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Urban as a Determinant of Health [PDF]
Journal 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
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A Decade of Air Quality in Bogotá: A Descriptive Analysis
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 In this work we apply a rigorous and reproducible data analytics process for validation and analysis of the historical data from Bogotá (Colombia) air quality monitoring network since 1998.
Ivan Mura +5 more
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Evaluation of a school-based health education program for urban Indigenous young people in Australia [PDF]
, 2014 : The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a school-based health promotion and education program in improving knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and behaviours of urban Indigenous young people regarding chronic disease and ...
Ware, Robert S. +7 more
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A Case Study of Urban Design, Wellbeing and Mental Health in Lapua, Finland
, 2023 : According to the United Nations ' Sustainable development goals (SDGs) ranking list, Finland is one of the most sustainable countries. At first glance, Lapua: a town in the Southern Ostrobothnia region of western Finland, seems to be safe and ...
Akindejoye, Funmi, Teräväinen, Helena
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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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Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM5 and PM10) in Urban Habitats
Atmosphere, 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
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Examining Equitable Access to Health Resources, Support Staff and Technology Across HISD
, 2023 This series of briefs examined whether students across different Houston Independent School District campuses had equitable access to health resources, support staff and ...
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Urban Health Multidisciplinary Actions Promoting Health in an Urban Environment [PDF]
, 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.
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Promoting urban health and spatial resilience as contributions towards spatial justice
European 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
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Urban health research in Africa : themes and priority research questions [PDF]
, 2016 See erratum to article at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-016-0064-7The urban growth of cities across Africa has drastically increased the number of people living in informal or under served conditions.
Matzopoulos, Richard +4 more
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