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Journal of Urban Health, 1998 New York's public health priorities initiative, Communities Working Together for a Healthier New York, creates a framework for communities, including urban areas, to identify and address their most pressing public health problems. It is both a call to action and a guide for the state's communities.
Barbara A. DeBuono
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Educational Interventions and its Impact on Prevention of Diarrhoea in Urban Slums of Khordha, Odisha, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019 Introduction: Diarrhoea is a frequently found disease among children which causes childhood morbidity and mortality. Effective management of diarrhoea with Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) immensely helps reducing the morbidity and mortality from ...
Jagatabandhu Mohapatra +3 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 While ambitious carbon reduction policies are needed to avoid dangerous levels of climate change, the costs of these policies can be balanced by wide ranging health benefits for local communities.
Maria D. Castillo +13 more
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Do women in major cities experience better health? A comparison of chronic conditions and their risk factors between women living in major cities and other cities in Indonesia [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: Inhabitants of rural areas can be tempted to migrate to urban areas for the type and range of facilities available. Although urban inhabitants may benefit from greater access to human and social services, living in a big city can also bring ...
Yodi Christiani +3 more
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Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2021 Background: Quality of care (QoC) of family planning (FP) affects contraceptive use, and it varies across types of urban settlement. This study assesses the difference in service delivery point (SDP) structural and process factors between formal and ...
Zubair Lukyamuzi +8 more
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022 Our study sought to explore the experiences of caregivers of urban Inuit children with respect to child health knowledge acquisition to develop community-specific best practices for health promotion initiatives.
Brian Hummel +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults experience disproportionate cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality compared to other races, which may be partly attributable to higher burden of hypertension (HTN).
Ka’imi Sinclair +7 more
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An Urban Population Health Observatory System to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness, Response, and Management: Design and Development Study [PDF]
JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(6):e28269, 2021 Background: COVID-19 is impacting people worldwide and is currently a leading cause of death in many countries. This study sought to redefine the Healthy People 2030 SDoH taxonomy to accommodate the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, we aim to provide a blueprint and implement a prototype for the Urban Population Health Observatory (UPHO), a web-based ...
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Vaccines, 2023 Introduction: As the world continues to urbanize, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, understanding the barriers and effective interventions to improve urban immunization equity is critical to achieving both Immunization Agenda 2030 targets
Rachel Victoria Belt +8 more
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GreenScan: Towards large-scale terrestrial monitoring the health of urban trees using mobile sensing [PDF]
IEEE Sensors Journal 2024, 2023 Healthy urban greenery is a fundamental asset to mitigate climate change phenomena such as extreme heat and air pollution. However, urban trees are often affected by abiotic and biotic stressors that hamper their functionality, and whenever not timely managed, even their survival.
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