Challenging conceptions of young people as urban blight: Street children and youth’s ambiguous relationship with urban revitalization in Lima, Peru

Mothering young children with disabilities in a challenging urban environment.

OBJECTIVE This study examined the occupations of mothering very young children with physical disabilities. METHOD Two single, urban, Black mothers in their mid-20s were interviewed with a semistructured protocol. The audiotaped, transcribed data were analyzed with a phenomenological method. RESULTS The context of the challenging urban environment was a constant influence that shaped the par...

Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Lima, Peru

[Health-related quality of life among urban and rural to urban migrant populations in Lima, Peru].

OBJECTIVES To explore if there is a difference in the perception and self reported quality of life between rural-to-urban migrants and urban groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cross-sectional study, secondary analysis of the PERU-MIGRANT study (PEru's Rural to Urban MIGRANTs Study). WHOQOL-Brief survey' s global scores and per specific domains obtained in the survey were compared using Kruskall-Wa...

Association of Roadway Proximity with Indoor Air Pollution in a Peri-Urban Community in Lima, Peru

The influence of traffic-related air pollution on indoor residential exposure is not well characterized in homes with high natural ventilation in low-income countries. Additionally, domestic allergen exposure is unknown in such populations. We conducted a pilot study of 25 homes in peri-urban Lima, Peru to estimate the effects of roadway proximity and season on residential concentrations. Indoo...

The Concept of Rurality and the Rural-urban Relationship as Perceived by Young People

This paper explores the concept of rurality and the rural-urban relationship as perceived by young people. First, there is a brief review of the main theoretical approaches to the issue of the definition of “the rural”. Then, the theory of “social representation” is taken into consideration to better understand what makes the rural and natural environment attractive, together with the perceptio...