0198-9715/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.11.001 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +31 (0) 53 4874228, fax: +31 (0) 53 4874575. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (D. Kohli) [email protected] (N. Kerle), [email protected] (A. Stein). URL: http://www.itc.nl (D. Kohli). Information about rapidly changing slum areas may support the development of appropriate interventio...

Aim: To study the Practices of Pre-lacteal feeding among Newborns in Urban slums of Lucknow city. Setting and Design: A cross-sectional study in Urban slums of Lucknow city, UP. Methods and Material: A cross-sectional study in Urban slums of Lucknow city, UP included 524 women who had a live birth during last one year preceding data collection. A pre-desined and pretested questionnaire was used...

This paper examines whether an experimental intervention for girls aged 14–19 that provided reproductive health information, vocational counseling and training, and assistance with opening savings accounts in slum areas of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India had an effect on their attitudes and behaviors. A quasi-experimental preand posttest design was used in which adolescent girls aged 14–19 re...

OR THE BETTER part of the century preceding World War II, Britons went slumming to see for themselves how the poor lived. They insisted that firsthand experience among the metropolitan poor was essential for all who claimed to speak authoritatively about social problems. To a remarkable degree, the men and women who governed church and state in late-nineteenthand twentieth-century Britain and d...

The slums are now a reality to be recognised. They were undoubtedly the prior nightmare of inhabitants in the world. Marrakech region experienced strong population growth. There is also a major investment in the tourism sector in the city and its outskirts. Unable to access any property, for lack of means, the newcomers live in these slums, and build shelters. What makes things more difficult? ...

The developing world is rapidly urbanizing, but an understanding of how child health differs across urban and rural areas is lacking. We examine the association between area of residence and child health in India, focusing on composition and selection effects. Simple height-for-age averages show that rural Indian children have the poorest health and urban children have the best, with slum child...

Dedicated to saving lives, icddr,b is an international public health research organisation located in Bangladesh. Through the generation of knowledge and translation of research into treatment, training, and policy advocacy, icddr,b addresses some of the most critical health concerns facing the world today. www.icddrb.org The Population Council confronts critical health and development issues—f...

BACKGROUND Information on health-seeking behavior and utilization of health facilities in slums of Addis Ababa is scarce, impeding the implementation of effective interventions. The purpose of this study is to assess the status of health facilities utilization and predictors for health-seeking behavior of mothers/caregivers of under-five children with acute diarrhea in slums of Addis Ababa, Eth...

Abstract This phenomenon of slums represents one the most serious problems that Iraqi cities suffer from, especially city Baghdad, which has become teeming with a lot slum buildings have distorted its areas and neighborhoods. Most are in form scattered construction chaotic gatherings do not follow any planning standards. paper aims to present analyze mechanisms urban upgrading two models Baghda...