There has been limited research studying neighbourhood support for caregivers. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the support from neighbourhoods between both caregivers and non-caregivers in a country-wide and population-based setting. Data were retrieved from England Community Life Survey, 2012-2014, a new annual household survey conducted by face-to-face interview sin...

Regulatory initiatives relating to biotechnology-derived livestock have focused on animal health, environmental impact, and the general concept of the safety of the food and by-products derived from such animals. Existing regulatory frameworks have been stretched to accommodate these emerging concerns. Public concerns and the expectations of society mean that the regulatory infrastructure is su...

BACKGROUND Policy and decision-making processes are routinely challenged by the complex and dynamic nature of environmental health problems. System dynamics modelling has demonstrated considerable value across a number of different fields to help decision-makers understand and predict the dynamic behaviour of complex systems in support the development of effective policy actions. In this scopin...

Environmental health regulation has been developed on the premise that both problems and solutions are obvious, requiring only attention and commitment. The result has been impossible legislative goals and frenetic, unfocused agency efforts to deal with too many issues. Preventing all environmental health problems is impossible and not the best approach; instead, attention ought to be shifted t...

421 The Virtual Body Workshop: Current and Future Application of Human Biology Models in Environmental Health Research Charles Timchalk,1 Nigel J. Walker,2 Reinhold C. Mann,3 and F. Blaine Metting1 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA; 2National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA; 3Oak Ridge National Laboratory, O...

This paper proposes a set of web-based indicators for quantifying and ranking the relevance of terms related to key-issues in Ecology and Sustainability Science. Search engines that operate in different contexts (e.g. global, social, scientific) are considered as web information carriers (WICs) and are able to analyse; (i) relevance on different levels: global web, individual/personal sphere, o...

Neighbourhood environments have important implications for human health. In this piece, we reflect on the environments and health literature and argue that precise use of language is critical for acknowledging the complex and multifaceted influence that neighbourhood environments may have on physical activity and physical activity-related outcomes. Specifically, we argue that the term "neighbou...

In recent months, there has been considerable discussion in the scientific community of the need for increased transparency, openness, and data access [Dealing with Data special section, 11 February, “Making data maximally available,” B. Hanson et al., Editorial, p. 649, and “Climate data challenges in the 21st century,” J. T. Overpeck et al., Perspective, p. 700, as well as (1–4)]. Missing fro...

the health of the world rural community has become the focus of attention during the past several years. realizing the future of the traditional system of medical practice many countries have initiated specific public health programmes in order to alleviate the plight of this group of people. however, in their effort to establish such programmes the medical community must not be oblivious of th...

Recent advances in environmental health research have greatly improved our ability to measure and quantify how individuals are exposed. These advances, however, bring bioethical uncertainties and potential risks that individuals should be aware of before consenting to participate. This study assessed how well participants from two environmental health studies comprehended consent form material....