Urbanization and Health: Oxymoron or Opportunity? - Janine Schooley

1. We are rapidly urbanizing
70% by 2050!
54% of the world’s population
resides in urban areas;
urban growth uneven
Megacities (10m or more)
increased from 14-29 in last 20 yrs
CORE Fall Meeting October 2016

2. Challenges include:
• Changes in family patterns
• Slums & informal settlements
• Provision of services
• Climate change
• Exclusion & rising inequalities
Population density (eg, Ebola)
• Rising insecurity
• Upsurge in migration

3. Urbanization as a transformative force?
• Platforms for production, innovation &
trade
• Formal & informal employment
• Improved quality of life
• Role of rapid & large scale deployment of
information and communication technology

4. B A R R I O M Í O
Pacaya Volcano
Volcán de Agua
Volcán de Fuego
Tolimán Volcano

5. Assessment and Data Collection:
Mapping

6. Tools for collecting information on housing,
water and sanitation, basic services,
transportation, protection & crime

7. Additional information from secondary
sources is then all layered together in a
process called D-Risk…

8. And is used to facilitate decisions such as
identifying high risk areas and zoning
neighborhoods, priority setting, etc.

9. Then comes designing and planning with
considerations including health, risk
mitigation, disability accommodation, etc.

10. We then take those plans and implement
them with a wide array of public and private
partners

11. Community, Public &
Private Partners

12. Barrio Mio utilizes a comprehensive, integrated and
participatory approach where health is seen as not just the
absence of disease…
• WASH and health/nutrition
• Air quality
• Prevention of accidents
• Evacuation routes
• Violence prevention
• Full inclusion
• Mental health
• Awareness and prevention eg, NCDs
• Social determinants of health
• Empowerment of all, but especially women
Barrio Mio and Health

13. Women at the Center of Urban
Renewal
PCI’s Women Empowered
Initiative is a savings-led social
and economic development
program focused on unleashing
the power of women as change
agents in their community

14. Awareness + Mobilization + Empowerment = Social change

15. So what’s next?
Barrio Mio Tijuana and beyond!

16. Gracias!!
jschooley@pciglobal.org

17. • What has been your experience with urban
programming?
• What are the key challenges with health
programming in the urban setting?
• What are the best opportunities for health
programming in the urban setting in your own
work re: program design, community mobilization,
SBC, measurement, etc.?
• Is “urbanization & health” an oxymoron or an
opportunity?
Be prepared to BRIEFLY present the
key take aways from your discussion!
Table Top Discussion Topics