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Dementia and Primary-Care Health Measures:Hearing, Gait, and Markers of Inflammation [PDF]
, 2015 Dementia is a syndrome associated with declining cognitive function that has a variety of types and causes, and is encountered frequently in general medical practice. Researchers are actively exploring possible risk factors for dementia. The St.
Lindgren, Elsa
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Dharavi Slums (Mumbai, India): The Petri Dish of COVID-19 Herd Immunity
, 2021 The first and second serosurvey results of COVID-19 antibodies in Dharavi and Cuffe Parade slums (Mumbai, India) were studied. The seroprevalence data of the slums explained the zero novel coronavirus cases reported in the slum dwellers verified first in
Z. Shervani, D. Bhardwaj, Roma Nikhat
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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Indian Journal of Public Health, 2021 Background: Appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in the early years of life will ensure optimal growth and development of the child. However, many children are not fed in the recommended way.
Durga Madhab Satapathy +4 more
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Listening in to others : in between noise and silence [PDF]
, 2010 Since the launch of the ‘Clean Delhi, Green Delhi’ campaign in 2003, slums have become a significant social and political issue in India’s capital city.
Chandola, Tripta
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BMC Women's Health, 2020 Background NFHS-4 stated high unmet need for family planning (FP) among married women in Uttar Pradesh. Unmet need is highest among age groups: 15–19 and 20–24 years. Currently few data is available about unmet need for FP among vulnerable section of the
Kriti Yadav +4 more
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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurial Performance in Resource‐Constrained Contexts
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability orientation shapes entrepreneurial performance in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets by theorizing responsible entrepreneurship as a central mechanism and BoP orientation as a contextual contingency. Using survey data from 283 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, we integrate perspectives
George Obeng Dankwah +5 more
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Slums, Space, and State of Health—A Link between Settlement Morphology and Health Data
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Approximately 1 billion slum dwellers worldwide are exposed to increased health risks due to their spatial environment. Recent studies have therefore called for the spatial environment to be introduced as a separate dimension in medical studies.
John Friesen +3 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Objective This study identifies and characterizes policy measures across Indian states to protect pregnant and lactating women from extreme heat exposure through a thematic analysis of state‐level heat and climate adaptation plans. Methods Using content analysis, we systematically reviewed publicly available Heat Action Plans (HAPs) (N = 19 ...
Gabriela De Jesus Cipriano Flores +4 more
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The risk of COVID-19 transmission in favelas and slums in Brazil
Public Health, 2020 At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic affects a large part of the continents, populations who live in favelas and slums the impact of the spread of COVID-19 is not noticed, little is discussed between government and the population about these communities ...
R. J. Pereira +3 more
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