Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
As part of the British Columbia government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, an online self-assessment tool was launched to help with symptom assessment and to provide necessary health information for people. The tool was developed by Thrive Health, a company which has been working to improve the delivery of e-health in Canada since 201...
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
The environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Research on poverty indicates that lower income is linked to poorer health. The lower an individual’s income, the higher is his or her likelihood of disease and premature death. Fur...
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
Acknowledgements The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Bullitt Foundation and partnership with Small Housing BC that gave rise to the research reported here. Hamidreza Bakhtiarizadeh and Alex Thumm supported survey research analysis.
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
Rapid outward expansion of urban land in many of China’s cities has resulted in the production of spatially diverse suburban areas, including newly developed residential complexes and the incorporation of existing neighbourhoods into the urban fabric. The concept of ‘community well-being’ provides a useful framework to examine the relationship betw...
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Emerging research has found that both perceptions of the environment and leisure time physical activity (LTPA) behavior can contribute to sense of community (SOC) in the neighborhood. The strength of these associations, however, may vary according to age. This research examined the influence of LTPA and environmental perceptions on SOC among adults...
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
Published in International Journal of Community Well-Being
The day reconstruction method (DRM; Kahneman et al. A survey method for characterizing daily life experience: The day reconstruction method. Science, 306, 1776–1780, 2004) constitutes a frequently used method aiming to capture everyday life and everyday feelings. Especially in the field of community well-being research this method can bring meaning...
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