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The development of a model of acculturation and health practices among sub-Saharan African Men (MAPS) in the United States: a grounded theory study of prostate cancer early detection. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Kaninjing E, Ogunsanya M, Asiedu G, Francis D, Van Voorhis K, Heppner W, Dickey SL, Taylor A, Mijena J, Dagne G, Young ME, Gwede C, Odedina F.   +12 more
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CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

Management practices of five U.S. sheep breeds: insights from a producer survey. [PDF]

Transl Anim Sci
Gunes HY, Murphy TW, Wilson CS, Freking BA, Burke JM, Taylor JB, Brito LF, Lewis RM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
wiley   +1 more source

A Nation Veering off Course: Implications for Efficacy and Well-Being. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Chamberlin KG, Dai JD, Ramil HF, Brady LM, Fryberg SA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

CENSUS UNDERCOUNTS, DIGITAL DISPLACEMENT, AND DATA JUSTICE: What Social Scientists and Data Users Need to Know About the 2020 US Census

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Census data are foundational to democracy, research and equitable urban policy. In addition to supporting political reapportionment and redistricting, census data serve as the backbone of the federal statistical data system and are often considered the highest quality data—the ‘gold standard'—for scholarly and policy research.
Jason R. Jurjevich
wiley   +1 more source

Teenage pregnancy and its determinants among adolescents during the Ethiopian civil war: a community-based cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Confl Health
Mekuriaw BY, Gedefaw GD, Abuhay AG, Abate AT, Siyoum TM, Tadesse MA, Misker AD, Wubet HB, Gobezie NZ, Deress GM, Asmare TB, Afework WA, Melesew AA, Demissie B.   +13 more
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

Democratic Deterrence of Middle Powers in Great Power Rivalry: The Case for Indonesia. [PDF]

F1000Res
Purboadji A.
europepmc   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source