article doi:10.1007/s11524-008-9325-4 contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s11524-008-9325-4 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2008 Copyright notice ©2008, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020455 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Policy Cluster Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 15:40:17 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 12:42:39 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 12:43:58 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 12:45:57 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 12:46:38 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 13:06:16 EST Mon, 19 Oct 2009, 11:13:37 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 09:21:07 EST Fri, 09 Aug 2013, 14:10:38 EST Fri, 09 Aug 2013, 14:11:49 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:22:06 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:18:32 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 88 times in TR Web of Science Cited 104 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 997 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 15:40:17 EST