Ties that bind: Pentecostal churches, youth gangs, and the management of everyday life in the urban barrio
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DOI: 10.1080/0048721x.2018.1466003
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this article, I juxtapose Pentecostal churches with youth gangs, two popular barrio institutions that at first glance appear to be irreconcilable but when considered together evince organic parallels that reveal important insights into… read more here.
Keywords: barrio; life urban; youth gangs; pentecostal churches ... See more keywords
Association between the reflection magnitude and blood pressure in a multiethnic cohort: the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting study
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DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000003256
Abstract: Aims: Reflection magnitude (RM), the ratio of the amplitudes of the backward and forward central arterial pressure waves, has been shown to predict cardiovascular events. However, the association with blood pressure (BP) and hypertension is… read more here.
Keywords: hypertension; healthy life; pressure; reflection magnitude ... See more keywords
THE POLITICAL LIFE OF URBAN STREETSCAPES: Naming, Politics, and Place. Edited by Reuben Rose‐redwood Derek Alderman, and Maoz Azaryahu. xxii and 334 pp.: maps, ills. bibliog. index. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, 2018. $140.00 (hardcover), isbn 9781472475091.
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DOI: 10.1111/gere.12328
Abstract: Cities are, among other things, especially dense concentrations of streets, avenues, and other corridors of movement. Streets serve as the equivalent of a skeletal system that structures urban form while simultaneously framing movement and interaction… read more here.
Keywords: street; streetscapes naming; political life; life urban ... See more keywords
Cohort profile: the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) study in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017873
Abstract: Purpose Ethnic minority groups usually have a more unfavourable disease risk profile than the host population. In Europe, ethnic inequalities in health have been observed in relatively small studies, with limited possibilities to explore underlying… read more here.
Keywords: healthy life; study; life urban; urban setting ... See more keywords