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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Health and Culture"”.
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COMING TO THE SURFACE: THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND CULTURE IN BUTTE, MONTANA
… profoundly shaped by over a century of mining and smelting activities. Today, Butte is a post-industrial city that is the focal point of America's largest Superfund site as well as the nation's largest National Historic District. There are two types of remediation occurring in Butte: …
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COMING TO THE SURFACE: THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND CULTURE IN BUTTE, MONTANA
… profoundly shaped by over a century of mining and smelting activities. Today, Butte is a post-industrial city that is the focal point of America's largest Superfund site as well as the nation's largest National Historic District. There are two types of remediation occurring in Butte: …
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Persistent organic pollutants : a risk assessment of Vancouver Island First Nations traditional seafood
Traditional seafoods are integral to the health and culture of coastal First Nations in British Columbia. However, concerns about ocean pollutants have prompted a need for a human health risk assessment which captures consumption, contaminant exposure, and risk assessment. This study builds on …
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Cultural Continuity as a Pathway for Métis Peoples Health Promotion: A Descriptive Phenomenological Approach
… from colonialism. Disconnection from their land, cultural suppression, and loss of cultural identity have had adverse effects on the health outcomes and overall well-being of the Métis population. Considering the critical importance of cultural continuity as a health-protective factor for …
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Wild Foods for Sustainable Food Security and Nutrition
… meet goals to reduce all forms of malnutrition and environmental and climate commitments. Whilst dominant paradigms around agriculture and environmental conservation have tended to view food production and sustainability goals as insurmountable and mutually exclusive, recent scholarship and …
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Russia’s 2012 Concept of Migration Policy:Are Chinese immigrants a solution to the Russian Far East’s demographic problems?
… problems, which are leading to a declining and aging population. In particular, the Far East faces a demographic crisis due to the low birth rate, high death rate, and westward internal migration. In response to these demographic problems President Vladimir Putin signed the 2012 Concept of …
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Performative Interventions In Public Space: Moments of Urban Transformation in Athens
… through the development of notational drawings and filmic experiments. The aim is to propose a method to sustain and construct conditions for temporary transformations in selected locations within the urban context of Athens by exploring the symbiosis of corporeal movement and physical space. It …
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Cumulative Impact: Digital Ethnography of Environmental Activism in the Mountain View Community
… need to fill the gaps of knowledge concerning health communication using a digital format. Digital ethnography holds the potential of reaching larger audiences, incorporating more stakeholders, and adding previously muted voices – individuals from non-academic communities as well as communities …
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Saberes e práticas de mães angolanas sobre os cuidados ao recém-nascido: contributos para melhorar a intervenção em saúde infantil e promover cuidados de saúde culturalmente competentes
… perante os conhecimentos científicos, levando a práticas de cuidados com consequências negativas para a saúde, como é o caso da onfalite. Em Angola, existe um elevado número de mortes nos recém-nascidos, sendo a septicemia uma das principais causas. Mantendo-se a tendência atual, entre …