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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Environmental determinants of health"”.
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Dengue and development: a critical political ecology
<p>Policies for the control of dengue fever often construct the mosquito-borne virus as a disease of poverty, and call for disease control through “development” to meet the needs of poor populations and impoverished or unsanitary spaces. However, exceptions to the narrative of a rich/poor dengue …
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Enhancing Secondary-use of Electronic Health Records for Geospatial-temporal Population Health Research
… three decades, the United States Department of Human and Health Services, Center for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization have recognized the role of social and environmental determinants of health in understanding the health of populations. Community and population health is a …
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Is the application of a vulnerability framework effective in determining patterns of the incidence of dengue disease on the island of Dominica? : the Water Associated Disease Index (WADI) model
The goal of the proposed thesis is to identify vulnerable areas of increased risk of transmission to dengue virus as a re-emerging public health threat. Vulnerability will be based on social, ecological, and environmental factors in the Commonwealth of Dominica, a small island nation in the …
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From being considered at-risk to becoming resilient: an autoethnography of abuse and poverty
… poverty experienced from age six until the age of 17. It was also the method by which I decided to disclose how I moved from being considered at-risk and became resilient. This study demonstrated the basic tenets of autoethnography and how by overcoming poverty and ending a cycle of abuse, I was …
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A mixed methods investigation of factors influencing decision-making for new active living infrastructure in different contexts
Physical inactivity increases the risk of many non-communicable diseases. The built environment is an important determinant of physical activity and the ways in which places are designed and built may lock in, or out, opportunities for greater physical activity and improved health outcomes. …