Dr Jinhee Kim

Dr Jinhee Kim

Senior Lecturer

PhD, University of New South Wales (2023)

Thesis title: Paradigms, clusters and traditions on urban health: articulating diverse ontological perspectives to advance transdisciplinary approaches to urban health research and policymaking

Master of Public Health, Seoul National University (2005)

Bachelor of Science, Korea University (2002)

Arts, Design & Architecture
Cities Institute

Dr Jinhee Kim is Scientia academic at the Cities Institute. Her research interests include understanding the complexities of urban health paradigms relevant to addressing the spatial impacts of urban environments on human health. She applies her research findings in developing real-world transdisciplinary action that engages stakeholders from academic and non-academic backgrounds and across various disciplines and sectors. Prior to joining UNSW, she has worked in all levels of government with a focus on healthy cities and health impact assessment as tools to prioritise health equity in urban policies. 

Location
UNSW Cities Institute Rm 220, John Goodsell Building
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2022, 'Urban Health Paradigms', in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_283-1
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2022, 'Urban Health Paradigms', in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures, Springer International Publishing, pp. 2023 - 2027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87745-3_283
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2023, 'Five urban health research traditions: A meta-narrative review', Social Science & Medicine, online first, pp. 116265 - 116265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116265
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2023, 'Ontological foundations of urban health policy ideas: the case of planning Sydney’s Western Parkland City', Cities & Health, 8, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2286727
    Journal articles | 2023
    de Leeuw E; Kim J; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2023, 'Different approaches to research on urban health: a meta-narrative review', Population Medicine, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/popmed/163892
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2022, 'Four urban health paradigms: The search for coherence', Cities, 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103806
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ma T; Kim J; Godinho MA; de Leeuw E; Clapham K; Kobel C; Ivers R, 2022, 'A Systematic Review with Framework Synthesis of the Ways That Urban Environments Influence Opportunities for Healthy and Sustainable Mobility in Older Age', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013014
    Journal articles | 2021
    Kim J; Haigh FA, 2021, 'HIA and EIA are different, but maybe not in the way we thought they were: A bibliometric analysis', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179101
    Journal articles | 2021
    Kim J; Harris-Roxas B; de Leeuw E; Lilley D; Crimeen A; Sainsbury P, 2021, 'Protocol for a meta-narrative review on research paradigms addressing the urban built environment and human health', Systematic Reviews, 10, pp. 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01848-6
    Journal articles | 2021
    de Leeuw E; Harris P; Kim J; Yashadhana A, 2021, 'A health political science for health promotion', Global Health Promotion, 28, pp. 17 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17579759211034418
    Journal articles | 2020
    Harris P; kim J; Cave B, 2020, 'Applying an equity lens to urban policy measures for COVID-19 in four cities', Cities and Health, 5, pp. S66 - S70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.1792070
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kim J; Harris-Roxas B; de Leeuw E; Lilley D; Crimeen A; Sainsbury P, 2020, 'Protocol for a Meta-narrative Review on Research Paradigms Addressing the Urban Built Environment and Human Health', Systematic Reviews., accepted, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-121888/v1
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kim J, 2020, 'Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on health equity and healthy cities', Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion, 37, pp. 81 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.14367/kjhep.2020.37.4.81
  • Reports | 2021
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris P, 2021, Research for health equity policy - being strategic about reality, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, http://dx.doi.org/10.53714/twcq8085, http://dx.doi.org/10.53714/twcq8085
    Conference Abstracts | 2020
    Haigh F; Kim J, 2020, 'Building human capacities for HIA', in European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press (OUP), Virtual, Vol. 30, presented at 16th World Congress on Public Health 2020 Public Health for the future of humanity: analysis, advocacy and action, Virtual, 12 October 2020 - 16 October 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1374
    Conference Abstracts | 2020
    Kim J; de Leeuw E; Harris-Roxas B; Sainsbury P, 2020, 'The three paradigms on urban health', Vol. 30, pp. S5 - ckaa166.155, presented at 16th World Congress of Publis Health, 15 October 2020, http://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article-pdf/30/Supplement_5/ckaa166.155/33816789/ckaa166.155.pdf
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Kim J, 2020, 'COVID-19 impact, responses and implications to urban health equity', presented at Korean Academy of Critical Health Policy Conference, Seoul, South Korea (virtual), 25 June 2020 - 26 June 2020
    Other | 2020
    Kim J, 2020, COVID-19: Lessons from South Korea’s quick response, , https://croakey.org/covid-19-lessons-from-south-koreas-quick-response/
    Other | 2020
    Kim J, 2020, South Korea flattening the curve – testing is vital, but so is tracing and tracking, , https://croakey.org/south-korea-flattening-the-curve-testing-is-vital-but-so-is-tracing-and-tracking/
    Other | 2020
    Kim J, 2020, What is a ‘healthy city’? The answer lies in the paradigm of the beholder., , https://chetre.org/2020/11/urban-health-paradigms/
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Haigh F; Kim J, 2019, 'HIA and Health in All Policies Learning by Doing Workshop', presented at The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) HIA Learning by Doing Workshop, Seoul, 30 September 2019 - 01 October 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Haigh F; Zapart S; Kim J; Crimeen A; Beer M; Reid A; Jaques K, 2019, 'Top Tips for Working with Local Government to Promote Community Health', presented at International Union for Health Promotion and Education 2019, Rotorua, New Zealand, 07 April 2019 - 11 April 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27322

Editor-in-Chief, Urban Health Review (Journal of the Korean Academy of Urban Health)

Executive Board Member, Korean Academy of Urban Health

Member, Academic Committee, Alliance for Healthy Cities

Planning Committee, 10th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities (25-27 Sept 2024, Seoul, Korea)