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Self-reported physical activity behavior of a multi-ethnic adult population within the urban and rural setting in Suriname KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) plays an important role in the combat against noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular diseases. In order to develop appropriate PA intervention programs, there is a need to evaluate PA behavior. So far, there are no published data on PA available for Suriname. Therefore, we aim to describe PA behavior among the multi-ethnic population living in urban and rural areas of Suriname. METHODS: The World ...
Exploring the urban gradient in population health: insights from satellite-derived urbanicity classes across multiple countries and years in sub-Saharan Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The demographic, ecological and socioeconomic changes associated with urbanisation are linked to changes in disease incidence, health service provision and mortality. These effects are heterogeneous between and within urban areas, yet without a clear definition of what constitutes an 'urban' area, their measurement and comparison are constrained. The definitions used vary between countries and over time hindering analyses of the relationship ...
A dynamic activity-based population modelling approach to evaluate exposure to air pollution: Methods and application to a Dutch urban area Universiteit Hasselt
Recent air quality studies have highlighted that important differences in pollutant concentrations can occur over the day and between different locations. Traditional exposure analyses, however, assume that people are only exposed to pollution at their place of residence. Activity-based models, which recently have emerged from the field of transportation research. offer a technique to micro-simulate activity patterns of a Population with a high ...
Public beliefs on antibiotics and symptoms of respiratory tract infections among rural and urban population in Poland Universiteit Antwerpen
Introduction General public views and expectations around the use of antibiotics can influence general practitioners' antibiotic prescribing decisions. We set out to describe the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about the use of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections in adults in Poland, and explore differences according to where people live in an urban-rural continuum. Material and Methods Face to face survey among a stratified random ...
Shop opening hours and population exposure to NO2 assessed with an activity-based transportation model, in Urban Environment Universiteit Hasselt
In this work we assess for the first time the impact of a policy measure on population exposure to NO2 by using the activity-based model ALBATROSS, the emission model MIMOSA and the dispersion model AURORA. We found that widening shop opening hours changes the activity pattern of the adult population in the Netherlands. It increases kilometres driven and, as a consequence, emissions. When matching the concentration maps with the dynamic ...
Neither artificial light at night, anthropogenic noise nor distance from roads are associated with oxidative status of nestlings in an urban population of songbirds Universiteit Antwerpen
Increasing urbanization is responsible for road-related pollutants and causes an unprecedented increase in light and noise pollution, with potential detrimental effects for individual animals, communities and ecosystems. These stressors rarely act in isolation but studies dissecting the effects of these multiple stressors are lacking. Moreover, studies on urban stressors have mainly focused on adults, while exposure in early-life may be ...
'Mama and papa nothing': living with infertility among an urban population in Kigali, Rwanda Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent
background: Not being able to procreate has severe social and economic repercussions in resource-poor countries. The purpose of
this research was to explore the consequences of female and/or male factor infertility for men and women in Rwanda.
methods: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Couples presenting with female and/or male factor infertility problems
at the infertility clinic of the Kigali University ...
this research was to explore the consequences of female and/or male factor infertility for men and women in Rwanda.
methods: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Couples presenting with female and/or male factor infertility problems
at the infertility clinic of the Kigali University ...