1 Department of Nutrition, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 2 Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC. 3 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. 4 Sexual Health Team, Pfizer, Inc., New York, NY. 5 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. 6 C...

1Modelling and Economics Unit, National Infection Service, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom 2MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Public Health, London, United Kingdom 3Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA 4Global Health Institute, School o...

BACKGROUND Physical activity is a modifiable behaviour that can help curtail the increasing worldwide problem of childhood obesity. Appropriate recreational opportunities, including neighbourhood parks, are particularly important for promoting physical activity among children. Because children's use of parks is mainly under the influence of their parents, understanding parents' preferences is e...

1 Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. 2 Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC. 3 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 4 Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouv...

An excel-based model was developed to evaluate economic and environmental benefits of the solar-powered compaction garbage bins in public areas in Australia. Input data were collected from Brisbane and Wollongong City councils, and Sydney Olympic Park. The results demonstrate that solar-powered compaction garbage bins would provide environmental benefits in all scenarios. However, results of th...

Department of Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Departments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health; Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York; and Depart...

1 Program for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1266, USA 2Public Policy and Aging Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-2041, USA 3Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 4Department of Exercise Science and Prev...

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 25, No. 3, 691–735 (2006) © 2006 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/pam.20202 Submissions to Policy Retrospectives should be sent to Douglas J. Besharov, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland/Ame...

Trees can improve air quality, but at the same time, pollution might put them at risk. Plane(Platanus orientalis L) and willow trees (Salix babylonicaL) are important trees in the green space of Tehran. Plane trees in Tehran have experienced early autumn in recent years due to severe air pollution. The present study, investigated some physiological traits of these trees under study to determine...