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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Health and place"”.
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Factors that Shape Environmental Perceptions: the Role of Health and Place
… judgment people make about the characteristics and severity of a risk. Numerous theories and models exist which have identified the factors that influence risk perception. Among these factors, location, health status, and demographic characteristics are known to shape risk perception. To measure …
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Aging Alone, Together: Older Adult ICT Use, Health, and Place during the COVID-19 Pandemic
… to experience age-related mobility decline and social isolation. Social isolation has deleterious effects on mental and physical health, including increased anxiety, mortality rates, and cognitive aging. During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults faced new obstacles to socializing: the …
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Gyvenimo kokybė ir jos vertinimo ypatumai /
… analyse factors determining the quality of life and conditions ensuring the quality of life. Objectives of the thesis: 1. To analyse the factors determining the quality of life; 2. To describe criteria and models of quality of life monitoring and evaluation; 3. To develop a research instrument on …
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Differences in neighborhood characteristics and capabilities to move among families with and without health challenges : a case of Monterrey
This study positions health as a risk factor for neighborhood selection into poor neighborhoods, and overviews the possible mechanisms that constrain sick people from living in low poverty neighborhoods. Most of the literature on health and place focuses on the unidirectional relationship from …
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Constrained spaces of prenatal care: South Asian immigrant women in New York City
… care but also women’s reliance on multi-scalar, place-based social networks and resources. Recently, public health analysts have raised concern about low utilization of prenatal care by South Asian women who are much less likely than US-born women to receive early and adequate prenatal care. I …
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A critical geography of physical activity: Investigating the role of gender in gym environments
… reduces risk of a range of chronic conditions and premature death; yet, on the whole, women are missing out on these health benefits as compared to their male counterparts. Gyms—although routine places for exercise—are conspicuously absent from health geography research. In this thesis, I …