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Okunola, Olusegun O., Anthony K. Adebayo, and Dolapo Amole. "Sense of Community And Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Neighbourhood Satisfaction." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 3, no. 8 (June 28, 2018): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i8.1402.
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Neighbourhoods are studies because that is the place people spend the largest portion of their time. That probably explain the interest that researchers and policy makers have developed in neighbourhood satisfaction studies over the last couple of decades. In many studies on neighbourhood satisfaction a diverse range of factors have been identified as playing significant roles in its outcome. These range from the physical attributes of the neighbourhood to demographic factors and also to such concepts as sense of community. This study investigate the combined effect of demographic factors and sense of community elements in predicting neighbourhood satisfaction. The study employed quantitative methods to obtain data on the relevant variables using the survey method. Out of 1400 questionnaires distributed 1132 were returned and analyzed. The study found that of the selected demographic factors only level of education significantly predicted neighbourhood satisfaction. Of the elements of sense of community: membership, integration and fulfillment of needs and shared emotional connection were found to be significant predictors of neighbourhood satisfaction. The study supports earlier studies on certain predictors of neighbourhood satisfaction. While suggesting that many more factors may actually be relevant in its prediction.eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i8.1402
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Swapan, Abu Yousuf, and Dora Marinova. "Understanding Sense of community in Subiaco, Western Australia A Study of Human Behaviour and Movement Patterns." Journal of Sustainable Development 11, no. 5 (September 4, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v11n5p1.
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Despite being an important physical environment capable of promoting social sustainability, sense of community and contributing to a better quality of life, residential streets and neighbourhoods have not attracted significant research interest until now. The integrated physical interconnected network of houses, front yards, walkways, alleyways and streets offers a high potential for community building through social interactions at a neighbourhood level. Understanding people’s movements, activities and perceptions about their streets can inform design practices and local planning policy in creating better communities. This study presents an investigation of a residential neighbourhood in Subiaco, Western Australia through the use of a mixed-method methodology based on observation and a perception survey. A total of 61 households were observed and interviewed during the spring and summer of 2016–2017 to develop useful typological models centred on activities, movements and resident perceptions. The findings endorse the importance of the residential street as a focus place for behaviour setting but argues that in the case of the Subiaco neighbourhood, which is part of a larger car-dependent metropolitain area, movement patterns– including vehicular, cycling, pedestrian modes and jaywalking, have no significant impact on social interactions. According to the perception survey, 82% of the Subiaco neighbourhood residents see activities across the street as generating the highest level of sense of community. The study expands both, the existing theory and approaches to urban planning, by emphasising the need for making neighbourhood streets the centre of liveability through better physical design which encourages and facilitates pedestrian movement.
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Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah, Noraini Johari, and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh. "Sense of Community in Gated and Non-Gated Residential." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 3, no. 9 (June 30, 2018): 151–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i9.303.
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Neighbourhood design is one of the factors contributing towards the establishment and maintenance of local community ties. The differences in environmental size and design of neighbourhoods are perceived to influence sense of community networking functions. A physical element such as gated element is also believed to have an influence on local community relationship networking. Therefore, a study on sense of community was conducted in two neighbourhood areas: Putrajaya (non-gated) and Bandar Baru Bangi (gated) using face to face interview method. This study found that residents of non-gated residential areas demonstrated higher sense of community (M=6.47 SP=0.08) than residents of gated residential areas (M=6.39, SP=1.08).
Keywords: sense of community; social interaction; neighbourhood design; gated residential; non-gated residential
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i9.303
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Hamdan, Hazlina, Fatimah Yusof, Marlyana Azziyati Marzukhi, and Faizul Abdullah. "Social Capital and Quality of Life in Multi-storey Housing Neighbourhood Community." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 3, no. 9 (January 6, 2018): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i9.85.
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Social capital is a valuable asset with positive consequences on societal well-being, strengthen neighbourhood and increase the quality of life. The objective of this paper is to analyse a few dimensions of social capital in the multi-storey housing neighbourhoods community with household questionnaires survey of 797 samples. The findings demonstrated the bonding of social capital according to four dimensions. Different neighbourhoods in a different locality with the diversity of its people, and surrounding developments have influenced the pattern of social capital. Social capital in these community creates positive social values that contributes to increasing the quality of life.Keywords: social capital; quality of life; multi-storey housing; neighbourhoodseISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Shchur, Aleksandr, Nadzeya Lobikava, and Volha Lobikava. "Revitalization of (Post-) Soviet Neighbourhood with Nature-Based Solutions." Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae 23, no. 2 (November 18, 2020): 76–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2020-0016.
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AbstractThe neighbourhoods in the former Soviet Union were after the World War II often planned according to the self-consistent microdistrict concept similar to Clarence Perry's neighbourhood unit. Each residential district was based on the walkable community centre in the middle whereas the area itself was surrounded by arterial streets as the main transport routes with basic services. However, the recent situation of many of those neighbourhoods is rather dim – the bad condition of housing, faded public spaces and unorganised greenery systems are between the most crucial issues. The results of the research made on the case study of the Jubilejny district in the city of Mogilev, Belarus, show that population ageing is the main threat for these areas. Residents are dissatisfied with uncertain housing situation besides inappropriate parking options and lack of opportunities to spend a leisure time outside. Therefore, our proposal to the future development of the Jubilejny district includes short term improvements such as leisure activities within the public spaces or regeneration of green spaces as well as long-term designs regarding a community garden and other nature-based solutions.
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Smith, Kylie. "Reflections on design, country and community justice at the Neighbourhood Justice Centre." Griffith Law Review 27, no. 2 (April 3, 2018): 202–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10383441.2018.1556574.
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MacLean, Micheal J., Nancy Siew, Dawn Fowler, and Ian Graham. "Institutional Racism in Old Age: Theoretical Perspectives and a Case Study About Access to Social Services." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 6, no. 2 (1987): 128–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800015506.
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ABSTRACTThis paper presents an analysis of access to social and health services of elderly people at three community and social service centres (CLSCs) in Montreal. Workers at the CLSCs were interviewed about service accessibility for elderly people in their neighbourhood. The elderly clientele of one CLSC, located in the centre of Montreal, primarily consists of French-Canadians and English-Canadians; the second CLSC is in a neighbourhood with many elderly Portuguese and the third CLSC is in a neighbourhood where a large concentration of elderly Chinese people live. No problems of access to services were perceived for elderly French-Canadian, English-Canadian or Portuguese people while serious problems of access were perceived for elderly Chinese people. Services provided for elderly people of the dominant cultures and elderly Portuguese are limited or unavailable to elderly Chinese people of Montreal. This suggests institutional racism against elderly Chinese people.
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Wunderlich, Theresia. "Kindergartens — Open kindergartens, a community-centre for parents and other adults in the neighbourhood." International Journal of Early Childhood 25, no. 2 (October 1993): 41–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03185615.
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Rasidi, Mohd Hisyam, Nurzuliza Jamirsah, and Ismail Said. "Development of Urban Green Space Affects Neighbourhood Community Social Interaction." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 3, no. 8 (May 22, 2018): 79–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i8.281.
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While Malaysia is heading for urbanization, urban green space degradation had occurred. Malaysia’s typical urban green space had shown the demotion of social interaction among urban residents. Hence, this research aimed to understand the designs of typical Malaysian green spaces which are believed to enhance community social interactions. Variables measured were the physical and natural characters of selected green spaces including activities, attractions and settings. The observation took place during representative of weekday, weekend and public holiday in those green spaces. The result suggested that diversity of subspaces including vegetation density, animal populations, undulating landforms and water bodies afford social interaction behavior.
Keywords: Social Interaction; Urban Dwellers; New Township Residential; Urban Green Space
eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Wright, Fay. "Multi-Purpose Residential Homes: A Fair Deal for Residents?" Ageing and Society 14, no. 3 (September 1994): 383–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x00001641.
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ABSTRACTThe paper reports on a study carried out in 1990 for the Department of Health looking at the development of local authority multi-purpose residential homes for elderly people in England and Wales. A national survey showed that one in five public sector residential homes for elderly people would soon be multi-purpose. This proportion could be expected to increase in the 1990S. Many of these homes had become the centre for virtually all the community support services for elderly people in the neighbourhood. Despite some obvious management advantages in making use of residential home facilities for older people in the community, there have to be serious reservations about a multi-purpose model. Case studies in six multi-purpose homes suggest that residents themselves may gain little or nothing from this arrangement. Few interact with elderly people from the neighbourhood in the day centre. So much activity on the premises meant that invasions of residents' privacy and space were common.
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Currie-Williams, Kelann. "Life After Demolition: The Absented Presence of Montreal’s Negro Community Centre." Urban History Review 48, no. 2 (April 2021): 56–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/uhr.48.2.04.
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In 2014, The Negro Community Centre (NCC) located in the Little Burgundy neighbourhood of Montreal was demolished after being closed for nearly 25 years. As one of the first organizations of social, cultural, and community support for Black folks in Montreal during the twentieth century, it is remembered by those who attended as a site of empowerment and encouragement. While almost all the building’s debris has been removed from the site, there still remain large stones surrounding the hole were the NCC once stood as a reminder of the loss of a site of Black sociality. In the physical world the NCC no longer exists, however, when its 2035 Coursol address is entered into Google Street View, the centre stands upright—its digital presence defying its physical absence. As such, this article is an opening-up of what it means to experience place through images and through “digital remains”. In doing so, it proposes that an understanding of the experiential can be taken up anew through a focus on lost material sites of Black life or Black geographies. In what ways can virtuality and spatial imagery generate a paradigmatic shift in how we participate and observe the past? With a particular focus on the interplay of presence and absence as well as the virtual and the actual, this article is concerned with paradoxical encounters with images.
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Abdullah, Yusfida Ayu, and Farrah Lyana Zulkifli. "Concepts and Theories of Happiness of Population in Urban Neighbourhoods." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 1, no. 1 (June 26, 2016): 260. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.222.
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In this paper, we impart on the notion of happiness and indicate the many beliefs and perspectives of happiness. The theory and concept of happiness are variously defined and interpreted by separate groups. It relates greatly to human’s emotions thus influential in affecting the people’s well-being. Most scholars often felt that happiness relates to wealth and health. Inevitably, the sentiment of happiness can be inspired by the surrounding environment and neighbourhood, facilities, family relationship, community and friends, and so forth. For this reason, it is important to uncover the perennial question of what constitute happiness within an urban neighbourhood.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Happiness; happiness theory; urban neighbourhood
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Marsh, Pauline, Sebrina Brennan, and Miriam Vandenberg. "'It's not therapy, it's gardening': community gardens as sites of comprehensive primary healthcare." Australian Journal of Primary Health 24, no. 4 (2018): 337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py17149.
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Using a participatory research framework, researchers at the Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, explored the potential of Community Gardens to function as comprehensive primary healthcare (CPHC) environments. Community gardeners, coordinators, volunteers and Neighbourhood House coordinators discussed their understandings of the health benefits of community gardens, how they contribute to broad CPHC aims and the barriers and enablers to greater CPHC contributions in the future. This research identifies therapeutic features of Community Gardens and explores the correlations between these and CPHC. It is concluded that there are strong synergies between the aims and activities of Community Gardens and CPHC. To augment the therapeutic capacity of these sites requires adequate resourcing and skill development, suitable design, funding and policy support, along with innovative partnerships with health professionals.
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Damurski, Łukasz, Jacek Pluta, Karel Maier, and Hans Thor Andersen. "Stakeholders in the local service centre: who should be involved in the planning process? Insights from Poland, Czech Republic and Denmark." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 43, no. 43 (March 16, 2019): 91–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bog-2019-0006.
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AbstractLocal service centres play a vital role in shaping the quality of life in urban neighbourhoods. They offer access to essential everyday services (shops, education, healthcare, personal services) and to public spaces. If they are properly planned and managed, they can bring particular added values to a local community, such as social integration and territorial identification. The history of urban planning has produced several patterns of local service centres (ancient agora, mediaeval market square, neighbourhood unit, modern agora) but today a question arises: how can a local service centre be successfully planned and organised in post-modern political practice? How can its potential be realised and the ever-changing needs, expectations and preferences of local communities be met? Who should be involved in those processes? To answer those questions in this paper we refer to citizen participation and public communication concepts, where selecting the appropriate stakeholders emerges as a necessary starting point for effective urban governance. We present the results of in-depth interviews with local actors (local authorities, municipality officials, town planners, non-governmental organisations, local leaders) in Poland (Wrocław, Siechnice, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Warszawa and Zabierzów), Czech Republic (Prague) and Denmark (Copenhagen). Depending on the specific local context, various stakeholders are perceived as essential to the decision-making process. The power relations and problems encountered in implementing public policy in particular locations have been summarised in three sections: relationships between stakeholders, leadership, and good practices. The paper concludes with a list of typical actors who should be involved in planning, building and managing a local service centre in an urbanised neigh-bourhood.
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Ahmad, Puziah, Alamah Misni, Siti Mazwin Kamaruddin, and Nurazureen Daud. "A Conceptual Review of Green Neighbourhood Adaptive Model for Urban Living." Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 4, no. 15 (December 3, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v4i15.167.
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Green Neighborhood can be defined as a neighborhood area that meets the needs of peoples’ daily activities and allows communities to control pollution, save energy, increase employment, decrease crime rates, develop friendships, practice on-site renewable energy methods and preserve agricultural and environmentally sensitive areas. In such an environment, people make easy access to their home, workplaces, public facilities, transit facilities and green spaces within a comfortable walking scale. The guidance is aimed at assisting local authorities and agencies to implement five (5) selected green neighborhood initiatives; Provision of Pedestrian Walkway, Provision of Bicycle Lane, rainwater Harvesting System, Waste Composting and Community Farming.Keywords: green neighbourhood; environment; community; comfortableeISSN 2398-4295 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v4i15.167
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Narayan, Jayanthi, Raja Pratapkumar, and Sudhakara P. Reddy. "Community managed services for persons with intellectual disability: Andhra Pradesh experience." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 21, no. 3 (August 16, 2017): 248–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629516687180.
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In resource poor settings innovative and bottom-up approaches are required to provide services to people with with disabilities. In this context, the present paper explains a community-based model of manpower development and coordination of services for people with intellectual disabilities in unified state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Women with disabilities from the village were identified, and those willing to be trained to work as community resource persons (CRPs) were selected and given hands-on training in a phased manner. A total of 130 women were trained in five groups of 25–30 per group and were deployed in the community to screen, identify and refer children with intellectual disabilities. The training content included basic stimulation and interface with functionaries of other government departments of health, education and welfare to ensure comprehensive service delivery. Neighbourhood centres (NHCs) were established where the CRPs could meet with families collectively. The results indicated that the CRPs were welcomed by the families. The NHCs established primarily as recreation centres, promoted inclusion and functioned as information dissemination centre. The services provided by the CRPs were owned and monitored by the Women’s self-help group and the disability groups thus ensuring sustainability of the model.
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Abdullah, Yusfida Ayu, and Farrah Lyana Zulkifli. "A Conceptual Paper on the Theory of Happiness in Neighbourhood." Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 3, no. 12 (July 18, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i12.117.
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In this paper, we impart on the notion of happiness and indicate the many beliefs and perspectives of happiness. The theory and concept of happiness are variously defined and interpreted by separate groups. It relates greatly to human’s emotions thus influential in affecting the people’s well-being. Most scholars often felt that happiness relates to wealth and health. Inevitably, the sentiment of happiness can be inspired by the surrounding environment and neighbourhood, facilities, family relationship, community and friends, and so forth. For this reason, it is important to uncover the perennial question of what constitute happiness within an urban neighbourhood.Keywords: Happiness;happiness theory;urban neighbourhood;neighbourhood componenteISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Sala, Giorgia, and Nicolas Moucheront. "Construction and communication of Falchera: An INA-Casa neighborhood in Turin by Giovanni Astengo." SAJ - Serbian Architectural Journal 9, no. 3 (2017): 285–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/saj1703285s.
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Falchera is a social housing estate in the periphery of Turin designed by Giovanni Astengo and a group of architects in the fifties, in the context of the INA-Casa program. Imagined as an ideal organic neighbourhood, it was representative of an aspiration to a community life in peri-urban areas developed within the Comunità movement lead by Adriano Olivetti. Architecture was one of the media used to communicate an ideal of life. The design process followed by Astengo and the architects of Falchera thus had to adapt to communication strategies. The concept of organic neighbourhood was developed down to the scale of architectural detail through the use of an hexagonal pattern which created many difficulties on the building site as attested by archive documents conserved in Venice and in Turin. The civic centre concentrates the complexity of the whole project in one element, a mushroom-form column used to characterized the main square. In spite of problems with realisation and maintenance, this place still contributes to the identification of the inhabitants of Falchera with their neighbourhood.
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Ahmad, Puziah, Alamah Misni, Siti Mazwin Kamaruddin, and Nurazureen Daud. "Green Neighbourhood Adaptive Model for Urban Living: A Conceptual Review." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 2, no. 5 (March 19, 2017): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.690.
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Green Neighborhood can be defined as a neighborhood area that meets the needs of peoples’ daily activities and allows communities to control pollution, save energy, increase employment, decrease crime rates, develop friendships, practice on-site renewable energy methods and preserve agricultural and environmentally sensitive areas. In such an environment, people make easy access to their home, workplaces, public facilities, transit facilities and green spaces within a comfortable walking scale. The guidance is aimed at assisting local authorities and agencies to implement five (5) selected green neighborhood initiatives; Provision of Pedestrian Walkway, Provision of Bicycle Lane, rainwater Harvesting System, Waste Composting and Community Farming.Keywords: Green Neighbourhood; Environment; CommunityISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Garrett, J., J. M. Fenwick, G. Taylor, E. Mitchell, J. Stewart, and H. Rea. "Prospective controlled evaluation of the effect of a community based asthma education centre in a multiracial working class neighbourhood." Thorax 49, no. 10 (October 1, 1994): 976–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.49.10.976.
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Omar, Kamarul Ariff, Dasimah Omar, Saberi Othman, and Zaharah Mohd Yusoff. "Focus Group Discussion on Youth Participation in Vertical Housing Neighbourhood Space." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 3, no. 11 (November 18, 2018): 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i11.330.
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Focus group discussion series were set up at the vertical housing of Kerinchi People Housing Project, Lembah Pantai with two different groups in separate venue and time. The analysis was done by using Atlas.ti after transcribing and coding the audio-taped of discussion, searching for networking on youth participation. The findings show youth demandingly indoor space compared to outdoor space due to open space inadequacy and absence of space quality yet lost the sense of belonging. Furthermore, the residents' committee neglected youth participation in the decision-making process or meeting with the committee has resulted youth for not to participate in the community actively.
Keywords: youth; vertical housing; neighbourhood space; focus group discussion
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HALWINDI, H., P. MAGNUSSEN, S. SIZIYA, D. W. MEYROWITSCH, and A. OLSEN. "RE-ASSESSING COMMUNITY-DIRECTED TREATMENT: EVIDENCE FROM MAZABUKA DISTRICT, ZAMBIA." Journal of Biosocial Science 47, no. 1 (May 15, 2014): 28–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932014000170.
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SummaryCross-sectional surveys with carers, health workers, community drug distributors (CDDs) and neighbourhood health committees were conducted to identify factors associated with utilization of community-directed treatment (ComDT) of soil-transmitted helminths in children aged 12–59 months in Mazabuka district, Zambia. The surveys took place in December 2006 and December 2007. In addition child treatment records were reviewed. The factors that were found to be significantly associated (p<0.05) with treatment of children by the CDDs were: (1) the perception of soil-transmitted helminth infections as having significant health importance, (2) the community-based decision to launch and subsequently implement ComDT, (3) the use of the door-to-door method of drug distribution, (4) CDDs being visited by a supervisor, (5) CDDs receiving assistance in mobilizing community members for treatment, (6) CDDs having access to a bicycle and (7) CDDs having received assistance in collecting drugs from the health centre. Despite the effectiveness of ComDT in raising treatment coverage there are factors in the implementation process that will still affect whether children and their carers utilize the ComDT approach. Identification and understanding of these factors is paramount to achieving the desired levels of utilization of such interventions.
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Aulia, Dwira Nirfalini, Beny OY Marpaung, and Wahyuni Zahrah. "Place Shaping in Residential Area as a Process of Increasing Livable Neighbourhood." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 2, no. 5 (March 20, 2017): 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.715.
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The aim of the research is to explore the process of shaping place in a planned residential area. The increased livable community will also improve the quality of life. The research is a descriptive explorative with the quantitative and qualitative approach. The exploration of place shaping formation in research sample based on four variables, namely: management strategies, public areas, and activity generators, planning strategies and design strategies. The results of this study found that the process of shaping place in formal housing requires the cooperation of developers, planners, property management and residents. The settlement which can maintain the identity, function, order and appearance of the built environment can improve the livable neighborhood. Keywords: place shaping, residential area, livable neighborhoodISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Kazimierczak, Jarosław, and Piotr Kosmowski. "In the shadow of the urban regeneration megaproject: Urban transitions in downtown Łódź, Poland." Urban Development Issues 56, no. 4 (May 8, 2018): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/udi-2018-0011.
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Abstract The Nowe Centrum Łodzi project that was completed in 2007 in Łódź, Poland is one of the biggest contemporary large-scale urban (re)development projects in Europe and the largest project of this type in Central Europe. The principal goals of the mega-project in question include the regeneration of degraded post-industrial and post-railway land in the city centre of Łódź and the enhancement of competitiveness and the metropolitan position of the city. The authors seek to identify spatial and functional changes at a mezo-scale, i.e. in the so-called immediate neighbourhood of the urban regeneration megaproject (URMP), which have accompanied the implementation of the Nowe Centrum Łodzi project over the years 2013–2016. The other aim was to classify urban areas neighbouring the URMP based on features of spatial and functional transformation identified in these areas. The studies allowed the researchers to identify three categories of urban area in the immediate neighbourhood of the URMP which revealed differences in spatial and functional transformations. We indicated that the transformation of the immediate neighbourhood of the URMP involved not only the local authorities responsible for the overall improvement of the quality of public space but also other users, inter alia, residents, local urban activists, the business community, public institutions, and NGOs, that in most cases complemented efforts initiated by the Municipality. From the methodological point of view the authors use a case study including desk research, an urban planning inventory, and direct observation.
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Daodu, Tosin, and Ismail Said. "Appraising Independent Mobility of Children in Military Barrack Community Milieu of Developing Countries." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 3, no. 11 (November 18, 2018): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i11.329.
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Independent mobility refers to children’s liberty to play freely in the neighbourhood without been supervised by adults. However, mobility restriction has affected child-friendliness in military barrack community in developing countries including Nigeria. The study aimed to explore principles of independent mobility in creating child-friendly barrack. Thirty journal articles related to children’s environment studies, military geographies and barrack housing were reviewed and analyzed. Children’s level of independent mobility impacts their physical, social, cognitive, and emotional developments. Consequently, walking or cycling-friendly environment as active travel mode was found to have positively contributed to improved well-being and quality of life of children in military barracks.
Keywords: Independent Mobility, Child-friendly Environment, Active Travel Mode, Military Barrack Community
eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Kliueva, V. P. "Genius loci and/or city-forming enterprise: scientific centre as assemblage point (case study of the city of Apatity)." VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII, no. 4 (51) (November 27, 2020): 249–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2020-51-4-23.
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Based on the theory of resilience, the author analyses the role of science in the life-sustaining practices of northern cities on the example of the Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KSC RAS) in Apatity (Murmansk Region). The resilience of the territory is considered as a successful adaptation to changing conditions manifested in a crisis situation. The stability of the sociocultural resilience subsystem is ensured by the presence of the scientific community in the city. According to the typology of Arctic cities, Apatity is classified as a non-capital intracontinental university centre; the criterion for inclusion in the category is the presence of the KSC RAS in the city. It is the only RAS structure located in the Arctic. In the Kola Peninsula, the scientific institution has existed since 1930; since 1961, the majority of scientific institutions has been located in the Apatity Akadem-gorodok (Science Campus). Narrative interviews with residents of Apatity and Kirovsk became the source base of the study. The analysis of the interviews was conducted by coding method. The sample included citizens — em-ployees of the scientific centre and those not related to it. Thirty interviews have been conducted. As a hypothe-sis, the thesis was put forward that, at the heart of the local community of Apatity, there have been and still re-main scientists and people with an understanding of the activities of the KSC. Subsequently, this part of the popu-lation forms behavioural practices and sociocultural values for all residents of the city. The key research question was whether the presence of the KSC RAS was noticeable for different categories of citizens, and above all, for non-scientists. The city’s community considers separately KSC as a scientific organization, and Akademgorodok as a central urban neighbourhood. On the mental map, there is the Akademgorodok, which plays the role of Ge-nius loci. The Kola Scientific Center is perceived as a city-forming enterprise, although it has not been anymore since the early 1990s. The Kola Scientific Center is seen by the Apatity citizens as a place of attraction and a point of assembly of the urban community, without which it can lose the core factor of its sociocultural identity and merge with the neighbouring industrial Kirovsk.
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Sims, Margaret. "Accreditation and Quality Care for Children with Special Needs." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 20, no. 4 (December 1995): 5–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183693919502000403.
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Children with special needs are increasingly attending long day care services in Australia. Currently these services are using an accreditation process designed to improve the quality of service delivery to all children and families. Accreditation consists of a set of 52 principles addressing interactions; programming; nutrition, health and safety practices; and centre management and staff development. This paper examines the factors which contribute to quality child care for children with special needs, and relates these factors to principles in the accreditation document. It is argued that while the child care industry has a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate high quality care for children with special needs, the overall impact of the document serves to reinforce existing stereotypes which place children with special needs on the periphery of community and neighbourhood services.
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Sandi, Penta Luis, Cicilia Nony Ayuningsih Bratajaya, and Wilhelmus Hary Susilo. "Faktor yang berhubungan dengan intensi masyarakat untuk berobat ke Pelayanan Kesehatan." Jurnal Smart Keperawatan 7, no. 1 (June 17, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.34310/jskp.v7i1.301.
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Intensi atau niat berkunjung ke Puskesmas Pembantu merupakan keinginan untuk datang berobat ke Pelayanan Kesehatan. Beberapa kendala dialami masyarakat untuk pergi ke pelayanan kesehatan. Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) digunakan untuk memprediksi niat seseorang memanfaatkan fasilitas kesehatan yang dapat didasari oleh kesadaran untuk datang ke fasilitas kesehatan, dukungan keluarga, dan situasi yang dirasakan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan intensi masyarakat di salah satu RW Desa Kota baru Kecamatan Padangratu Kabupaten Lampung Tengah untuk berobat Ke Puskemas Pembantu Kotabaru dengan menggunakan pendekatan TPB. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan pendekatan Cross Sectional. Jumlah populasi kepala keluarga (KK) di salah satu RW sebanyak 257 KK. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 155 KK yang terbagi dalam 4 RT. Data dikumpulkan dengan teknik Stratified Random Sampling. Pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan data dianalisis menggunakan uji Kendall Tau b. Hasil dari penelitian menerangkan bahwa sikap berhubungan dengan intensi (p-Value 0,010), norma subyektif berhubungan dengan intensi (p-Value 0,000), dan control perilaku yang dirasakan tidak berhubungan dengan intensi (p-Value 0,802). Kesimpulan, sikap untuk mau memanfaatkan fasilitas kesehatan dan dukungan orang terdekat menjadi kunci utama untuk meningkatkan intensi atau niat seseorang dalam memanfaatkan fasilitas kesehatan. Kata kunci: sikap; norma subyektif; kontrol perilaku yang dirasakan; Intensi berobat, Pelayanan Kesehatan. THE RELATED FACTORS TO COMMUNITY INTENTIONS FOR HAVING TREATMENT OF HEALTH SERVICESABSTRACTThe intention to visit the Public Health Center is the desire for visiting the health service. Several problems experienced by the community for visiting Public Health Center. Theory of Planned Behavior was used to predict the intention of the community to treat their health in Public Health Center. The purpose of this study was to determine related factors to the intention for visiting Public Health Center. This study used a quantitative method with a Cross Sectional approach. The populations were 257 families at Kota Baru urban village. The numbers of 155 families in one of neighbourhood at Kota Baru urban village were recruited by using stratified random sampling into 4 hamlets. Data collection used questionnaires and the data were analyzed by Kendall Tau b. The results of the study explain that attitudes were related to intention (ρ-Value 0,010), subjective norms are related to intention (ρ-Value 0,000) and perceived behaviour control is not related to intention (ρ-Value 0,802). In conclussion, the attitude of community to check their health in public health centre and subjective norms are the key of success to increase community intention to visit health centre. Keywords: attitudes; subjective norms; behaviour control; intention; public health center
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Omar, Kamarul Ariff, Dasimah Omar, Saberi Othman, and Zaharah Mohd Yusoff. "Youth Outdoor Feature Requirements in Urban Public Low-cost Housing." Asian Journal of Quality of Life 3, no. 10 (March 18, 2018): 189. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i10.115.
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Youth is part of the community consent contributors. They are the energetic potency in fulfilling the social program and physical planning development. They are described as an active group in the community. The previous studies showed that youth shapes the pattern of lifestyle in neighbourhood units and even the nation itself. This paper will focus on the low-cost housing areas in which is high density and with scarce spaces as the existing facilities did not appear to attract youth's intention and even for their uses. As a result, reviewing the youth service requirements can enhance youth's quality of life.Keywords: Community Empowerment; Low-Cost Housing; Youth Facilities; Quality of Life eISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Bin Abd Manan, Abd Muluk. "AFFECTED COMMUNITIES - RISING SOCIAL DISPARITIES FORMULATING A BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING UNIQUE VALUE OF AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS TO IMPROVE ITS QUALITY OF LIFE - A CASE STUDY OF KAMPONG BHARU; A TRADITIONAL URBAN VILLAGE IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA." Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning 25, no. 2 (December 25, 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.53700/jrap2522018_1.
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The Kampong Bharu community was established by the Colonial British government in the late nineteenth century as a 'Malay Agricultural Settlement' - a riverside area strategically removed from the old city centre of Kuala Lumpur, where many of the economic activities fuelled the city's early growth. Ethnic Malay families from several villages were relocated here and given exclusive land rights to maintain a 'village life'. Due to complex land rights enactment, entitlements and inheritance laws, many parcels in this neighbourhood have remained untouched for more than a century. The appearance and lifestyle associated with Kampong Bharu today are seemingly at odds with a city that aggressively grows around it. This paper explores the neighbourhood and documents the complexities and contradictions of urban development that the area encapsulates. Kampong Bharu today sits in the heart of the city. Many parcels of the land have changed ownership. The agricultural land with its modest original house gradually expanded into a sprawling, ramshackle home for dozens of extended families. It has become the hotspot for resettlement for new urban migrants that come to the city to resettle during pre and post- independence. Many historical events have happened here and it has become one of the most well-known neighbourhood in the city. Efforts by the authority to develop this area failed due to various reasons. They had tried to establish a balance between the concerns of long-term inhabitants and the demands of modern development. This paper examines the reasons and also explores how stakeholders in Kampong Bharu have been involved in recent redevelopment efforts. Key stakeholders including landowners, residents, village heads, and leaders of local associations were interviewed, and their concerns and aspirations were documented.
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Abdul Aziz, Faziawati, Norhuzailin Hussain, and Norsidah Ujang. "The Implication of Slum Relocations into Low-cost High-Rises: An Analysis through the infrastructure of everyday life." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 1, no. 2 (June 28, 2016): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i2.253.
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This paper presents the implications of slum relocation into low-cost high-rise housing development. Desa Mentari was selected as a case study for this research where its characteristics as a low-cost high-rise residential for relocated former squatter dwellers best fit the requirement. The data were then analysed against the five domains of the Infrastructure of Everyday Life which are home and neighbourhood, sources of support, making ends meet, enjoyment and having a say. From the analysis, the author established that the major implications are the breakdown of the community structure, the rise of social ills, the deficient living environment and racial conflicts. The work conclusively argues that housing and planning policies should put much consideration into the everyday life activities, issues and needs of particular communities within society.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Infrastructure of everyday life; slum relocation; community breakdown; low-cost housing
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Kenny, Nicolas. "Je Cherche Fortune: Identity, Counterculture, and Profit in Fin-de-siècle Montmartre." Articles 32, no. 2 (May 24, 2013): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1015714ar.
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This paper examines the Parisian neighbourhood of Montmartre during the 1880s and 1890s. Isolating themselves on a hilltop to the north of the city, a defiant community of painters and poets left the busy macadam below to position themselves physically and symbolically at the apex of anti-bourgeois, countercultural sentiment. Known for its subversive character, Montmartre's legacy appealed to these passionate and creative youths, and their appropriation of a semi-rural district on the fringes of the metropolitan centre of modernity symbolized their desire to escape stifling cultural traditions. Particularly revealing are the ways in which their art and literature represented at once a deeply interior questioning of identity as well as a loosely unified movement of cultural protest. By the turn of the 20th century, many of these artists and writers had been tamed by the commercialization of their nonconformity, but Montmartre remains a powerful site for the memory of its influential social and cultural transgressions.
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Medved, Primož. "The essence of neighbourhood community centres (NCCs) in European sustainable neighbourhoods." URBAN DESIGN International 22, no. 2 (December 22, 2016): 150–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41289-016-0037-1.
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Jamoulle, Marc, Melissa Resnick, Robert Vander Stichele, Ashwin Ittoo, Elena Cardillo, and Marc Vanmeerbeek. "Analysis of definitions of general practice, family medicine, and primary health care: a terminological analysis." BJGP Open 1, no. 3 (September 5, 2017): bjgpopen17X101049. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17x101049.
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BackgroundThere are numerous definitions of general practice/family medicine (GP/FM) and primary health care (PHC), but the distinction between the two concepts is unclear.AimTo conduct a terminological analysis of a set of definitions of GP/FM and of PHC, to clarify the commonalities and differences between these two concepts.DesignSets of 20 definitions were collected in two 'bags of words' (one for GP/FM and one for PHC terms). A terminological analysis of these two collections was performed to prioritise the terms and analyse their universe of discourse.MethodThe two collections were extracted with VocabGrabber, configured in two 'term clouds' using Wordle, and further explored for similarities using Tropes. The main terms were analysed using the Aristotelian approach to the categorisation of things.ResultsAlthough continuity of care (characterised by a person-centred approach and shared decision making) is common to both sets, the two sets of definitions differ greatly in content. The main terms specific to GP/FM (community, medicine, responsibility, individual, problem, and needs) are different from those specific to PHC (home, team, promotion, collaborator, engagement, neighbourhood, and medical centre).ConclusionTerminological analysis of the definitions for GP/FM and PHC shows two overlapping but distinct entities, necessitating a different taxonomic approach and different bibliographic search strategies.
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Lucas, Jennifer A., Miguel Marino, Katie Fankhauser, Andrew Bazemore, Sophia Giebultowicz, Stuart Cowburn, Jorge Kaufmann, David Ezekiel-Herrera, and John Heintzman. "Role of social deprivation on asthma care quality among a cohort of children in US community health centres." BMJ Open 11, no. 6 (June 2021): e045131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045131.
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ObjectiveSocial deprivation is associated with worse asthma outcomes. The Social Deprivation Index is a composite measure of social determinants of health used to identify neighbourhood-level disadvantage in healthcare. Our objective was to determine if higher neighbourhood-level social deprivation is associated with documented asthma care quality measures among children treated at community health centres (CHCs).Methods (setting, participants, outcome measures)We used data from CHCs in 15 states in the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE). The sample included 34 266 children with asthma from 2008 to 2017, aged 3–17 living in neighbourhoods with differing levels of social deprivation measured using quartiles of the Social Deprivation Index score. We conducted logistic regression to examine the odds of problem list documentation of asthma and asthma severity, and negative binomial regression for rates of albuterol, inhaled steroid and oral steroid prescription adjusted for patient-level covariates.ResultsChildren from the most deprived neighbourhoods had increased rates of albuterol (rate ratio (RR)=1.22, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.32) compared with those in the least deprived neighbourhoods, while the point estimate for inhaled steroids was higher, but fell just short of significance at the alpha=0.05 level (RR=1.16, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.34). We did not observe community-level differences in problem list documentation of asthma or asthma severity.ConclusionsHigher neighbourhood-level social deprivation was associated with more albuterol and inhaled steroid prescriptions among children with asthma, while problem list documentation of asthma and asthma severity varied little across neighbourhoods with differing deprivation scores. While the homogeneity of the CHC safety net setting studied may mitigate variation in diagnosis and documentation of asthma, enhanced clinician awareness of differences in community risk could help target paediatric patients at risk of lower quality asthma care.
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Castillejo, Mar. "Replanteando el Bulevar: Un jardín vertical como intervención artística y comunitaria." eari. educación artística. revista de investigación, no. 10 (December 20, 2019): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.7203/eari.10.14246.
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Resumen: El siguiente artículo presenta “Replanteando el bulevar”, una iniciativa de intervención a modo de jardín vertical construido de manera colaborativa entre vecinas y vecinos del barrio, estudiantes del Máster de Educación Artística en Instituciones Sociales y Culturales de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, y profesionales del Centro Municipal de Salud Comunitaria (en adelante CMSc) de Puente de Vallecas, para la fachada principal de este centro. El objetivo que se plantea es convertir el espacio colindante al CMSc, que se caracteriza por sus problemáticas diversas (limpieza, problemas de convivencia, estigmatización, etc.) en un punto de encuentro saludable a través de los cuidados y la participación. Dicha intervención se ha desarrollado en distintas fases (desde Noviembre de 2017 a Junio de 2018) en las que se configura un grupo promotor que junto con la comunidad va construyendo y repensando este espacio en diferentes eventos comunitarios desarrollados en el distrito. De este modo, se ha recurrido a metodologías propias del arte colaborativo para diseñar una propuesta creativa que permitiese alcanzar un objetivo relacionado con la promoción de la salud. Se puede concluir que el mantenimiento del jardín a través de los cuidados de vecinas, vecinos y profesionales del CMSc, evidencia que este tipo de iniciativas pueden resultar útiles para implicar a la comunidad en la creación y replanteamiento de espacios tradicionalmente estigmatizados en lugares más saludables.
Palabras clave: prácticas artísticas colaborativas, salud comunitaria, entorno, participación, cuidados, jardinería vecinal.
Abstract: The following article presents "Rethinking the boulevard", an intervention initiative as a vertical garden built in a collaborative way between residents of the neighbourhood, students of the Master's Degree in Artistic Education in Social and Cultural Institutions of the Complutense University of Madrid, and professionals from the Municipal Centre for Community Health (CMSc) of Puente de Vallecas, for the main facade of this centre. The objective is to turn the space adjacent to the CMSc, which is characterized by its diverse problems (cleanliness, problems of coexistence, stigmatization, etc.) into a healthy meeting point through care and participation. This intervention has been developed in different phases (from November 2017 to June 2018) in which a promoting group is formed that together with the community is building and rethinking this space through activities carried out in community events. In this way, we have resorted to collaborative art methodologies to design a creative proposal that would allow us to achieve an objective related to health promotion. It can be concluded that the maintenance of the garden through the care of neighbors and professionals of the CMSc, shows that this type of initiative can be useful to involve the community in the creation and rethinking of spaces in healthier places.
Keywords: collaborative artistic practices, community health, environment, participation, care, neighborhood gardening.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7203/eari.10.14246
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Sinachopoulos, D., E. Oblak, M. Geffert, J. Colin, J. F. LeCampion, and U. Hopp. "Astrometric Standard Fields for CCD Observations of Double Stars." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 161 (1994): 291–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900047501.
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The number of known double stars is steadily increasing, thanks to ground-based and space observations. Therefore the ratio of known double to single stars has to be revised upwards continuously. With the Hipparcos parallaxes it will be possible to get stellar statistics for precisely defined volumes of space. This will lead to strong constraints on all astrophysical calibrations of masses, spectral types and luminosities in the solar neighbourhood. A European network of laboratories was created in August 1990 in order to remedy the lack of photometric data for close visual double stars. This network intends to study all aspects of formation and evolution of double and multiple star systems. The immediate goal of the group is to provide the scientific community with a compilation of known photometric data on a large selection of close visual double stars and to significantly enlarge this information by new observations with modern devices. A photometric database of stellar systems is being compiled from most widely used photometric systems in collaboration with the ‘Centre de Données Stellaires’ of Strasbourg.
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Yin, Yanhong, Yuanwen He, Lei Zhang, and Dan Zhao. "Impact of Building Environment on Residential Satisfaction: A Case Study of Ningbo." Sustainability 11, no. 4 (February 24, 2019): 1197. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11041197.
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Population distribution has a huge influence on the development of port economic circle (PEC) in Ningbo. Residential satisfaction is one of key elements that determine housing location choice and, thus, the success of population distribution policy. To provide suggestions for the development of PEC, this study conducted a survey to investigate residential satisfaction and related factors in 11 port communities, which are located in the harbour area of Beilun, Zhenhai and Meishan in Ningbo. A total of 403 valid samples were collected through face-to-face interviews. The Likert scale was used to express satisfaction levels, with the highest level of 5 and the lowest level of 1. The survey data indicate that the mean value of residential satisfaction is 3.41, 3.40 and 3.49 in Beilun, Zhenhai and Meishan, respectively. Middle level residential satisfaction is noted in the port communities of Ningbo. A linear regression was performed to analyse the relationship between residential satisfaction and influence factors in terms of the demographic and socioeconomic features of the respondents and attributes of the house and neighbourhood. The results of the regression analysis show that household income, design of housing, type of community, population density and distance to the district commercial centre are the most influential factors of residential satisfaction. The findings suggest making regulations to enforce the design standards of new buildings. Moreover, measures to improve the accessibility and quality of public facilities and services in the communities should be encouraged to increase the attractiveness of neighbourhoods in the port area. Promoting land use with mixed commercial and residential functions is also suggested for the development of PEC.
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Abdul Karim, Hafazah, and Siti Mareenah Abdul Rashid. "Community Participation: Towards a safer housing environment." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 2, no. 2 (January 1, 2017): 39–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v2i2.176.
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Lately crime rate in Malaysia has increased thus threatening the safety and security of the community especially those in high density areas. There are crimes that had targeted women and children and this had caused much stress to the urban residents. Human responses to these issues are to band together and take control of their environment and this is what happened to the residents in the PKNS flats in Taman Dato’ Harun, Petaling Jaya. They wanted to build a close knit community that involve in community activities and at that same time this community will take care of each other’s safety. This paper revolves around the participation of the residents in the PKNS flats in Taman Dato’ Harun in Rukun Tetangga (RT) with the purpose to increase community involvement and interaction which will eventually lead to a more caring community. These flats have won the Petaling Jaya City Council Best Neighbourhood Contest in 2006 for its community activities. They consist of 300 housing units in five blocks of five storey flats. A sample of 30 percent (90 units) was taken by a stratified random sampling where every block and every level were accounted for. The data acquired was analysed using the SPSS programme. Findings showed that 100 percent of the respondents know their neighbours, 99 percent cooperate in community activities, 83 percent actively participated in RT, 85 percent of the respondent felt safe living in their flats, 72 percent felt that RT helped prevent crime and social misconduct. Other findings also showed that the community are very satisfied with the existence of the RT and felt that the activities have helped to foster positive community relations. This in turn decreases the perception of fear living in the urban area and instead gave the residents the perception of safety and well-being.
Keywords: safety, Rukun Tetangga, community activities, residents’ participation.
© 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Gupta, Sumit, Rinku Sutradhar, Qing Li, and Natalie G. Coburn. "The effectiveness of a provincial symptom assessment program in reaching adolescents and young adults with cancer: A population-based cohort study." Journal of Clinical Oncology 39, no. 15_suppl (May 20, 2021): 12101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.12101.
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12101 Background: Symptom control is prioritized by cancer patients and may improve overall survival. Several jurisdictions have thus launched population-wide initiatives to assess symptoms at regular intervals. In Ontario, Canada, for example, all cancer patients are screened using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) at every outpatient visit. Few studies have examined symptom burdens in adolescents and young adults (AYA). Previous work suggests that AYA symptoms differ from those in older patients, and that general screening tools may not be appropriate. Despite this, whether current symptom screening initiatives reach AYA with cancer are unknown. We therefore determined 1) Whether AYA with cancer were participating in ESAS screening, and 2) Which AYA were at highest risk of not being screened. Methods: We identified all Ontario AYA diagnosed with cancer at age 15-29 years between 2010-2018 and treated in adult centers. Patients were linked to population-based databases to identify all cancer-related outpatient visits in the year following diagnosis and whether visits involved completion of an ESAS form. Each patient’s first year was divided into two-week periods. For each period, AYA were considered either “unscreened” if they had a cancer-related visit but no ESAS score, or “screened” if they had a cancer-related visit with at least one ESAS score. Periods without cancer-related visits were not considered, given no potential for ESAS screening during such periods. Covariates included age at diagnosis, sex, cancer type, neighbourhood income quintile, and institution type [regional cancer centre (RCC) vs. community]. Multivariable logistic regression models were implemented under a generalized estimating equations approach to account for individual-level correlation. Results: The final cohort included 5,435 AYA. Within any given two-week period, only 36-45% of AYA attending cancer-related outpatient visits were screened. In adjusted analyses, age and sex were not associated with being screened. However, AYA living in the lowest income quintile neighbourhood were less likely to be screened [odds ratio (OR) 0.86, 95th confidence interval (95CI) 0.77-0.97; p = 0.01] compared to those in the highest. Patients with hematologic malignancies were least likely to be screened (OR 0.77, 95CI 0.67-0.88; p < 0.001), as were AYA attending community centers (OR 0.48, 95CI 0.42-0.55; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Despite a population-wide symptom assessment program, only a minority of AYA are screened. Though patients with hematologic cancers suffer from particularly high symptom burdens, they were less likely to be screened. Interventions targeting AYA are required to increase uptake, particularly among those in disadvantaged neighborhoods or attending community hospitals. Studies of AYA-specific symptom assessment tools are also warranted.
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Mansor, Mazlina, Ismail Said, and Ismail Mohamad. "Experiential Contacts with Green Infrastructure’s Diversity and Well-Being of Urban Community." Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies 2, no. 2 (January 1, 2017): 65–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v2i2.178.
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The study explores the significance of residents’ experience with an array of green infrastructure in Taiping, a small town in central Peninsular Malaysia. It argues that the existence of a composite of greenery and open spaces in a town that has diversity contributes to sense of well-being of residents. Green infrastructure network is a composite of various types of greenery and open spaces linked by streets, waterways and drainages encircling and connecting urban areas, at all spatial scales. In Taiping, the green infrastructure network consists of a town park, street planting, open spaces of public buildings, pocket spaces between shop-houses, school playfields, neighbourhood open space, home gardens, and river corridors. Questionnaires (n=335) and semi-structured interviews (n=33) explored the diversity of the green infrastructure in the town and the causal relationship to well-being—physical, cognitive and social. The data suggested that green infrastructure afford residents diversity of experience. Diverse experiences of green infrastructure network, physically and visually attract residents to participate in active activities, to socialize and to perform other transactional activities outside their homes. Therefore, the effects from the participation trigger many positive moods such as serenity, relaxation, comfort and satisfaction. Moreover, in physical and social terms, experiencing urban green spaces such as parks and gardens afford town residents active living, and community participation and harmony. There were modest relationships between the dimensions of diversity with the well-being dimensions, suggesting that residents felt diversity affect their sense of well-being. Hence, the results implicate that urban green spaces are essential amenity for towns and cities that afford an individual and a community physical, cognitive and social well-being.
Keywords: Green infrastructure, Small town, Diversity, Well-being
© 2017 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, UniversitiTeknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Lo Faro, Alessandro, and Alessia Miceli. "Sustainable Strategies for the Adaptive Reuse of Religious Heritage: A Social Opportunity." Buildings 9, no. 10 (September 28, 2019): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9100211.
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The legacy of built heritage is one of the most critical questions of our time—the objective of preserving its immaterial values and exploiting its original vocation brings about challenges related to the history, the identity, and the quality of life of the concerned territory. This especially applies to religious buildings given their strong bond with collective memory. The aim of this research is to determine whether allocating new uses that pursuit social benefits for the community is a possible implementation of the aforementioned purposes and whether it better addresses a broader view of sustainable development, which encompasses equity and well-being. The methodology combines careful knowledge of the building, comparing residual performances of the fabric with new functions. We present a case study, with focus on healthcare-related accommodation facilities and the issue of healthcare migration, which aims to convert a dismissed capuchin convent, located in Villagonia (Taormina, Italy), into a shelter house to host families whose relatives are being treated at the neighbourhood medical centre. This proposal shows that heritage buildings, especially religious ones, have outstanding material and immaterial potential and, through good reuse practices, they provide a valuable opportunity to address the overarching objective of social sustainability.
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Arenas, Lehyton, Miguel Atienza, and José Francisco Vergara Perucich. "Ruta N, an island of innovation in Medellín’s downtown." Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 35, no. 5 (August 2020): 419–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269094220961054.
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This article discusses the contribution of innovation centres in nearby neighbourhoods based on primary data. This paper involves the study of the case of Ruta N in Medellín to expose the relationship between a consolidated neighbourhood and new innovation facilities. Ruta N was founded after the implementation of a city-level policy for innovation intended to secure the economic growth of a former deprived area of the city. This innovation attracted local and international creative entrepreneurs to Medellín’s downtown but with inconsistent results. The analysis revealed that Ruta N rarely interacts with the nearby neighbourhood, thus restricting its potential to contribute to the community. Instead, it is perceived that Ruta N takes advantage of the neighbourhood to meet the needs of Ruta N users, not the other way around. As a result, community members argue that Ruta N could promote potential conflicts in the area.
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Hepworth, Mark. "Implementing an Information Policy to Build a Future for Singapore." Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues 8, no. 3 (December 1996): 205–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095574909600800306.
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Singapore has been taking various steps to develop its information resources since the publication of the Library 2000 report in 1994, which was preceded by the IT2000 plan in 1991. Libraries have been officially recognized as an integral part of the country's information infrastructure. A National Library Board was set up in 1996, to develop national and public library services and to spearhead collaboration with other government agencies in promoting access to information. A clearer distinction is being made between National Library services and public library services, both of which have been provided by the National Library. A National Reference and Information Service will include a National Reference Library, a Singapore Resource Library, and a Multimedia Information Centre. The public library system will be restructured to include five regional libraries, to serve the educational, informational, recreational and business needs of each region; 18 community libraries, catering primarily for the residents of Housing Development Board towns; and around 100 neighbourhood libraries, situated in HDB flats and currently aimed at children below the age of ten. Efforts are being made to coordinate national collection strategy, to orient services to markets and to create links with business and the community. The recognition of technology as a key enabler has led to several major initiatives. It is also recognized that technologically adept and information-oriented librarians are needed, and educational programmes to produce them are being developed, as well as short term recruitment and training activities. Research in library and information science is also encouraged. The Library 2000 initiative is part of a wider picture of fostering the cultural and intellectual capital of Singapore.
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Morgan, Craig, and Paul Fearon. "Social experience and psychosis. Insights from studies of migrant and ethnic minority groups." Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale 16, no. 2 (June 2007): 118–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1121189x00004723.
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AbstractIn this paper we aim to provide an overview of initial findings from the UK ÆSOP study concerning ethnicity, social risk factors and psychosis, and to set the findings from this study within the context of other related research. Our focus is primarily on the UK African-Caribbean population. ÆSOP is a multi-centre population based incidence and case-control study of first episode psychosis, conducted initially over a three-year period. The study sample comprises: a) all patients with a first episode of psychosis who presented to secondary and tertiary services within tightly defined catchment areas in south-east London, Nottingham and Bristol, UK over defined time periods; and b) a random sample of healthy community controls. Findings from the ÆSOP study to date have confirmed that the African-Caribbean and Black African populations in the UK are at increased risk of schizophrenia and other psychoses, compared with the White British population. Analyses of data relating to social risk factors suggest that various forms of early childhood and adult adversity, and neighbourhood characteristics, including ethnic density, may be particularly important in contributing to increased risk in these populations. These data suggest that adverse social experiences maybe aetiologically relevant in schizophrenia and other psychoses. A more complete understanding of these factors may help us to clarify why there are differences in rates between populations.
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Lucas, Jennifer A., Miguel Marino, Sophia Giebultowicz, Katie Fankhauser, Shakira F. Suglia, Steffani R. Bailey, Andrew Bazemore, and John Heintzman. "Mobility and social deprivation on primary care utilisation among paediatric patients with asthma." Family Medicine and Community Health 9, no. 3 (July 2021): e001085. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2021-001085.
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ObjectiveAsthma care is negatively impacted by neighbourhood social and environmental factors, and moving is associated with undesirable asthma outcomes. However, little is known about how movement into and living in areas of high deprivation relate to primary care use. We examined associations between neighbourhood characteristics, mobility and primary care utilisation of children with asthma to explore the relevance of these social factors in a primary care setting.DesignIn this cohort study, we conducted negative binomial regression to examine the rates of primary care visits and annual influenza vaccination and logistic regression to study receipt of pneumococcal vaccination. All models were adjusted for patient-level covariates.SettingWe used data from community health centres in 15 OCHIN states.ParticipantsThe sample included 23 773 children with asthma aged 3–17 across neighbourhoods with different levels of social deprivation from 2012 to 2017. We conducted negative binomial regression to examine the rates of primary care visits and annual influenza vaccination and logistic regression to study receipt of pneumococcal vaccination. All models were adjusted for patient-level covariates.ResultsClinic visit rates were higher among children living in or moving to areas with higher deprivation than those living in areas with low deprivation (rate ratio (RR) 1.09, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.17; RR 1.05, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.11). Children moving across neighbourhoods with similarly high levels of deprivation had increased RRs of influenza vaccination (RR 1.13, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.23) than those who moved but stayed in neighbourhoods of low deprivation.ConclusionsMovement into and living within areas of high deprivation is associated with more primary care use, and presumably greater opportunity to reduce undesirable asthma outcomes. These results highlight the need to attend to patient movement in primary care visits, and increase neighbourhood-targeted population management to improve equity and care for children with asthma.
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Loock, Christine, Emile Beaulieu, Matthew Carwana, Tanjot Singh, Denise Hanson, and Shazeen Suleman. "ADDRESSING ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES) BY COMBINING PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL PEDIATRIC AND RICHER COMMUNITY BASED APPROACHES." Paediatrics & Child Health 23, suppl_1 (May 18, 2018): e55-e55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxy054.138.
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Abstract BACKGROUND The Canadian Social Pediatric Interest Group has developed emerging research partnerships over the past decade. In this multi-centre partnership, we characterize social paediatrics programs (SPPs) in three dimensions: 1) fostering health equity; 2) inter-professional integration, and 3) community embeddedness, all of which involve independently complex sets of interventions. The aim of the RICHER (responsive, interdisciplinary, community health, education and research) SPP is to provide timely access to prevention and intervention services for children and youth at higher risk due to multiple social determinants of health(SDoH) including adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and material and social poverty. OBJECTIVES Our objectives are to 1) translate SPP knowledge and experience into policy and practice through formal literature reviews and mixed methods research, 2) further develop and integrate SPPs quality improvement(QI) and research, and 3) integrate trauma informed ACE research findings into primary care and paediatric practices in Canada. DESIGN/METHODS Following established realist synthesis methodology, built on earlier mixed methods research, a literature review was undertaken to identify key mechanisms linking context/environment to health outcomes. The study method included: (1) identifying the review question, (2) formulating the initial theory, (3) searching for primary studies, (4) selecting and appraising study quality, (5) extracting, analyzing and synthesizing relevant data, and (6) refining the theory. Using mixed methods approaches, the RICHER SPP research data was analyzed to identify outcomes, develop and update logic models. Health professional survey of paediatric specialists and surgeons has been developed to explore knowledge of ACEs and SDoH and how these impact practice. RESULTS Analyses of the literature for the realist synthesis resulted in semi-predictable patterns where outcomes could be linked to activities through mechanisms. Key mechanisms were 1) willingness to share power, 2) bridging trust and relationships 3) inter-professional knowledge support and 4) family/ community empowerment. Key features of RICHER SPPs included trust, equity and partnerships, leading to parental and community engagement, improved access to services and enriched environments. There was a measured ‘critical difference’ in vulnerability on the HELP Early Developmental Index (EDI) during the study period. An approach to integrating and evaluating ACEs in different SPP practice settings has been initiated through research and QI projects. CONCLUSION Our realist synthesis identified processes of care that were effective in improving health and developmental outcomes for children and youth with adverse social and material circumstances. ‘RICHER’ SPPs, distributed in neighbourhood spaces, link primary and specialist care for vulnerable children and youth, improve health and developmental outcomes and foster equitable access to health care and transition services. These approaches may be translated into other contexts to improve access for more socially vulnerable children and youth and better integrate our knowledge of ACES into paediatric and youth health practices.
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Imai, Heide, and Yao Ji. "Social Capital, Innovation, and Local Resilience." Asian Studies 9, no. 1 (January 8, 2021): 283–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.2021.9.1.283-313.
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This paper is based on research that centres on the city of Tokyo, a mature city that is experiencing various transformations, in order to show how social capital and innovation can help build up resilient communities. It presents two major topics: 1) the potential of localities and their social capital and social innovation to actively react to change, and 2) the role of localities for inclusive urban governance. By focusing on five small neighbourhoods in the south of Taito-ward in central-east Tokyo, the paper addresses the following questions: a) what kinds of social networks and interaction exist at the local level, b) how are residents contributing to neighbourhood revitalization and community identity, and c) what are specific examples of social innovative practices, emerging in periods of crisis, in the case-study area as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic? By adopting a mixed methods approach drawing especially on in-depth interviews conducted with a range of independent business owners, the study reveals the dynamics between long-term residents and newcomers as they negotiate shared identities that continue to shape the present and future of some of Tokyo’s oldest neighbourhoods. The research findings highlight the need for good urban governance to draw on an improved understanding of the potential of localities, place-based social capital building, and new social practices that are emerging in local third sectors, such as volunteer-run industry-based organizations, which are vital in maintaining informal networks as an alternative to more traditional neighbourhood groups to bond, bridge, and link diverse community members.
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Imai, Heide, and Yao Ji. "Social Capital, Innovation, and Local Resilience." Asian Studies 9, no. 1 (January 8, 2021): 283–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.2021.9.1.283-313.
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This paper is based on research that centres on the city of Tokyo, a mature city that is experiencing various transformations, in order to show how social capital and innovation can help build up resilient communities. It presents two major topics: 1) the potential of localities and their social capital and social innovation to actively react to change, and 2) the role of localities for inclusive urban governance. By focusing on five small neighbourhoods in the south of Taito-ward in central-east Tokyo, the paper addresses the following questions: a) what kinds of social networks and interaction exist at the local level, b) how are residents contributing to neighbourhood revitalization and community identity, and c) what are specific examples of social innovative practices, emerging in periods of crisis, in the case-study area as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic? By adopting a mixed methods approach drawing especially on in-depth interviews conducted with a range of independent business owners, the study reveals the dynamics between long-term residents and newcomers as they negotiate shared identities that continue to shape the present and future of some of Tokyo’s oldest neighbourhoods. The research findings highlight the need for good urban governance to draw on an improved understanding of the potential of localities, place-based social capital building, and new social practices that are emerging in local third sectors, such as volunteer-run industry-based organizations, which are vital in maintaining informal networks as an alternative to more traditional neighbourhood groups to bond, bridge, and link diverse community members.
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Pilliar, Andrew. "EXPLORING A LAW FIRM BUSINESS MODEL TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE." Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 32, no. 1 (February 1, 2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22329/wyaj.v32i1.4512.
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Recent research on unmet legal need in Canada suggests that access to justice problems may represent a latent market for some legal services. But there is relatively little Canadian research on how lawyers organize and run their practices, and on how those practices could improve access to justice. This paper provides a case study of Pivot Legal LLP, an innovative law firm in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood that aimed to improve access to justice for community members. Interviews with the lawyers involved suggest that a similar firm could survive and thrive in the future. These findings have implications for legal entrepreneurs, and also for how the legal profession and the legal academy could better support practice-level innovations to improve access to justice in Canada. Selon de récentes recherches sur les besoins juridiques non comblés au Canada, les problèmes d’accès à la justice pourraient représenter un marché latent dans le cas de certains services juridiques. Cependant, peu de recherches ont été menées au Canada sur la façon dont les avocats s’organisent et gèrent leurs cabinets et la façon dont ces pratiques pourraient permettre d’améliorer l’accès à la justice. Ce document traite d’une étude du cabinet Pivot Legal LLP – cabinet d’avocats innovateur situé à proximité de la partie Est du centre‑ville de Vancouver – qui vise à améliorer l’accès à la justice pour les membres de la collectivité. De l’avis des différents avocats concernés qui ont été interrogés, un cabinet similaire pourrait survivre, voire prospérer au cours des années à venir. Ces constatations ont des incidences pour les entrepreneurs juridiques ainsi qu’en ce qui a trait aux moyens que les membres de la profession juridique et les professeurs de droit pourraient utiliser pour mieux appuyer les innovations de la pratique susceptibles d’améliorer l’accès à la justice au Canada.