Pedagogy, Places And People

Invited commentary: places, people, and health.

A growing body of research in epidemiology and public health has examined how characteristics of the places where people live are related to a variety of health outcomes, including health-related behaviors (1–4), prevalence and incidence of disease (5–7), and mortality (3, 8–13). The paper by Balfour and Kaplan (14) in this issue of the Journal examines how neighborhood characteristics are rela...

Invited Commentary: Places, People, and Health

Places, people, and their physical and mental functional health.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of area of residence on functional health as represented by medical outcomes study SF-36 physical and mental component summary scores. DESIGN Multilevel analysis of cross sectional data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition in Norfolk, UK (EPIC-Norfolk). PARTICIPANTS A community dwelling cohort of 18399 men and women,...

Manifestation of Moral Components in the Social Connection of People and Places in Traditional Houses

Background: Paying attention to human dignity and human relations between traditional buildings and people based on Islamic moral advice based on Islamic principles is one of the most significant points in the process of formation and body of traditional houses. Traditional housing based on components Ethics and Islamic teachings are created and the traditional architect has paid attention to t...

People, Places, Power: Medicaid Concentration and Local Political Participation.

The geographic concentration of disadvantage is a key mechanism of inequity. In the United States, the spatial patterning of disadvantage renders it more than the sum of its individual parts and disproportionately harms economically and racially marginalized Americans. This article focuses specifically on the political effects of Medicaid beneficiaries being concentrated in particular locales. ...