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Los censos comunitarios herramienta para revelar las desigualdades. Experiencia de nuevo horizonte, parroquia Sucre, Caracas

Revista Latinoamericana de Población, 2008
En Venezuela, desde la década de 1950, han venido creciendo ininterrumpidamente los asentamientos informales urbanos (AIU), con una población que en la actualidad supera la de los asentamientos formales y planificados.
Antonio Paredes, Mauricio Phélan C.
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Información sociodemográfica en sistemas de información y comunicación para el diseño de políticas públicas, en la región sur de Ecuador

Revista Latinoamericana de Población, 2008
El conocimiento de la población, su estructura, dinámica, así como su incidencia en la economía, el medio ambiente y sus relaciones en el territorio, es un elemento esencial para trazar y dirigir la visión integral del gobierno central y local en materia
Mónica Mendieta, María Eugenia Estrella   +1 more
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Public attitudes and intentions toward engaging in reintroduction of wolves to Japan

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Reintroducing apex predators is an important approach in ecosystem restoration; however, it is challenging. Wolves (Canis lupus) were exterminated in Japan around 1900, and since then, there has been a lack of top predators throughout the country.
Ryo Sakurai, Hiroshi Tsunoda, Hiroto Enari, Richard C. Stedman   +3 more
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Risk factors associated with higher scores in internalizing and externalizing behaviors in Chilean preschoolers

Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 663-678, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Early detection of behavioral disorders in children is necessary for intervention. Available data show a high prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in Chile (22.5%), but behavioral problems in younger children have not been evaluated.
Paula Bedregal, Victoria Lermanda, Rodrigo Sierra, Paola Viviani   +3 more
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Evaluating the influence of nature connection and values on conservation attitudes at a tropical deforestation frontier

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 4, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Inner phenomena, such as personal motivations for pursuing sustainability, may be critical levers for improving conservation outcomes. Most conservation research and policies, however, focus on external phenomena (e.g., ecological change or economic processes). We explored the factors shaping 9 conservation attitudes toward forest and wildlife
Katarzyna M. Mikołajczak, Jos Barlow, Alexander C. Lees, Christopher D. Ives, Micha Strack, Oriana Trindade de Almeida, Agnis C. Souza, Frazer Sinclair, Luke Parry   +8 more
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Experimental validation of specialized questioning techniques in conservation

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 5, October 2022., 2022
Abstract Conservation increasingly relies on social science tools to understand human behavior. Specialized questioning techniques (SQTs) are a suite of methods designed to reduce bias in social surveys and are widely used to collect data on sensitive topics, including compliance with conservation rules.
Harriet Ibbett, Leejiah Dorward, Asri A. Dwiyahreni, Julia P. G. Jones, Joseph Kaduma, Edward M. Kohi, Jesca Mchomvu, Karlina Prayitno, Humairah Sabiladiyni, Stephen Sankeni, Andie Wijaya Saputra, Jatna Supriatna, Freya A. V. St John   +12 more
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Posttraumatic growth during the COVID‐19 lockdown: A large‐scale population‐based study among Norwegian adolescents

Journal of Traumatic Stress, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 941-954, June 2022., 2022
Abstract The negative consequences of the COVID‐19 lockdown during the spring of 2020 have been documented. However, adolescents may also have experienced positive personal and interrelational changes. This was the first study to examine the prevalence of posttraumatic growth (PTG) during the lockdown.
Vidar Sandsaunet Ulset, Tilmann von Soest   +1 more
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Perfiles sociosanitarios de personas con discapacidad en función de la gravedad de la dependencia, la discapacidad y la vulnerabilidad familiar

Revista Latinoamericana de Población, 2022
En este estudio se presentan las características de tres perfiles poblacionales de personas con discapacidad y/o dependencia. Se relevó información sociodemográfica y se aplicaron instrumentos estandarizados para medir la discapacidad, la dependencia y ...
Julia Córdoba, María José Bagnato, Irene Albarrán Lozano   +2 more
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Of seekers and nonseekers: Characteristics of Covid‐19‐related information‐seeking behaviors

World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 276-294, June 2022., 2022
Abstract During health crises like the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) pandemic, it is crucial that individuals are able and willing to adequately respond to information. Individuals who deliberately seek information have an enhanced capacity to act on it and are capable of informed assessments of risks and self‐protective behaviors.
Elena Link, Eva Baumann, Fabian Czerwinski, Magdalena Rosset, Ralf Suhr   +4 more
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Implementación de políticas de prevención y control de la obesidad infantil en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica: lecciones para la investigación y la práctica transfronterizas

Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021
Resumen Aunque se han hecho avances en el desarrollo y aplicación a gran escala de intervenciones eficaces contra la obesidad infantil, los retos siguen siendo importantes. Nuestro objetivo era comprender las causas del éxito de Estados Unidos y los países latinoamericanos en la implementación de políticas y programas (PYP) contra la obesidad e ...
Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla, Mireya Vilar‐Compte, Elizabeth Rhodes, Olga L. Sarmiento, Camila Corvalan, Rachel Sturke, Susan Vorkoper   +6 more
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