Urban upgrading and its impact on health: a "quasi-experimental" mixed-methods study protocol for the BH-Viva Project

• Main Authors: Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche (Author), Maria Angélica de Salles Dias (Author), Priscila Brandão dos Reis (Author), Cláudia Silva Dias (Author), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract There is little scientific evidence that urban upgrading helps improve health or reduce inequities. This article presents the design for the BH-Viva Project, a "quasi-experimental", multiphase, mixed-methods study with quantitative and qualitative components, proposing an analytic...