Evaluating implications of flood vulnerability factors with respect to income levels for building long-term disaster resilience of low-income communities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101608
Abstract: Abstract Communities residing in hazard-prone zones are more frequently affected by natural disasters and generally tend to bear higher losses than other communities. General factors such as sensitivity and adaptive capacity to a natural event… read more here.
Keywords: vulnerability; vulnerability factors; low income; income communities ... See more keywords
A critical narrative inquiry to understand relapse among Filipino methamphetamine polydrug users in low-income communities
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DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2020.1783204
Abstract: Abstract In the Philippines where an ongoing national drug campaign is implemented, continuous recovery of drug users is compromised especially those coming from low-income communities. However, studies that explore drug relapse and recovery issues in… read more here.
Keywords: drug; relapse; low income; income communities ... See more keywords
Protocol for the Rhode Island CORD 3.0 Study: Adapting, Testing, and Packaging the JOIN for ME Family-Based Childhood Obesity Program in Low-Income Communities.
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DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0179
Abstract: Background: Overweight and obesity in children is a public health crisis in the United States. Although evidence-based interventions have been developed, such programs are difficult to access. Dissemination of evidence-based pediatric weight management interventions (PWMIs)… read more here.
Keywords: cord; childhood obesity; low income; income communities ... See more keywords
The correlation between social resilience and flooding in low-income communities: a case of Mzuzu City, Malawi
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DOI: 10.1108/ijdrbe-09-2022-0093
Abstract: Purpose Floods are among the most frequent urban disasters in cities of the global south where capacity and resource limitations collude with rapid urbanization to force many poor people to live in flood prone settlements.… read more here.
Keywords: resilience; low income; mzuzu city; social resilience ... See more keywords