Abstract Context Lower socioeconomic groups are more likely to live in contaminated environments. This may partly explain socioeconomic health inequalities. Aims Does noise nuisance contribute to socio-economic inequalities in subjective health? Method This research is based on the last Belgian census data carried out in 2001. We work on a 10% sample of the Belgian population. The data are proc...

this survey is a descriptive analytic study which was carried out to assess the effects of population control programs on national health development in islamic republic of iran (1986-1998). the objectives of the study are: 1)to determine the effects of family planning program on national health development ( 1986-1998). 2)  to indicate the relationship between family planning coverage and some...

In the last decades a growing attention has been paid to the relationship between urban planning and public health. The introduction of the social model of health has stressed the importance of the determinants of health such as socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental conditions, in addition to living and working conditions. Starting from the assumption that urban planning plays a crucial ro...

The overarching goal of this article is to make explicit the multiple pathways through which the built environment may potentially affect health and well-being. The loss of close collaboration between urban planning and public health professionals that characterized the post–World War II era has limited the design and implementation of effective interventions and policies that might translate i...