Zougheibe, Roula Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia) Dewan, Ashraf Gudes, Ori Norman, Richard
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundNumerous studies have examined the association between safety and primary school-aged children’s forms of active mobility. However, variations in studies’ measurement methods and the elements addressed have contributed to inconsistencies in research outcomes, which may be forming a barrier to advancing researchers’ knowledge about this fi...
Broen, Kelly Trangucci, Rob Zelner, Jon
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundLike many scientific fields, epidemiology is addressing issues of research reproducibility. Spatial epidemiology, which often uses the inherently identifiable variable of participant address, must balance reproducibility with participant privacy. In this study, we assess the impact of several different data perturbation methods on key spa...
Fayet, Yohan Praud, Delphine Fervers, Béatrice Ray-Coquard, Isabelle Blay, Jean-Yves Ducimetiere, Françoise Fagherazzi, Guy Faure, Elodie
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International Journal of Health Geographics
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Tribby, Calvin P. Julian, Anne K. Oh, April Y. Perna, Frank M. Berrigan, David
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundSunburn is the strongest risk factor for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. Adolescent sunburns are related to higher risk of developing melanoma later in life. Little is known about the association of sunburns and shade, particularly tree cover, around adolescent homes and schools. This linkage study assessed associations of adolesc...
Liu, Chuchu Cao, Ziqiang Lu, Xin
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundUnderstanding the geographic distribution of hidden population, such as men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, or injecting drug users, are of great importance for the adequate deployment of intervention strategies and public health decision making. However, due to the hard-to-access properties, e.g., lack of a sampling frame, sens...
Mertzlufft, Caitlin E. Madden, Marguerite Gottdenker, Nicole L. Velásquez Runk, Julie Saldaña, Azael Tanner, Susan Calzada, José E. Yao, Xiaobai
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundIncreased Attalea butyracea palm propagation, notable for its role as key habitat for the primary Chagas disease vector in Panama, has been linked to landscape disturbance in single-palm observations in this region. Close proximity of these palms to human dwellings is proposed to increase risk of Chagas disease transmission from sylvatic ...
Miller, Ann C. Rohloff, Peter Blake, Alexandre Dhaenens, Eloin Shaw, Leah Tuiz, Eva Grandesso, Francesco Mendoza Montano, Carlos Thomson, Dana R.
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundPopulation-representative household survey methods require up-to-date sampling frames and sample designs that minimize time and cost of fieldwork especially in low- and middle-income countries. Traditional methods such as multi-stage cluster sampling, random-walk, or spatial sampling can be cumbersome, costly or inaccurate, leading to wel...
Koppner, Jenny Chatziarzenis, Marios Faresjö, Tomas Theodorsson, Elvar Thorsell, Annika Nilsson, Staffan Olsen, Ole Faresjö, Åshild
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundThe global financial crisis emerging in 2008 struck Greece especially hard, whereas Scandinavian countries were less affected. This has created a unique opportunity to study the long-term effect of community stress on populations. Increasing frequencies of mental health issues and poorer perceived health among the Greek population have be...
Ho, Hung Chak Fong, Kenneth N. K. Chan, Ta-Chien Shi, Yuan
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundAlthough socio-environmental factors which may affect dementia have widely been studied, the mortality of dementia and socio-environmental relationships among older adults have seldom been discussed.MethodA retrospective, observational study based on territory-wide register-based data was conducted to evaluate the relationships of four in...
Perez-Panades, Jordi Botella-Rocamora, Paloma Martinez-Beneito, Miguel Angel
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundMost epidemiological risk indicators strongly depend on the age composition of populations, which makes the direct comparison of raw (unstandardized) indicators misleading because of the different age structures of the spatial units of study. Age-standardized rates (ASR) are a common solution for overcoming this confusing effect. The main...
