nowadays, right to environment, during constitutions, court decisions and administrative procedures, in internal public law have been identified and secured. the recognition of this right in public law is dependent on normative evolutions. with the promotion of the tight to environment in constitutional norms, we can speak about the real impact of the constitutionalization in contemporary publi...

OBJECTIVES To examine African American adolescents' perceptions of environmental influences on physical activity and identify physical activity promotion strategies. METHODS Concept mapping with 50 adolescents was used to obtain cluster maps of conceptual domains affecting physical activity. RESULTS Seven domains were identified, including physical activity settings, social support, negativ...

Mechanistic models for radon progeny induced lung cancer risk have been developed, based on radiation mechanisms at the cellular level. The cellular effects relevant to radiation-induced carcinogenesis are transformation, cell killing, stimulated cell division, and removal from contact inhibition. Depending upon the 115 ©Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereinigung in Salzburg; download unte...

In this paper, the roles of the sociological practitioner will be investigated as they apply to the rapidly growing field of organizational health promotion. Health promotion programs include a combination of educational, organizational, and environmental activities designed to support health-conducive behavior within the work setting. Such programs usually include weight reduction programs, ae...

Workplace health promotion may be defined as the application of the concepts, principles and strategies enshrined in the Ottawa Charter to both the ‘community’ of employees and managers, and to the organizational and environmental aspects of the workplace itself [World Health Organization (WHO, 1991)]. The workplace is seen as a natural setting in which to reach individuals (Chu et al., 1997). ...

BACKGROUND Public health faces major challenges to building state and local infrastructure with the capacity to address the underlying causes of chronic disease. We describe a structured statewide approach to providing technical assistance for local communities to support and develop health promotion capacity. CONTEXT Over the last two decades, the North Carolina Statewide Health Promotion pr...

While there is considerable research on environmental contamination and degradation, there is equally credible evidence on the healthful qualities of the environment. Being in and caring for nature can be health promoting for individuals, families, communities, ecosystems and the planet. In this paper, we use a conceptual model for nature-based health promotion and a socio-ecological model of h...