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Quantifying the Health Benefits of Urban Climate Mitigation Actions: Current State of the Epidemiological Evidence and Application in Health Impact Assessments

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, Susan C. Anenberg, Zoe A. Chafe, Rachel Huxley, Lauren S. Johnson, Iyad Kheirbek, Maha Malik, Julian D. Marshall, Seneca Naidoo, Margaret L. Nelson, Nicholas V. Pendleton, Yuantong Sun, Honorine van den Broek d'Obrenan, Patrick L. Kinney   +13 more
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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, Parthsarathi Dehury, Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Sangita Behera   +3 more
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Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases in Urban Areas: A Review of Challenges, Strategies and Research Directions for Successful Mass Drug Administration

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Since 1950, the global urban population grew from 746 million to almost 4 billion and is expected to reach 6.4 billion by mid-century. Almost 90% of this increase will take place in Asia and Africa and disproportionately in urban slums.
Alayne M. Adams, Myriam Vuckovic, Eleanor Birch, Tara A. Brant, Stephanie Bialek, Dahye Yoon, Joseph Koroma, Abdel Direny, Joseph Shott, Jean Frantz Lemoine, Massitan Dembele, Margaret C. Baker   +11 more
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Exploring the perspectives of caregivers of urban Inuit children on child health knowledge mobilisation

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, Daniel Bierstone, Dennis Newhook, Radha Jetty   +3 more
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Quality of Care in Family Planning Services: Differences Between Formal and Informal Settlements of Kira Municipality, Uganda

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, Moses Tetui, Moses Tetui, Moses Tetui, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Lynn Atuyambe, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, Mazen Baroudi   +8 more
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The Urban Health "Advantage" [PDF]

Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2005
Cities represent the dominant mode of living in the developed world and the pace of urbanization worldwide will continue to accelerate over the coming decades, particularly in the developing world. According to United Nations 2000 forecasts, about half of the world’s population is urban and by the year 2030 nearly two thirds of the world’s population ...
D, Vlahov, S, Galea, N, Freudenberg
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Epidemiology of Urban Canine Rabies, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1972–1997

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
We analyzed laboratory data from 1972 to 1997 from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to determine risk factors for laboratory canine samples’ testing positive for Rabies virus (RABV).
Marc-Alain Widdowson, Gustavo J. Morales, Sandra Chaves, James McGrane   +3 more
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Using Qualitative Methods to Understand the Interconnections Between Cities and Health: A Methodological Review

Public Health Reviews
Objective: Using different perspectives and methods to investigate the links between the urban phenomenon and health is critical in an urbanizing world.
José Pedro Silva, José Pedro Silva, José Pedro Silva, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Ana Isabel Ribeiro   +5 more
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Housing Discrimination and Health: Understanding Potential Linking Pathways Using a Mixed-Methods Approach

Social Sciences, 2018
Few studies have examined the impact of housing discrimination on health. This study explores potential pathways linking housing discrimination and health using concept mapping, a mixed-method approach.
Roshanak Mehdipanah, Jessica Ramirez, Shanti Abedin, Sherrill F. Brown   +3 more
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Selection of Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool indicators using item response theory analysis to assess a city health profile in India

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2020
Introduction: City health profile is a useful tool for understanding the health gap and to plan to close the health gap. Of the different tools available to draft a city health profile, the Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (HEART ...
M Siva Durga Prasad Nayak, K A Narayan
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