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International and national policies are being used to prioritise increases in urban forest coverage and diversity, support equitable access to urban greenspaces, and advance sound environmental governance outcomes. Yet, the relationship between people’s feelings about urban trees and public policy remains under-examined. Drawing on a unique dataset from an email-a-tree initiative, the objectives of this study were to identify how concern and connection for urban trees is expressed and determin...

Background: The physical health burdens and health-related behaviours (e.g., smoking, poor nutrition, sedentariness) associated with substance use disorders necessitate an integrated treatment response. Yet service fragmentation can preclude physical health from being addressed within specialist alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services that typically operate outside of primary care settings. Relative to the general population, people living with substance use problems are at an increased ...

Anyone who spends time in Mexico City will spend much of it in traffic. One of the most clogged cities in the world, residents will lose on average 158

Aims: To describe patient-reported physical activity and step count trajectory and explore perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity amongst people with obesity participating in a chronic care programme whilst awaiting arthroplasty. Design: Convergent parallel mixed-method study. Method: A patient cohort derived from a longitudinal sample of adults with end-stage osteoarthritis and obesity from a chronic care programme whilst awaiting primary total knee or hip arthroplasty (n = 97) wa...

Internationalisation of women-owned firms is considered a new strategy for unlocking the full economic potential of a country. However, there has been a desultory work on gender and trade, particularly the epistemological and methodological approaches to explore this phenomenon, which has received inadequate attention. Drawing on the institution-based- theory and incorporating the feminist perspective, this study identifies barriers to socio-economic freedom as a multidimensional concept that in...

Health

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with multiple adverse health consequences. Nurses (including midwives) are well positioned to identify patients subjected to IPV, and provide care, support, and referrals. However, studies about nursing response to IPV are limited especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The study aimed to examine nurses' perceived preparedness and opinions toward IPV and to identify barriers and facilitators in responding to IPV. De...

Introduction: Dying and death are public health concerns, but little is known about public health interventions that target populations living with life-limiting illnesses. This gap makes it difficult to identify best-practice public health interventions for this population and to achieve public health objectives. The study aimed to describe a public health intervention that intends to improve population-level outcomes using point-of-care and patient-reported outcomes. Methods: A case study appr...

Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy in Nigeria about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment and Disaster Management, requiring 10+ years of experience, from CBM; closing on 26 Jun 2023

MyJournals.org - Science - IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 5914: Non-Traditional Physical Education Classes Improve High School Students’ Movement Competency and Fitness: A Mixed-Methods Program Evaluation Study (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)