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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"socially vulnerable populations"”.
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Socially Vulnerable Populations Experiences with Wildfire Preparation Programs at Lake Tahoe
… programs to provide individualized support to socially vulnerable populations, including Spanish-speakers, older adults, and persons with disabilities, who are disproportionately impacted by wildfires each year. Lake Tahoe has experienced several large-scale wildfires in recent years, with the …
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Extreme weather events in the upper Midwest: Implications on flood risk, crop yield, and water quality
… heat stress, which pose heightened risks to vulnerable populations and infrastructure. Investigations into agricultural impacts demonstrate the crucial role of weather variables, especially precipitation and temperature, on corn yield variability in key Midwestern states. Additionally, the …
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Enhancing the Patient-Provider Relationship in the Provision of Prenatal Care to Women with Low Income
… between service provision and equitable care for socially vulnerable populations. There is a dearth of literature that examines how provider characteristics influence the use of prenatal care or interventions to improve access by improving the quality of patient-provider relationships. This gap …
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Moving towards disaster: examining the changing patterns of social vulnerability in a multi-hazard urban environment
… housing influences the hazard exposure of socially vulnerable populations. This is accomplished first by studying three cities in the Gulf coast region (Houston, New Orleans, and Tampa) and then by focusing on Houston, Texas as a case study city for a more detailed empirical analysis. The …
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Shifting Emergency Department Utilization Patterns Among Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… shifted and may continue to shift for socially vulnerable populations during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Accomplishing this entails understanding the broader baseline changes in ED utilization and then identifying patterns for vulnerable individuals. Insights from this step will …
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MONITORING URBAN DYNAMICS USING HIGH-SPATIAL AND HIGH-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES
… 351±10 days (almost 1 year). Additionally, socially vulnerable populations, including people with lower income, were more likely to experience the need for temporary roofs for their damaged property and longer waiting times to substitute those with permanent roofs. Moreover, the in-situ …