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The Nation’s First Publicly Recognized Overdose Prevention Centers: Lessons Learned in New York City

). Political will exists in NYC, particularly toward the end of the de Blasio administration’s term, and the NYC Health Department worked to garner additional support from local and state elected officials given ... opening OPC services, the broader political climate at the time the report was released was not conducive to implementing OPCs—a reality that was further complicated in 2020 by the global pandemic, which

Urban Family Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: an Illustration of the Cross-sectoral Challenges of Urban Health

, political, and policy landscapes means that entry points to promote urban family planning have to be tailored to the context. Such entry points can include infant and child health, female education and ... stakeholders who must make cross-sectoral action a reality. Keyword Reproductive health · Cross-sectoral · Family planning · sub-Saharan Africa Making Urban Health a Political Priority: the Illustration of

The Role of Urban Environments in Promoting Active and Healthy Aging: A Systematic Scoping Review of Citizen Science Approaches

), socio-cultural (e.g. cross-cultural activities), economic (e.g. affordable housing) and political (e.g. governmental support to migrant communities) domains. Mapping the barriers and facilitators to the ... environments. However, successful implementation of this agenda requires a comprehensive understanding of the uniqueness and complexity of urban environments and their competing social, economic and political

Austerity, Health and Public Safety in Low-Income Neighborhoods: Grassroots Responses to the Decline of Local Services in Southeast England

government (2010–2015) made reducing the budget deficit the key political priority with deep cuts to public spending and access to social benefits made increasingly conditional, part of a broader strategy to ... prescriptions. Neighborhoods are not bounded spatial entities but interrelated elements in the hierarchical positioning of cities within global networks of unequal economic, political and cultural power—and of

Physical, Social, and Political Inequities Constraining Girls’ Menstrual Management at Schools in Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya

[ 30 ]. Political and social factors created household water and sanitation characteristics that are far worse in Nairobi’s informal settlements compared to the city at an aggregated level [ 31

Correction to: Responding to COVID-19: What’s the Problem?

--that have been used at different geo-political levels, sometimes in an uncoordinated fashion of ‘winner takes all’.

Housing as a Social Determinant of Health: Evidence from Singapore, the UK, and Kenya: the 3-D Commission

versus youthful), political ideologies, legal frameworks (i.e., welfare versus market-based provision of housing), and presence (or absence) of adequate, quality, timely, reliable, robust data systems for ... people grow, live, work, and age contribute to their health and well-being. These conditions can either be political, social, or economic and are collectively known as the social determinants of health

Social, technical-economic, environmental and political assessment for the evaluation of transport modes for petroleum products

, environmental, social and political factors being equally important, following the concepts of sustainable development. In general, only aspects related to investment, construction, equipment acquisition and ... of knowledge expressed by environmental, political, social and technical-economic dimensions and uses technical analysis and mathematical tools that configure its systemic character (Rigolin, 2013

Social, technical-economic, environmental and political assessment for the evaluation of transport modes for petroleum products

petroleum derived products, in a Case Study. The method deals with technical, economic, environmental, social and political factors being equally important, following the concepts of sustainable development ... of knowledge expressed by environmental, political, social and technical-economic dimensions and uses technical analysis and mathematical tools that configure its systemic character (Rigolin, 2013

Techniques and tools of lean production: multiple case studies in brazilian agribusiness units

AbstractThe literature regarding Lean Production philosophy is vast depicting historical aspects, implementation challenges, benefits of its adoption and other topics applied to various industries ... system a management model was developed and became an effective and competitiveness reference. The Lean Production System has a philosophy that aims to identify and minimize or phasing out sources of

Political mobilization and interests in the Jaú's footwear production

financial, technological, organizational, political, legal, and constitutional. The implementation of network policy studies in Clusters (LPAs) can explain their economic and social development through the ... , 1995. p.136-158. Political Studies. n. XLIII.         [ Links ] FAVA, F. E. Estudo do Arranjo Produtivo Local do álcool de Piracicaba através da análise de redes. In: CONGRESSO DE INICIAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA

The Application of ‘Elite Interviewing’ Methodology in Transdisciplinary Research: a Record of Process and Lessons Learned during a 3-Year Pilot in Urban Planetary Health Research

approach, which encompassed the adoption of ‘elite interviewing’, a method developed in the USA in the 1950s and used in the political sciences but relatively unutilized in the health and environmental ... has proven valuable in research, notably in political science, and we have found it to be appropriate and effective in the multidisciplinary context. As for the specific title ‘elite interviewing’, we

Spatial Distributions of Diarrheal Cases in Relation to Housing Conditions in Informal Settlements: A Cross-Sectional Study in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

conditions and location, (iii) voicelessness and powerlessness in political systems and governance processes, and (iv) lack of tenure security [ 5 ]. Here, we opted to refer to settlements facing any of the

The Urban Environment and Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes in the Global South: a Scoping Review

between countries [15]. Places are often labeled as urban or rural by government authorities. Once categorized, they are rarely recategorized, and the categorization used may be subject to political ... , economic, and political exclusion [ 14, 26 ]. Slum residents often face a choice between paying more for closer, lower-quality FP services or traveling outside their neighborhood to access low-cost, better

Mobilização política e rede de interesses na produção calçadista de Jaú

financial, technological, organizational, political, legal, and constitutional. The implementation of network policy studies in Clusters (LPAs) can explain their economic and social development through the ... , 1995. p.136-158. Political Studies. n. XLIII.         [ Links ] FAVA, F. E. Estudo do Arranjo Produtivo Local do álcool de Piracicaba através da análise de redes. In: CONGRESSO DE INICIAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA

Melhoria contínua e aprendizagem organizacional: múltiplos casos em empresas do setor automobilístico

Fierce competition, highlighted by global competition has increasingly required organizations to adopt frequent and quick innovations to meet the current technological, economic, and political

Towards Industry 4.0: a SWOT-based analysis for companies located in the Sorocaba Metropolitan Region (São Paulo State, Brazil)

SMR, based on offensive, confrontational, reinforcement and defense strategies selection. The strategies proposed on this paper should be used as an input for public political issues in the SMR, and ... for public political issues in the SMR, and they could also be expanded to other regions in Brazil as short and long-term strategies. Keywords:  Cyber-Physical systems; Internet of things; Smart

Healthy Community Design, Anti-displacement, and Equity Strategies in the USA: A Scoping Review

displacement. Introduction Neighborhood development has been described as a means to elicit social, economic, political, and environmental change in communities in response to dismal conditions and areas in ... economic inequities and social and political complexities. For example, a recent systematic review of gentrification and health outcomes research in the US-defined gentrification as “an interactive process

Overcoming Systemic Barriers Preventing Healthy Urban Development in the UK: Main Findings from Interviewing Senior Decision-Makers During a 3-Year Planetary Health Pilot

‘Politicians benefit from announcing a policy; they don’t always benefit from its delivery…elections…drive a lot of extremely short-term decision-making...’ Shifts in political administration were acknowledged ... being willing to pay for it); mortgage lenders understanding the difference in quality of developments; the electorate in supporting the political administration; professional expertise in delivery

The Role of Functional Urban Areas in the Spread of COVID-19 Omicron (Northern Spain)

) and the WHO HiAP philosophy, municipal diagnosis seems a suitable way of taking local decisions adapted to recognized boundaries. Taking municipalities as a level for decision-making in pandemic