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Improving Equity in Urban Immunization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Qualitative Document Review

open access: yesVaccines, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Urbanisation and health in China. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
China has seen the largest human migration in history, and the country's rapid urbanisation has important consequences for public health. A provincial analysis of its urbanisation trends shows shifting and accelerating rural-to-urban migration across the
Carlton, Elizabeth J   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM5 and PM10) in Urban Habitats

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2020
Trees are especially useful biological indicators. We tested the suitability of tree leaves (Common Lime) to assess PM5 and PM10 deposition in the three summer months of 2018 in Debrecen city, Hungary.
Edina Simon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban as a Determinant of Health [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Urban Health, 2007
Cities are the predominant mode of living, and the growth in cities is related to the expansion of areas that have concentrated disadvantage. The foreseeable trend is for rising inequities across a wide range of social and health dimensions. Although qualitatively different, this trend exists in both the developed and developing worlds.
Vlahov, David   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Urban Health Multidisciplinary Actions Promoting Health in an Urban Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The crisis faced by the Western lifestyle model when dealing with problems associated with climate change and the new roles that cities and buildings must play in a world of globalisation fosters the rise of a new approach that marks a necessary turning point for our civilisation.
Battisti A., Marceca M.
openaire   +3 more sources

Promoting urban health and spatial resilience as contributions towards spatial justice

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2023
Spatial justice has different dimensions and is to a large extent determined by its specific political-administrative context, which guides its development on the local level. In view of the varying living conditions in urban environments I would like to
Sabine Baumgart
doaj   +1 more source

Decomposing the gap in childhood undernutrition between poor and non–poor in urban India, 2005–06 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Despite the growing evidence from other developing countries, intra-urban inequality in childhood undernutrition is poorly researched in India. Additionally, the factors contributing to the poor/non-poor gap in childhood undernutrition have not been ...
Kumar, A., Singh, Aditya
core   +4 more sources

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

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Educational Interventions and its Impact on Prevention of Diarrhoea in Urban Slums of Khordha, Odisha, India [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative study of factors affecting mental health amongst low-income working mothers in Bangalore, India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundLow-income urban working mothers face many challenges in their domestic, environmental, and working conditions that may affect their mental health.
Heymann, Sally Jody   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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