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HealthyPlan.City: A Web Tool to Support Urban Environmental Equity and Public Health in Canadian Communities
Urban environmental factors such as air quality, heat islands, and access to greenspaces and community amenities impact public health. Some...
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Cost-Effectiveness a Parenting Skills Program Implemented in Public PreK Schools in Disadvantaged Urban Communities
BackgroundLittle is known about the cost-effectiveness of parent training programs when offered universally in U.S. elementary schools in...
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A comparative study of the anthropometric status of adults and children in urban and rural communities of the North West Region of Cameroon
BackgroundCameroon, like many other develo** countries, is experiencing a double burden of malnutrition. With increasing urbanization, communities...
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The Opioid Epidemic: a Crisis Disproportionately Impacting Black Americans and Urban Communities
The heroin epidemic has existed for decades, but a sharp rise in opioid overdose deaths (OODs) jolted the nation in the mid-twenty-teens and...
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Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in South-Asian Urban Communities: findings from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data of South Asian countries
Hypertension increases risk of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, however, its prevalence and determinants in South Asian urban communities...
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Cumulative barriers to retention in methadone treatment among adults from rural and small urban communities
BackgroundThough methadone has been shown to effectively treat opioid use disorder, many barriers prevent individuals from accessing and maintaining...
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What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa?
BackgroundVoices of under-resourced communities are recognised as important yet are often unheard in decisions about healthcare resource allocation....
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A qualitative exploration of the health needs and goals of urban women to inform the tailoring and adaptation of Strong Hearts Healthy Communities: a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention intervention
BackgroundIn the United States, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death and disability in women. CVD-modifiable risk factors,...
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Investigation on urban greenspace in relation to sociodemographic factors and health inequity based on different greenspace metrics in 3 US urban communities
BackgroundStudy results are inconclusive regarding how access to greenspace differs by sociodemographic status potentially due to lack of...
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An exploratory randomised trial investigating feasibility, potential impact and cost effectiveness of link workers for people living with multimorbidity attending general practices in deprived urban communities
BackgroundSocial prescribing link workers are non-health or social care professionals who connect people with psychosocial needs to non-clinical...
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Which urban communities are susceptible to COVID-19? An empirical study through the lens of community resilience
BackgroundAfter the lockdown of Wuhan on January 23, 2020, the government used community-based pandemic prevention and control as the core strategy...
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Prevalence of adolescent-reported food insecurity and the determinants including co** strategies living in urban slum communities of Bangladesh during the era of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundAs food insecurity (FI) continues to rise worldwide especially in develo** countries like Bangladesh, adolescent experience of FI have...
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Addressing the Spectrum of Opioid Misuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery in Rural Washington State Communities: Provider Identified Barriers and Needs
The opioid overdose epidemic has significantly impacted rural communities. Rural settings present unique challenges to addressing opioid misuse. The...
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Prevalence and biopsychosocial factors associated with chronic low back pain in urban and rural communities in Western Africa: a population-based door-to-door survey in Benin
PurposeThis study aimed to assess the prevalence of chronic low back pain (CLBP) and related biopsychosocial factors in urban and rural communities...
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Family-focused obesity prevention program implementation in urban versus rural communities: a case study
PurposeDespite public health efforts to reduce childhood obesity, there remains an unequal distribution of obesity among rural and urban children,...
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Develo** indicators of age-friendly neighbourhood environments for urban and rural communities across 20 low-, middle-, and high-income countries
BackgroundBy 2050, the global population of adults 60 + will reach 2.1 billion, surging fastest in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In...
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Reimagining Urban Spaces: Green Spaces, Obesity, and Health Resilience in an Era of Extreme Heat
Record-breaking heat waves intensified by climate change pose both environmental and health threats, necessitating a balance between urban...
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Regional and rural-urban patterns in the prevalence of diagnosed hypertension among older U.S. adults with diabetes, 2005–2017
BackgroundHypertension prevalence among the overall US adult population has been relatively stable during the last two decades. However, whether this...
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Exploring the “Urban Advantage” in Access to Immunization Services: A Comparison of Zero-Dose Prevalence Between Rural, and Poor and Non-poor Urban Households Across 97 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Urban children are more likely to be vaccinated than rural children, but that advantage is not evenly distributed. Children living in poor urban...
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Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
BackgroundDespite the benefits associated with contraceptive use, there is a low prevalence of contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana....