Children’s Health: School Siting Poses Particulate Problem

Children’s Health: School Siting Poses Particulate Problem

Climate change poses health threats in Arctic.

sea ice open new corridors into previously remote communities in the Arctic, residents can expect a wave of social ills and the introduction of diseases that may be as devastating as the Spanish flu was to those living in the North in the early 1990s, experts say. “A second wave of tumultuous change” is threatening Inuit health, says Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit activist, former international ch...

Childrens mental health and civil society in the Gaza strip.

The Gaza Strip, with a population of 1.7 million, over half of whom are under 18 years old, has existed in a state of ongoing conflict and containment for years, most notably since its closure in 2007. There is much concern for the mental health of the vast young generation who have little memory of other circumstances of existence, and even less exposure to the outside world. Their society for...

Maximal service area problem for optimal siting of emergency facilities

Framing Young Childrens Oral Health: A Participatory Action Research Project

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite the widespread acknowledgement of the importance of childhood oral health, little progress has been made in preventing early childhood caries. Limited information exists regarding specific daily-life and community-related factors that impede optimal oral hygiene, diet, care, and ultimately oral health for children. We sought to understand what parents of young ...