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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Urban health"”.
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The social construction of harm reduction expertise: disjointed actors across a fragmented urban health landscape
In the last two decades, overdose deaths have risen to over 100,000 people each year in the United States, facilitating an outpouring of federal, state, and opioid lawsuit payout funds toward a range of initiatives that intervene in the lives of people who use drugs. One of these initiatives, and …
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The non-profit health maintenance organization (HMO) as developer : development options for an urban health center
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.
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Exploring experiences of HIV counsellors towards the HIV counselling and testing policy in Zambia’s public urban health centers
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Factors facilitating pest infestation in two low-income urban areas of Cape Town, South Africa : an urban health observation study
High pest burdens in low-income urban areas pose a significant public health threat to residents due to pest-induced diseases and other negative health consequences. Furthermore, pests can also be a source of nuisance and social stigma. To ward off pests and the problems they are associated with, …
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Factors Influencing Utilization of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Chipata District's Rural, Peri-Urban and Urban Health Centers in Eastern Province
… Rapid Diagnostic Tests (MRDTs) at the district health centres A Cross-sectional research study was conducted in Chipata's 13 district health centres and were sampled proportionate to size using rotary technique. A sample of 42 health workers who routinely diagnosed malaria using RDT were …
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Factors Influencing Utilization of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Chipata District's Rural, Peri-Urban and Urban Health Centers in Eastern Province
… Rapid Diagnostic Tests (MRDTs) at the district health centres A Cross-sectional research study was conducted in Chipata's 13 district health centres and were sampled proportionate to size using rotary technique. A sample of 42 health workers who routinely diagnosed malaria using RDT were …
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Spatial and temporal structure of typhoid fever in Washington, D.C., 1895-1909: a geographic information systems exploration of urban health concerns
… Many of these dynamic changes occurred in the urban centers of North America, which were also entering into a period of dramatic growth and change. Following the 1905 completion of infrastructure improvements intended to improve public health in Washington, D.C., typhoid fever rates …
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Measuring and mapping the relationships between urban environment and urban health : how New York City's Active Design policies can be targeted to address the obesity epidemic
The fields of urban planning and public health both emerged in the 19th century and were united in an effort to address poor health conditions that were linked to the urban environment of cities. By the end of the 20th century, planning and public health had drifted apart to a point where they were …
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How Urban Nature Shapes Health: Unravelling the Spatial Complexity of Nature-Health Systems
Urban nature is recognised as a key Determinant of Health, yet existing research often relies on linear, aspatial approaches that overlook how Health Outcomes emerge from complex, interdependent processes, whose effects vary across space. This thesis adopts a spatial complexity lens and a …
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"MICROFINANCE AS A DETERMINANT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH: WHO IS AT RISK?"
… Using nationally representative data from the Urban Health Survey (2006), I study the association between microfinance participation and domestic violence among currently married women. The outcome variable is domestic violence, which is coded as a dummy variable, where a women either has …
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Visual AI for Sustainable Urban Development Computer Vision and Machine Learning Applications for Climate and Social Impact
… technology’s potential to promote sustainable urban development. Presenting and evaluating three case studies that employ computer vision and machine learning in urban planning contexts, the research highlights the potential of Visual AI in enhancing urban complexity understanding and …
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Building Psychological Safety In An Organization Under Chronic Stress
… exacerbated chronic stress environments across health care organizations across the United States. Organizational support that promotes psychological safety is associated with decreased levels of anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological safety is especially important in healthcare …
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Lifecourse Patterns of Productive Engagement among Rural and Urban Older Adults
… activities that have important ramifications for health in later life. However, little is known about rural-urban patterns of productive engagement across the lifecourse. This dissertation used six waves (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) of the nationally representative Health and Retirement …
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Retention in Health: Improving HIV Retention within the SF Community Health Network
… barriers. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), with the support of Project PRIDE, a CDC three-year demonstration project geared towards supporting health departments in implementing public health strategies to reduce new HIV infections within the men who have sex with men (MSM) …
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Building strong community health partnerships : assessing collaboration between researchers and local representatives in a master-planned community
Health is a social and environmental phenomenon. An understanding of cities as platforms for the social determinants of health, and the emergence of the Healthy Cities movement, support the characterization of urban planners as stewards of health. One way that cities can seek to understand and plan …
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Navigating the nexus: Enhancing engagement in New Zealand’s clinical governance landscape
… within New Zealand's rural, primary, and urban health sectors before the July 2022 health sector reform that replaced District Health Boards with a national health system. Clinical governance is internationally recognised as a quality framework ensuring safe and effective patient care. Its …
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Determinants and Interventions for Physical Activity Adherence During COVID-19: A Global Study Using Machine Learning Approach
… crucial for maintaining both physical and mental health in urban and regional settings. However, public health hazards, such as pandemics, extreme temperatures, and air pollution, pose challenges for PA adherence due to voluntary or mandatory self-protection measures and the closure of exercise …
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Reproductive Choices For Women Living with HIV on ART: The Views of Providers and Clients on Contraception and Fertility
… choices for Women Living with HIV on ART in the urban health centres within Lusaka. Methods: Nine hundred and fifty six HIV-positive women receiving care in the zoned health centres were randomly sampled and 12 health care workers who were purposefully sampled and were available in the ART …
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Transition to Practice of New Graduate Nurses in the First Year of Employment at a Rural Healthcare System
… similar means to those of new graduates from urban health care centers, which may indicate similar issues with obtaining practice readiness. The slight drop in confidence at six months is reflective of Duchscher’s theory. Their overall competency did not drop, but their clinical judgment did …
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Exploring and profiling of childhood illnesses in informal settlements in relation to flooding: a case study of Barcelona, Cape Town South Africa
… contact with contaminated water. Floods cause health risks by exposing children to bacteria, protozoa, viruses and fungi through contaminated water, contaminated household items, dead animals and mould, as a result of inhalation, ingestion and wound infections. This study focuses on the impacts …
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