1. This issue of the Journal of Urban Health

   EditorialNotes Pages: 199 - 200

2. Dedication

   • Jeremiah A. Barondess

   EditorialNotes Pages: 203 - 203

3. Introduction: The health of cities

   • Jeremiah A. Barondess

   EditorialNotes Pages: 204 - 206

4. Keynote address: Creative partnerships for healthier cities

   • Kurt L. Schmoke

   EditorialNotes Pages: 209 - 218

5. Health status and its deter minants in urban populations

   • Gilbert S. Omenn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 227

6. Socioeconomic considerations in the health of urban areas

   • George A. Kaplan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 235

7. Early antecedents of adult health

   • Ezra Susser
   • Thomas D. Matte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 236 - 241

8. Behavioral factors in the health status of urban populations

   • Lester Breslow

   OriginalPaper Pages: 242 - 250

9. Infections

   • June E. Osborn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 257

10. Habitat and health: The role of environmental factors in the health of urban populations

    • Richard J. Jackson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 258 - 262

11. Improving Urban Health

    • Barbara A. DeBuono

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 271

12. Urban Health Policy

    • Lawrence D. Brown

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 280

13. Economics and urban health

    • Karen Davis
    • David Sandman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 293

14. The state and local political environment of urban health

    • Charles T. Royer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 294 - 299

15. African-American health: the role of the social environment

    • David R. Williams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 321

16. The roles and responsibilities of local public health systems in urban health

    • Raymond J. Baxter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 322 - 329

17. Leveling the playing field: A report of the commonwealth fund task force on academic health centers

    • David Blumenthal
    • Samuel O. Thier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 330 - 346

18. Urban health care: What works and why

    • Steven A. Schroeder

    OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 355

19. Current efforts toward implementation of an urban health strategy: The Henry Ford Health System

    • Nancy Whitelaw
    • Gail Warden
    • Melissa R. Wenzler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 356 - 366

20. Toward a new urban health model: Moving beyond the safety net to save the safety net—Resetting priorities for healthy communities

    • Ron J. Anderson
    • Sue Pickens
    • Paul J. Boumbulian

    OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 378

21. Current efforts toward implementation of an urban health strategy: The Los Angeles experience

    • Mark Finucane

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 382

22. Current efforts toward implementation of an urban health strategy: Boston

    • Mitchell T. Rabkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 383 - 390

23. Overview of urban collaborative initiatives

    • Roz D. Lasker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 391 - 400

24. Toward healthy cities: Opportunities for collaboration

    • George Rupp

    OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 406

25. Toward implementation of an agenda

    • Allan Rosenfield

    OriginalPaper Pages: 408 - 411

26. Toward implementation of an urban health agenda: The role of government

    • James R. Tallon Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 412 - 419

27. Academic medicine and the urban health agenda

    • John W. Rowe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 420 - 423

28. Toward implementation: Managed care and delivery systems

    • Robert P. Jacobs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 424 - 429

29. The missing voice: Impacts of health system change on low-income communities

    • David R. Jones

    OriginalPaper Pages: 430 - 437

30. Symposium summary

    • William R. Brody

    Report Pages: 438 - 445